Fulham will play hosts to Reading at the Craven Cottage after securing three successive league victories versus Norwich City, Leeds United and Sheffield Wednesday respectively. The Cottagers are flying high at the moment and are in an ideal position to overtake Cardiff City in the race to attain an automatic promotion back to the Premier League. They find themselves just two points behind the Bluebirds so a victory on Tuesday night could potentially take them above the Welsh outfit if other results go their way.
The recent history of the fixture makes a grim reading for the London side as they have not won in any of their previous four meetings with the Royals, drawing two and losing two of those matches. Slaviša Jokanović is expected to opt for his favoured 4-2-3-1 formation and might name an unchanged side for this contest.
4-2-3-1 Fulham Predicted Lineup To Face Reading
Defence
Marcus Bettinelli should start in goal for the Cottagers and will be protected by a back four consisting of Denis Odoi and Tim Ream in central defence while Ryan Fredericks operates as the right-back and Matt Targett might start on the left side of the backline.
Slaviša Jokanović’s side has kept three successive clean sheets in the league and are in prime form going into this clash on Tuesday night. The Cottagers backline will try to keep another shut-out when they face off against Reading at Craven Cottage.
Midfield
The duo of Kevin McDonald and Stefan Johansen could be deployed at the centre of the park as the holding midfielders while the trio of Ryan Sessegnon, Tom Cairney and Oluwaseyi Ojo will play ahead of them. The Fulham midfielders will be responsible to provide support to Mitrovic in the opposition half as they try to break down a solid Reading side which has shipped in just 3 goals in their last three league outings.
A lot will ride on the young shoulders of Ryan Sessegnon who has lit up the Championship with some eye-catching displays for the Cottagers during the course of this season.
Attack
Aleksandar Mitrović will once again lead the lines for Fulham up top. The January loan arrival from Newcastle United has been in a rich vein of form in recent weeks and will look to get his name on the scoresheet in what could be a tricky tie at home versus Reading. The 23-year-old forward has found the back of the net 8 times in 11 second-tier matches so far. He also has one assist to his name during that time.
