Fulham vs Brentford injury news as 2 ruled out for West London derby
A look at the injury news surrounding Fulham and Brentford ahead of Saturday’s West London derby.
Fulham and Brentford are back in Premier League action on Saturday evening when they face off at Craven Cottage. Fulham required a late own goal to defeat Leeds United last weekend, while the Bees scored late to snatch a draw against Chelsea before going on to defeat Aston Villa in the Carabao Cup wit the help of a penalty shootout.
Saturday’s London derby should be an interesting one given these two sies will have similar ambitions this season, and they are currently side-by-side in the table with Fulham one point better off so far. Here we round up the latest injury news surrounding the two sides.
Edmond-Paris Maghoma - Out
Maghoma is back in training, with Keith Andrews having said last week: “Paris is still building fitness as he recovers from a hamstring injury.” He is not expected back just yet.
Gustavo Nunes - Out
Nunes is also working his way back to full fitness before being played. Andrews said last week: “Gustavo will return to team training next week. The forward will be monitored over the coming weeks, having missed a block of pre-season.”
Issa Diop - Fit
Diop returned to the bench against Leeds last week, and after not being used and had another full week, he is likely viewed as fully fit going into this one.
Andrews on Villa win
Speaking after Brentford’s Carabao Cup win over Aston Villa, Bees boss Andrews said: "Even though we made a lot of changes tonight, I feel as though we're growing as a group, we're taking steps, in terms of what we do with the ball, and we're definitely getting there.
"We mentioned the steps we wanted to take as a group, compared to a few weeks ago when we played against them here, when we were forced low; that was really early days for us as a group. After the first 10 minutes of the game, we started to dictate a lot of it, we caused a lot of problems down the right, and we looked really, really, dangerous.
"I was very happy with the reaction after that, and then the reaction after going a goal down. I wasn't worried at half-time. To be honest, I felt confident that we'd get back into the game."