Duff starts for Fulham in Wigan clash

Fulham and Wigan both made a number of changes for this afternoon’s Barclays Premier League encounter at Craven Cottage.

Mark Schwarzer, Mladen Petric, Damien Duff and Kieran Richardson all started for the Cottagers after missing last weekend’s FA Cup third round draw with Blackpool.

Only David Jones, Emmerson Boyce and Maynor Figueroa remained in the Wigan starting line-up after they were held to a 1-1 draw by Bournemouth.

Fulham: Schwarzer, Riether, Hangeland, Hughes, Richardson, Duff, Karagounis, Ruiz, Kacaniklic, Berbatov, Petric.

Subs: Stockdale, Riise, Senderos, Baird, Kasami, Rodallega, Dejagah.

Wigan: Al Habsi, Figueroa, Caldwell, Ramis, Beausejour, McArthur, Jones, Boyce, McCarthy, Maloney, Di Santo.

Subs: Pollitt, Henriquez, Gomez, McManaman, Boselli, Stam, Golobart.

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear)