Uefa Europa League
Venue: Craven Cottage Date: Thursday 18 March Kick-off: 1800 GMT Coverage: BBC Sport website, BBC Radio 5 live and ESPN
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**Fulham will give Brede Hangeland a late fitness test to see whether he has recovered enough from a chest injury.**Hangeland may have to sit out along with Andy Johnson and John Pantsil, who are both sidelined with knee injuries.
Danny Murphy and Jonathan Greening are suspended, David Elm is ill, but Bjorn Helge Riise returns after overcoming a stomach bug he picked up in Turin.
Juve are missing Gianluigi Buffon and Alex Manninger, so Antonio Chimenti or Carlo Pinsogliois will play in goal.
Manninger has a thigh injury, while Buffon has already been out for a month with a similar injury.
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Defender Jose Martin Caceres has an abdominal problem and is also out.
While Juve’s aggregate lead will make them favourites, Fulham boss Roy Hodgson is adamant that Dickson Etuhu’s away goal in Turin has provided his side with glimmer of hope.
And Hodgson’s reason for optimism was further enhanced after Alberto Zaccheroni’s Juve side squandered a three-goal lead in their 3-3 draw with Siena at the weekend.
“It’s not impossible. We’re not out of it for sure,” said Hodgson.
“I’ve seen stranger things happen in my career, so I am sure the players will be doing their very best to turn the game around in the second leg.”
“It is very important that we don’t allow our season, which has been quite fantastic, just to slip away”
Roy Hodgson
Fulham have exceeded the expectations of many this season, with the Craven Cottage outfit still in the hunt for two pieces of silverware and a top-half Premier League finish.
Fulham, currently 10th in the Premier League, face Tottenham in their FA Cup quarter-final replay next Wednesday and Hodgson admitted club’s season could be defined over the next seven days.
“My concern is that, having done so well, it will impact upon us if we go out of any of the competitions,” said Hodgson.
“It is very important that doesn’t happen and we don’t allow our season, which has been quite fantastic, just to slip away.”
Juventus midfielder Hasan Salihamidzic insisted the Italian side will take nothing for granted against Fulham, especially with the West London side playing at home.
“It’ll be very hard over there because it’s a small ground,” said Salihamidzic.
"They play with a great tempo at home and we’ll have to be very careful.
“But if we put them under pressure, the sort of pressure we did in the first leg, it will be really hard for them to play well.”
Fulham (from): Schwarzer, Zuberbuhler, Baird, Kelly, Hangeland, Konchesky, Hughes, Smalling, Gera, Duff, Davies, Etuhu, Riise, Dikgacoi, Nevland, Zamora, Dempsey.*