Duo banned for Fulham

Midfielders Michael Brown and Papa Bouba Diop are suspended for Sunday’s Premiership trip to Middlesbrough.

Brown begins a three-match ban imposed by the Football Association for head-butting Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso last weekend, while Diop was sent-off against the Reds.

Left-back Franck Queudrue has recovered from his ankle injury but central defender Ian Pearce remains in the treatment room with a calf problem.

Italian striker Vincenzo Montella is out with a groin injury.

Team (from): Niemi, Volz, Bocanegra, Knight, Queudrue, Rosenior, Radzinski, McBride, Routledge, C Jensen, Davies, Smertin, Christanval, Helguson, Lastuvka, John, Dempsey.