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Fulham have it all to do to maintain their European adventure against Italian giants Juventus at Craven Cottage.

Roy Hodgson's men went down 3-1 to the Old Lady in the first leg of their last-16 Europa League clash.

Fulham's form failed to improve at the weekend after they suffered a 3-0 defeat to Manchester United, although Juventus squandered a three-goal lead at home to bottom side Siena on Sunday.

Cottagers news

Star defender Brede Hangeland is a doubt to feature with the chest injury that forced him out of their defeat at Old Trafford. United-bound Chris Smalling could start if Hangeland misses out.

Captain Danny Murphy and fellow midfielder Jonathan Greening are suspended while John Pantsil (knee) and David Elm (illness) are both injured.

Bobby Zamora is sure to lead the line and he could partner Clint Dempsey with Andy Johnson (knee) still out on the sidelines injured.

Hodgson is relishing the opportunity of taking the Cottagers to a new high in their history by eliminating Juve.

"I think it's fairly obvious that if we were able to knock out a team like Juventus it would be a massive achievement," said the 62-year-old. "I'm sure that it would be a massive feather in Fulham's cap."

Juve news

Juve manager Alberto Zaccheroni has injury problems of his own to contend with, especially who to select between the sticks.

Zaccheroni has Antonio Chimenti and Carlo Pinsoglio to choose from as he is also without first and second choices Gianluigi Buffon and Alex Manninger.

Veteran Alessandro Del Piero is expected to face the Cottagers after scoring twice in Juve's disappointing 3-3 draw with Siena.

Giorgio Chiellini, Martin Caceres, Claudio Marchisio, Amauri and Michele Paolucci are all injured while the man who scored Juve's opener last week - Nicola Legrottaglie - is suspended.