Fulham handed double injury boost

Fulham have been handed a double damage enhance forward of this afternoon’s Premier League conflict in opposition to Brentford.

What’s the information?

Throughout his current press convention, their supervisor Marco Silva revealed that his squad’s present health standing is similar because it was previous to final weekend’s 0-0 draw in opposition to Wolves.

In a current tweet following Silva’s press convention, damage analyst Ben Dinnery stated that Andreas Pereira and Bobby Decordova-Reid are tremendous after the duo picked up knocks at Molineux final weekend.

Pereira presently has the second-highest variety of shot-creating actions (five) within the Fulham squad and made the joint-highest variety of key passes (two) within the draw in opposition to Wolves, along with having the joint-highest common for key passes per recreation (1.5) at Craven Cottage up to now this season.

This reveals simply how vital he’s for the group when it comes to creating and establishing goalscoring probabilities.

Making an allowance for how solely two golf equipment have made extra interceptions than Brentford (36) up to now within the 2022/23 Premier League, having a participant just like the Brazilian pulling the strings and taking part in key passes which might make the Bees vulnerable to goalscoring alternatives could be a giant enhance for Fulham.

As for Decordova-Reid, solely Aleksandar Mitrovic (3.5) has a better common for photographs per recreation than him (1.5) in Silva’s squad, displaying that whereas his attributes could lie extra in being a hazard to goalkeepers, he’s nonetheless simply as essential an attacking participant for the Cottagers as Pereira.

The truth is, he was one among solely three Fulham gamers to really get a shot at goal final weekend in opposition to Bruno Lage’s aspect.

Are you assured Fulham will beat Brentford?

Taking all this under consideration, having the duo obtainable for at the moment’s showdown in opposition to Brentford – who confirmed final weekend how harmful they are often as they smashed Manchester United 4-0 – will certainly be a lift for Fulham and have Silva thrilled that the duo haven’t been struck down with critical accidents.

With the Cottagers trying to safe their first league win of the season, if Pereira and Decordova-Reid are each match sufficient to play this afternoon, they might give their aspect a fantastic likelihood of selecting up three factors in opposition to their west London neighbours.