Fulham v Arsenal: Fulham duo out, Gunners stars could return



Fulham defenders Joe Bryan and Timothy Fosu-Mensah have been ruled out of Sunday’s clash against Arsenal.

Bryan has a hamstring injury and Fosu-Mensah (pictured) has a dislocated shoulder, with the pair joining midfielder Neeskens Kebano (ankle) on the sidelines.

Defender Alfie Mawson is in contention to return following a back injury, while fit-again midfielder Tom Cairney is pushing to start.

Provisional squad: Bettinelli, Rico, Fabri, Christie, Odoi, Chambers, Mawson, Ream, Le Marchand, Ayite, Ryan Sessegnon, Seri, Cairney, McDonald, Johansen, De La Torre, Anguissa, Steven Sessegnon, Schurrle, Vietto, Mitrovic, Fonte, Kamara.

Arsenal head coach Unai Emery is likely to make wholesale changes.

The Gunners boss made nine alterations for the 3-0 Europa League win in Qarabag and will be hoping to have Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang back from illness – while Aaron Ramsey could feature as he waits for his wife to give birth.

Petr Cech (hamstring), Ainsley Maitland-Niles (leg), Laurent Koscielny (Achilles) and Konstantinos Mavropanos (groin) are missing but Henrikh Mkhitaryan is back in the squad after missing the trip to Azerbaijan.

Provisional squad: Leno, Martinez, Bellerin, Lichtsteiner, Holding, Mustafi, Papastathopoulos, Monreal, Kolasinac, Xhaka, Elneny, Torreira, Guendouzi, Ramsey, Smith Rowe, Iwobi, Mkhitaryan, Ozil, Welbeck, Lacazette, Aubameyang.