Fulham boss Roy Hodgson admits they will miss injured captain Danny Murphy.
Hodgson fears Murphy will be some weeks out and told fulhamfc.com: "Unfortunately Danny got injured during our game against Hull on Monday evening. We're still assessing the injury and hoping it isn't extremely serious but it's serious enough to keep him out of Thursday's game and the game at the weekend and maybe longer but we're hoping the tendon that was damaged is still attached and that there will be no need for an operation.
"We'll be very lucky if he comes back before the next international window. I'm really hoping because there is an international window he'll have even longer to recover. I would seriously hope that he would be fit after that but that's the best we can hope for at the moment.
"He's the Captain of the team and a very good player. He's been playing very well for us and every team misses their good players."