Town have made three changes for this afternoon’s home game against Fulham with Florentino Luis, Jaden Philogene and Daizen Maeda coming into the XI.

Florentino is handed his full league debut in the centre of midfield with Exequiel Palacios on the bench having returned from international duty late in the week.

Maeda is set to start wide on the right with Abdul Fatawu suspended following his red card at Everton with Jaden Philogene, making his first league start of the season, on the left and Jack Clarke also among the subs, as is, for the first time this season, Azor Matusiwa.

Fulham make two changes with Ryan Sessegnon and Kenny Tete coming in to the team as the full-backs for Antonee Robinson, who misses out on a place in the squad, and Timothy Castagne, who is among the subs.

Town: Walton, Ouattara, O’Shea (c), Diop, Davis, Florentino, Lukic, Maeda, Philogene, Enciso, Emersonn. Subs: Scherpen, Furlong, Matusiwa, Walle Egeli, Flemming, Greaves, Palacios, Akpom, Clarke.

Fulham: Leno, Tete, Bassey (c), Affengruber, Sessegnon, Berge, Charles, Bobb, King, Iwobi, Garcia. Subs: Lecomte, Andersen, Palacios, Muniz, Kevin, Larsson, Angel, Castagne, Smith Rowe. Referee: Lewis Smith (Lancashire), Assistants: Scott Ledger, Akil Howson. Fourth official: John Busby. VAR: James Bell. Assistant VAR: Alex Chilowicz.

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