Caretaker boss Kevin Ball named an unchanged side as Sunderland attempted to stave off relegation from the Barclays Premiership against Fulham.

Goalkeeper Antti Niemi and midfielder Papa Bouba Diop are set to return from lengthy injury absences for Fulham’s visit to Premiership bottom club Sunderland tomorrow.

Aston Villa 0 Fulham 0

Wayne Bridge is ruled out of Fulham’s home Barclays Premiership match against Chelsea on Sunday under the terms of his loan transfer from Stamford Bridge.

Liverpool 5 Fulham 1

Liverpool’s much-maligned strikers found their scoring touch as the Anfield men stopped the rot with a win that maintains their bid for the runners-up spot in the Barclays Premiership.

England full-back Wayne Bridge is back in the Fulham squad and could return against Everton at Goodision Park tomorrow 10 days after damaging his ankle ligaments in the 2-1 win over Uruguay at Anfield.

Fulham defender Moritz Volz is set for his first appearance since puncturing a lung in early December as Liam Rosenior is suspended for the visit of West Brom.

Fulham will again be without the injured Mark Crossley, Alain Goma, Sylvain Legwinski, Ian Pearce and Mark Pembridge for tomorrow’s home clash with Everton.

Fulham boss Chris Coleman looks set to recall Steed Malbranque to the squad for tomorrow’s clash against Blackburn with the French midfielder having shown sufficient remorse for last Saturday's tantrum.

Fulham 1 Newcastle 3

Middlesbrough 1 Fulham 1

Fulham skipper Lee Clark and striker Andy Cole are expected to feature against Bolton tomorrow after shaking off knocks sustained in the 3-1 win against Portsmouth last Sunday.

Fulham are likely to rely on the squad that lost two of their last three games fir the daunting trip to Manchester United as midfielder Mark Pembridge (calf) and centre-half Ian Pearce (back) are still not fit.

Wales boss John Toshack told Robbie Savage he would not be picked for either of the World Cup qualifiers with Austria later this month before the Blackburn player quit international football.

Fulham boss Chris Coleman has unchanged squad to select from for the Barclays Premiership clash with Birmingham after no fresh injuries were sustained against Watford in midweek.

Fulham 2 Watford 0

Fulham were held to an FA Cup third-round replay after failing to convert their superiority over Watford into victory at Vicarage Road.

Fulham 3 Crystal Palace 1

Charlton 2 Fulham 1

Fulham 1 Man Utd 1

Norwich 0 Fulham 1

John Toshack will leave no stone unturned in his quest to build a Wales team capable of qualifying for the World Cup and European Championships.

Chris Coleman relished another clash with super-rich west London neighbours Chelsea after steering Fulham into the last eight of the Carling Cup.

Middlesbrough 3 Coventry 0

Birmingham 0 Fulham 1

England 2 Wales 0

Wales today named Mark Pembridge in the centre of their midfield as boss Mark Hughes settled on the man to replace the suspended Robbie Savage.

Andrew Cole and Papa Bouba Diop will begin their three-match suspensions when Fulham face Boston at York Street on Wednesday night, following their dismissals against West Bromwich Albion on Saturday.

Fulham 0 Arsenal 3

Patrick Vieira made his first Premiership start of the season at Fulham today as Arsenal looked to extend their unbeaten league run to 45 games.

Ben Thatcher today rejoined his Wales team-mates and was declared ready for World Cup action as boss Mark Hughes stepped up his preparations for Wednesday’s group six qualifying clash with Northern Ireland in Cardiff.

Azerbaijan 1 Wales 1

Fulham boss Chris Coleman has no fresh injury concerns as he prepares for the visit of Barclaycard Premiership champions Arsenal on Sunday.

Ryan Giggs has pulled out of Wales’ squad to play Hungary on Wednesday with a hamstring injury.

Chelsea 2 Fulham 1

Chelsea briefly closed the gap on leaders Arsenal with a barely deserved 2-0 victory at Bolton in the day’s early kick-off but the Gunners restored their advantage less than three hours later with a 2-0 win of their own at Blackburn.

Fulham skipper Lee Clark has not recovered from his Achilles’ injury as well as quickly as expected and misses tomorrow’s Premiership clash at Wolves.

Fulham boss Chris Coleman (pictured) will pick Luis Boa Morte in tomorrow’s FA Cup clash with Everton, despite the racism row which has dominated the build-up to the fourth-round replay.

Fulham are not allowed to play new signing Brian McBride in their FA Cup fourth round clash with Everton after the American international was not granted a work permit in time for the match.

Fulham boss Chris Coleman is ready to name unsettled striker Louis Saha in his starting line-up for the Barclaycard Premiership clash with Everton at Loftus Road.

Fulham could give Bobby Petta, the left sided midfielder signed on loan from Celtic until the end of the season, his debut against Cheltenham in the FA Cup on Sunday.

Jerome Bonnissel is Fulham manager Chris Coleman’s latest injury concern after limping out of the 2-0 victory over Southampton on St Stephen's Day.

Fulham 2 Southampton 0