- REPORT | Play-Off clash finely poised after 1-1 draw at the Cottage
- ANALYSIS | Cairney has the cooler head but the omens are against Fulham
Fulham were held to a 1-1 draw by Reading in the first leg of their EFL Championship Play-Off semi-final.
Tom Cairney's second half header levelled the match after Reading had taken the lead through Jordan Obika's powerful drive.
The Royals would finish with ten men, after captain Paul McShane was shown a straight rec card for a fierce challenge on Fulham's Kevin McDonald.
The sides will face one another on Tuesday in the second leg at the Madejski Stadium, but you can relive all of the action from the first leg in our London Football live blog...
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Referee: Stuart Attwell
Fulham XI: Bettinelli, Fredericks, Kalas, Ream, Malone, Johansen, McDonald, Aluko, Cairney, Ayite, Martin.
Substitutes: Button, Odoi, Sessegnon, Parker, Piazon, Kebano, Cyraic
Reading XI: Al-Habsi, Gunter, Obita, McShane, Moore, Blackett, Evans, Williams, Swift, Grabban, Kermorgant.
Substitutes: Jaakkola, Van den Berg, Beerens, Mendes, McCleary, Ilori, Popa.
Marcus Bettinelli is warming up out on the pitch
So there you have the head-to-head record between the two side, which Fulham shade with 20 wins to Reading's sixteen.
The sides have shared the spoils this season though with a win apiece, albeit Fulham's was the far more convincing as they ran-out 5-0 winners.
Reading won 1-0 at the Madejski with Chris Martin missing a late penalty for Fulham.
HEAD TO HEAD
But what do you think? Cast you vote in the poll below.
Well the sun is beaming on what's turned out to be a beautiful afternoon in West London, but can Fulham take one step in the final with a victory today.
Despite finishing three places below Reading, you can't help but feel that Jokanovic's side will win today is they play to their potential.
Here are the teams, and as expected Sigurdsson and Madl miss out, but McShane has been passed fit to captain Reading.
STATS | HEAD-TO-HEAD | OMENS
Both sides boast impressive form going into the tie, but what are the stats and omens going into the match?
We'll have the team news from Craven Cottage in around five minutes time, with both side set to be a little short in defence.
Fulham defenders Ragnar Sigurdsson (calf) and Michael Madl (ankle) are set to miss both legs against Reading, while Paul McShane (calf) is a doubt going into today's game. Midfielder Gareth McCleary is almost certain to miss the game for the Royals.
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