Season › 2011-12 › News Everton vs Fulham Lyndon Lloyd , 28 April, 50comments | Jump to most recent Match Preview Their tails up again following last Sunday's thrilling comeback at Old Trafford, Everton are looking to carry their Premier League momentum through to the end of the season, with Fulham the visitors for the Blues' penultimate home game. European qualification is still mathematically possible but seeing as David Moyes's side would need to win all four of their remaining fixtures and hope Tottenham lose all theirs, it's a very remote possibility, so the goal is now to ensure that Everton clinch seventh place along with the additional revenue and local bragging rights that would come with it. In that respect, the Cottagers are the ideal opponents this weekend given the Blues' record against them in recent years. Fulham have come to Goodison Park 10 times in the Premier League and lost on every occasion, conceding an average of 2.3 goals in the process. Everton have owned Fulham in this fixture over the past decade (starting, of course, with Moyes's first match in charge in March 2002) and the manager will be hoping to extend that run. As was the case last weekend for the match against Manchester United, he will be without Leighton Baines and Jack Rodwell who are sidelined with hamstring injuries and Royston Drenthe who remains frozen out of the manager's thinking, his Everton career effectively over. Article continues below video content It's likely, therefore, that Moyes will continue with Sylvain Distin at left back and, fitness permitting, Phil Neville could play again in central midfield with Marouane Fellaini pushed up in support of Nikica Jelavic. The Belgian played a blinder in that role at Old Trafford and could well be asked to reprise his role in the hole, with Tim Cahill starting on the bench again. If so, the Australian could be joined by the likes of Denis Stracqualursi, Apostolos Vellios and Ross Barkley, all three of whom will be chomping at the bit for more playing time after seeing their first-team options dwindle over the course of the season. If selected, Leon Osman will make his 300th game for Everton and Tony Hibbert will make his 250th, milestones that underscore the service that both have given the Club over the past decade or so. Fulham's record at Goodison may be abysmal but their form over the past few months is only bettered by the top four and Everton. Their win over Wigan last Saturday moved them up to ninth, just two points behind the Blues, and in free-scoring Clint Dempsey they have a potent weapon that Messers Heitinga and Phil Jagielka will need to keep subdued. This will be the third meeting between the clubs this season and, having won 3-1 at Craven Cottage in October and knocked Martin Jol's side out of the FA Cup in January, victory for Everton would complete a clean sweep of Fulham. Quotes or other material sourced from ToffeeWeb Live Matchday Forum Reader Comments (50) Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer Add Your Comments In order to post a comment, you need to be logged in as a registered user of the site. » Log in now Or Sign up as a ToffeeWeb Member — it's free, takes just a few minutes and will allow you to post your comments on articles and Talking Points submissions across the site. About these ads