Albion are without midfielders Jake Forster-Caskey and Gary Gardner through illness for tonight’s Championship match at Fulham.
Loan striker Darren Bent is also ruled out by a groin injury sustained in the first half of the Boxing Day draw at home to Reading.
Craig Mackail-Smith replaces Bent, as he did after 30 minutes on Friday. Rohan Ince and Joao Teixeira return to the starting line-up as caretaker Nathan Jones makes three changes.
Chris O’Grady, recalled from a loan spell at Sheffield United, is among the substitutes along with Sam Baldock, who is fit again after a thigh injury.
Greg Halford – whose loan ends this week along with Bent, Gardner and Elliott Bennett – retains his place in central defence in the continued absence of Gordon Greer (knee).
Bruno serves the second game of his three-match ban following a red card at Wolves in Sami Hyypia’s first game in charge just before Christmas.
Kazenga LuaLua continues to be ruled out along with long-term injury victims Andrew Crofts and Dale Stephens.
The Seagulls have won just one of their last 19 games in the Championship and only once away from home in the league this season.
A win tonight would move Albion out of the relegation zone.
Albion: Stockdale; Calderon, Halford, Dunk, J.Bennett; Holla; Ince, Colunga; E.Bennett, Mackail-Smith, Teixeira. Subs: Hughes, Chicksen, McCourt, March, O’Grady, Baldock, Walton.
Fulham: Bettinelli; Grimmer, Bodurov, Hutchinson, Stafylidis; Hyndman, Parker, Williams, Fofana; Rodallega, McCormack. Subs: Burn, Kavanagh, Zvetoric, Roberts, Woodrow, Dembele, Burn, Kiraly.
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Loan striker Darren Bent is also ruled out by a groin injury sustained in the first half of the Boxing Day draw at home to Reading.
Craig Mackail-Smith replaces Bent, as he did after 30 minutes on Friday. Rohan Ince and Joao Teixeira return to the starting line-up as caretaker Nathan Jones makes three changes.
Chris O’Grady, recalled from a loan spell at Sheffield United, is among the substitutes along with Sam Baldock, who is fit again after a thigh injury.
Greg Halford – whose loan ends this week along with Bent, Gardner and Elliott Bennett – retains his place in central defence in the continued absence of Gordon Greer (knee).
Bruno serves the second game of his three-match ban following a red card at Wolves in Sami Hyypia’s first game in charge just before Christmas.
Kazenga LuaLua continues to be ruled out along with long-term injury victims Andrew Crofts and Dale Stephens.
The Seagulls have won just one of their last 19 games in the Championship and only once away from home in the league this season.
A win tonight would move Albion out of the relegation zone.
Albion: Stockdale; Calderon, Halford, Dunk, J.Bennett; Holla; Ince, Colunga; E.Bennett, Mackail-Smith, Teixeira. Subs: Hughes, Chicksen, McCourt, March, O’Grady, Baldock, Walton.
Fulham: Bettinelli; Grimmer, Bodurov, Hutchinson, Stafylidis; Hyndman, Parker, Williams, Fofana; Rodallega, McCormack. Subs: Burn, Kavanagh, Zvetoric, Roberts, Woodrow, Dembele, Burn, Kiraly.
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