Sitting three places higher than their esteemed counterparts in the standings, Fulham welcome Chelsea to Craven Cottage for Thursday's Premier League West London derby.
The Cottagers progressed to the fourth round of the FA Cup by beating Hull City 2-0 last time out, while the Blues were thumped 4-0 by Manchester City, and here Sports Mole rounds up the team news for both clubs.
FULHAM vs. CHELSEA
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FULHAM
Out: Aleksandar Mitrovic (suspended), Neeskens Kebano (Achilles)
Doubtful: Shane Duffy (illness)
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Leno; Tete, Ream, Adarabioyo, Robinson; Reed, Palhinha; De Cordova-Reid, Pereira, Willian; Vinicius
CHELSEA
Out: Edouard Mendy (finger), N'Golo Kante (hamstring), Wesley Fofana (knee), Reece James (knee), Armando Broja (knee), Raheem Sterling (hamstring), Christian Pulisic (knee), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (calf), Ben Chilwell (thigh)
Doubtful: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (back), Joao Felix (other)
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Kepa; Azpilicueta, Koulibaly, Silva, Cucurella; Kovacic, Zakaria, Jorginho; Ziyech, Havertz, Mount
For data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match please click here.
Ben Knapton
