Fulham v Brentford line-ups: four changes for Whites, Bees keep same team

Goalkeeper Andy Lonergan and striker Moussa Dembele both return to the Fulham line-up for the west London derby with Brentford.

The Whites show four changes from the team which lost 3-0 at Nottingham Forest, with Joe Lewis, James Husband, Ben Pringle and Matt Smith making way.

Ashley Richards and Luke Garbutt also return at full-back, with Ryan Fredericks pushed forward into a more advanced role.

It is Stuart Gray’s first game in temporary charge of Fulham, in the guise of senior coach.

Brentford are unchanged from the win over MK Dons, with Alan McCormack – who missed that game – still out through injury.

John Swift, who was also absent, returns as a substitute and is on the bench alongside Jota and Josh McEachran.

Fulham: Lonergan; Richards, Stearman, Ream, Garbutt; Fredericks, O’Hara, Parker, Cairney; Dembele, McCormack.
Subs: Lewis, Hutchinson, Burn, Hyndman, Kacaniklic, Smith, Woodrow.

Brentford: Button; Yennaris, Tarkowski, O’Connell, Bidwell; Kerschbaumer, Diagouraga; Woods, Canos, Judge; Vibe.
Subs: Bonham, Barbet, McEachran, Saunders, Jota, Swift, Hofmann.