Cattermole back for Boro

Middlesbrough welcome back Lee Cattermole from suspension for Monday night’s televised Barclays Premiership clash at Fulham.

Boro manager Gareth Southgate will have to cope without Austrian defender Emanuel Pogatetz, who is banned for the trip to Craven Cottage.

Abel Xavier stands by to start alongside Jonathan Woodgate in the centre of defence with Stuart Parnaby poised to slot into the right-back berth vacated by the former Portugal international.

Provisional squad: Schwarzer, Parnaby, Taylor, Xavier, Woodgate, Boateng, Cattermole, Morrison, Downing, Viduka, Yakubu, Jones, Arca, Rochemback, Christie, Davies, Johnson.