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.[phone][/phone]

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.