Team News: Mark Schwarzer returns for Fulham to face Wigan Athletic

Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer has recovered from a neck injury and has been passed fit to face Wigan Athletic this afternoon.

The Cottagers' starting XI shows four changes from the team that began their last Premier League outing, which was a 2-1 win at West Brom.

Schwarzer returns in place of David Stockdale, while Kieran Richardson, Damien Duff and Mladen Petric come in for Matthew Briggs, Ashkan Dejagah and Steven Sidwell, who has a slight problem with his hamstring.

Meanwhile, Wigan make just one change from the team that lost 4-0 to Manchester United, as David Jones replaces Arouna Kone.

Fulham: Schwarzer, Riether, Hangeland, Hughes, Richardson, Duff, Ruiz, Karagounis, Kacaniklic, Berbatov, Petric Subs: Stockdale, Riise, Senderos, Baird, Kasami, Rodallega, Dejagah

Wigan: Al-Habsi, Boyce, Caldwell, Ramis, Figueroa, McCarthy, Jones, McArthur, Maloney, Beausejour, Di Santo Subs: Pollitt, Stam, Golobart, Gomez, McManaman, Boselli, Henriquez