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Fulham vs Watford: PL team news, kick-off time, likely line-ups, odds and stats

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Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Fulham's home clash with Watford at Craven Cottage.

Fulham team news

Fulham will be without Tom Cairney and Neeskens Kebano for Saturday's Premier League clash with Watford at Craven Cottage.

Cairney continues to nurse a foot concern, with Kebano still unable to shake off an ankle problem.

Defender Tim Ream is back in training after a thigh injury but will not be fully fit in time to feature against the Hornets.

Provisional squad: Bettinelli, Odoi, Le Marchand, Fosu-Mensah, Mawson, McDonald, Schurrle, Seri, Zambo, Mitrovic, Vietto, Fabri, Chambers, Christie, Bryan, Sessegnon, Johansen, Kamara.

Watford team news

Watford reported no fresh injury problems ahead of Saturday's Premier League match against Fulham.

Winger Gerard Deulofeu is closing in on a return to full training after an abdominal problem, but will not be rushed into what would be a first appearance of the season.

Midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah played for the under-23s side earlier in the week to continue his recovery from a serious knee injury, so could be on the bench again, but Tom Cleverley (Achilles) remains a long-term absentee.

Provisional Squad: Foster, Janmaat, Cathcart, Holebas, Kabasele, Doucoure, Hughes, Capoue, Pereyra, Deeney, Gray, Gomes, Mariappa, Masina, Kiko, Sema, Chalobah, Success

Fulham and Watford - Key match stats

*Stats supplied by Opta

Fulham have failed to score in each of their last three league games against Watford (D1 L2), with two of those contests coming at Craven Cottage.

Fulham have kept clean sheets in five of their last seven league contests against Watford at Craven Cottage (W3 D2 L2), however they conceded five in their most recent encounter in December 2014 (0-5).

Watford won their last away league game after a run of 12 without a win on the road (D1 L11). They won their first three Premier League away games last season, the last time they won consecutive games away from home.

Since beating Arsenal 2-1 in January 2017, Watford have lost each of their last eight away Premier League games in London. Only Sunderland (14 games between 2002 and 2008) and Southampton (10 between 1995 and 1997) have suffered more consecutive away defeats in the capital.

Fulham have conceded at least twice in each of their last nine Premier League matches – only twice has a team conceded two or more goals in 10 consecutive games in the competition (Wimbledon, March to May 2000 and West Brom, December 2010 to February 2011).

This will be Fulham’s 500th match in the Premier League; the 15th team to reach the milestone in the competition. o Fulham are looking to win consecutive home Premier League games for the first time since April 2013.

No side has scored more second half goals than Watford in the Premier League this season (8, level with Chelsea), while only West Ham (7) have conceded more than Fulham after the interval (6).

Watford’s José Holebas already has four Premier League assists this season, matching his final tally from both the 2016-17 and 2017-18 campaigns. Only once has a Watford player provided more assists in a single campaign (Troy Deeney, 7 in 2015-16).

Fulham boss Slavisa Jokanovic took charge of 36 matches in all competitions when manager of Watford between October 2014 and May 2015 but the Serbian has yet to face the Hornets.

Watford captain Troy Deeney has netted four goals in his two league appearances against Fulham, including a hat-trick at Craven Cottage in December 2014.

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