Team News
Fulham v Ipswich Town
Premier League Match Day 20 24/25 at Craven Cottage
Sunday 5th January 2025 KO: 14:00
Referee:
Darren Bond (Lancashire)
Live on SkySports
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Fulham will be largely unchanged from last week's 2-2 draw with Bournemouth, which extended their unbeaten run in the Premier League to seven matches.
They have no new injury concerns but Silva said "some injured players who are already around the team are now doing some more individual work".
Harrison Reed is back training with the first team following his return from a knee injury but "needs time to get the right fitness to be ready and confident again".
Meanwhile, Sander Berge and Reiss Nelson remain out, but Silva said: "I really believe that Sander is going to be closer. If not the FA Cup game [against Watford on Thursday, 9 January] then probably the next game [at West Ham on Tuesday, 14 January] he is going to be in contention to be in the team. Reiss will take more -, before the end of the month maybe. If not, then maybe just into February."
Fulham possible starting lineup:
Leno; Diop, Andersen, Bassey; Castagne, Pereira, Lukic, Robinson; Wilson, Jimenez, Iwobi
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Ipswich's Conor Chaplin is facing a couple of weeks out with a knee injury and will join Axel Tuanzebe (hamstring), Chiedozie Ogbene (Achilles), George Hirst (knee) and Massimo Luongo (illness) in the treatment room.
In the win over Chelsea, Christian Walton kept a clean sheet on his first Premier League start since the opening weekend of the season, and McKenna has since confirmed that the goalkeeper will retain his place between the sticks at the expense of Arijanet Muric.
Midfielder Kalvin Phillips will be hoping to force his way back into the first XI at the expense of either Sam Morsy or Jens Cajuste, while Nathan Broadhead, Sammie Szmodics and Jack Clarke will all be pushing to start in attack.
Ipswich Town possible starting lineup:
Walton; O'Shea, Greaves, Wolfenden, Davis; Morsy, Cajuste; Burns, Hutchinson, Szmodics; Delap
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Source Oliver Thomas at SportsMole