Team News: Scott Parker out for Fulham, Brentford unchanged

Scott Parker will play no part in Fulham's Championship clash against Brentford this afternoon due to illness.

The midfielder was expected to return to the side after missing the Cottagers' last match a fortnight ago, but the ex-Tottenham Hotspur star has been left out of the squad.

Ross McCormack has been included in the lineup, and will captain the side in Parker's absence, while Danny Guthrie will start following his loan move from Reading.

Kostas Stafylidis is back in the team after serving a suspension but will start on the bench, while Brentford have arrived with the same team that earned a 2-2 draw with Millwall the last time out.

Toumani Diagouraga and Andre Gray have kept their places in the starting lineup, while Alan Judge and Chris Long remain on the bench for this afternoon's encounter.

Fulham XI: Bettinelli; Grimmer, Bodurov, Turner, Husband; Fofana, Guthrie, Tunnicliffe, Kacaniklic; Woodrow, McCormack Subs: Kiraly, Burn, Hoogland, Stafylidis, Kavanagh, Smith, Rodallega

Brentford XI: Button; Odubajo, Dean, Tarkowski, Bidwell; Diagouraga, Jota, Pritchard, Douglas; Dallas, Gray Subs: Bonham, Craig, McCormack, Toral, Judge, Smith, Long

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