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Burnley v Fulham preview

Image: Coyle: Aiming to continue home form

Burnley are looking to continue their encouraging home form against Fulham on Saturday.

Burnley look to bounce back to form at Turf Moor

Burnley are hoping to bounce back from two defeats on the road when they return to Turf Moor on Saturday. Owen Coyle's side went down 5-3 at West Ham a fortnight ago and then lost 2-0 to rock-bottom Portsmouth at Fratton Park last weekend. But the Clarets' home form is far more convincing, and with five wins and draw from seven Premier League games so far, they will be looking to pick up maximum points against Fulham. The Cottagers though, travel to Lancashire firing on all cylinders after three victories in their previous four games. Since last month's 1-1 draw at Bolton, boss Roy Hodgson has overseen consecutive 1-0 victories over CSKA Sofia and Sunderland, but his side have yet to seal a win away from Craven Cottage since the opening day of the season.

Team news

Burnley captain Stephen Caldwell is available after suspension and on-loan striker David Nugent also comes into contention after missing out against parent club Pompey. However Martin Paterson, Chris McCann and Jay Rodriguez remain on the sidelines. Fulham will be without Simon Davies after his recovery from an ankle injury suffered a setback. Hodgson revealed the midfielder had undergone a second scan after the club's physios discovered the injury, which he suffered on Europa League duty against Sofia last week, was not healing as quickly as expected. Dickson Etuhu should recover from a knee problem while Andy Johnson and Diomansy Kamara are still out with their respective groin and knee complaints. Possible starting XIs Burnley Jensen, Mears, Jordan, Carlisle, Bikey, Caldwell, Eagles, Alexander, Elliott, Blake, Fletcher. Fulham Schwarzer, Hughes, Konchesky, Hangeland, Pantsil, Baird, Greening, Zamora, Nevland, Duff, Dempsey.