Fulham head to the Riverside in search of their third league win on the bounce.

 

The Cottagers have beaten both Birmingham and Bolton to record back-to-back wins for the first time this season.

The turn around has come since caretaker manager Kit Symons took charge of the club just before the Blackburn game.

One of the players benefitting from the change is Dan Burn and the imposing centre-back believes Symons should stay on as Fulham manager.

"Kit is a great guy and only wants what is best for the club. At the moment, personally I think the right man is him and I'm sure a lot of the fans do," Burn said.

Fulham finally looked like a confident side on Wednesday evening when they dispatched Bolton with a touch of Premier League quality. The hapless Trotters went down 4-0 in a game that highlighted their current problems.

Speaking of the vacant position, Symons said: "It is a brilliant opportunity for me. I'm obviously well and truly in the mix for it but the panel and the owner will pick the right person for the job."

Meanwhile Middlesbrough were left frustrated on Tuesday evening after a 1-1 draw with the bottom side Blackpool- a game that could cost them towards the end of the season, as Karanka has acknowledged: "These are the kind of games where, if we want to do something, we cannot lose points."

Fulham may have been struggling until just a few weeks ago but Aitor Karanka is wary of the London side:

“Getting the three points at home is always important, but it’s going to be a very difficult game on Saturday,” Karanka said

“Fulham are now playing the way we all expected them to when they were relegated because they have a squad full of Premier League players."