Fulham vs Hull City; The FA Cup Fourth Round
Fulham vs Hull City. The FA Cup Fourth Round.
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Fulham v Hull preview: Tigers look to bounce back against The Cottagers
Sunday 29 January 2017 12:02, UK
Hull will be looking to bounce back from their EFL Cup defeat to Manchester United as they travel to Fulham in the FA Cup fourth round on Sunday (kick-off 12.30pm).
Despite a packed schedule, Hull have won three of their six games in 2017 and look refreshed under new head coach Marco Silva.
But Silva may be inclined to rotate his squad, with league games against Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal to follow their clash at Craven Cottage.
Slavisa Jokanovic's side continue to flirt with the Championship play-off places and booked their place in the fourth round of the FA Cup with a 2-1 victory over Cardiff in January.
Team news
Fulham should have the same squad available which lost to Reading in midweek, though Michael Madl will likely be unavailable after suffering a facial injury early in the defeat.
Thanos Petsos could be available for the Cottagers after the Greek midfielder completed his first training session since joining on loan from Werder Bremen.
Silva is likely to select from the same group of players that were available for Thursday night's win against Manchester United.
The head coach had no fresh injury concerns to report when speaking to the media on Friday morning, with Josh Tymon and Jarrod Bowen hoping to feature again after starting in the win against United.
Curtis Davies remains unavailable through injury, while Ryan Mason, Moses Odubajo, Alex Bruce, Will Keane and Greg Luer will also be missing.
Opta stats
Fulham have progressed from two of their previous three FA Cup ties against Hull (1959/60 and 1974/75, both third round).
Hull haven't lost in the FA Cup to a lower-league side than them since Round 4 in 2011/12 (v Crawley).
Fulham have made it to the fourth round of the FA Cup in eight of the last nine seasons.
However, the Cottagers have been eliminated from each of their last four FA Cup games at this stage (2012-2015).
Prediction
This is a hard one to call because Hull have games coming thick and fast. After this, they have tough league games against Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal. For that reason, I see Fulham, who are playing great at home, winning this.
PAUL PREDICTS: 2-1 (15/2 with Sky Bet)
