Cottagers near to full strength

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They will be without Welsh midfielder Simon Davies, who is sidelined by a stress fracture of the foot.

However, manager Roy Hodgson is otherwise expected to select most of the players who finished last season in his team, even though he has admitted many are short of match fitness.

Fulham (from): Stockdale, Schwarzer, Zuberbuhler, Baird, Konchesky, Hangeland, Hughes, Pantsil, Kelly, Stoor, Andranik, Seol, Zamora, Nevland, Gera, Etuhu, Murphy, Dempsey, E Johnson, A Johnson.