Goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg, Ashkan Dejagah and Matthew Briggs are all still sidelined.
Fulham defender Aaron Hughes and midfielder Bryan Ruiz face fitness tests to determine if they will be fit. Hughes and Ruiz have been absent with thigh and ankle injuries, respectively. Ashkan Dejagah (calf), Matthew Briggs (hernia) and first-choice goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg (shoulder) are still out.
Cardiff boss Malky Mackay could choose to hand Peter Odemwingie a first Premier League start for his new club.
Odemwingie scored in the midweek Capital One Cup defeat at West Ham and could usurp Fraizer Campbell in the lone striker role at Craven Cottage. Mackay is otherwise expected to stick with the side that suffered a last-gasp defeat to Tottenham last weekend. Andrew Taylor will make his 100th appearance for the club, while Kevin McNaughton has joined Bolton on a month-long emergency loan.
Cardiff forward Peter Odemwingie could be rewarded with his first Premier League start for the club after scoring on his full debut in the midweek League Cup defeat at West Ham.
Fellow striker Andreas Cornelius remains out with an ankle problem.
MATCH PREVIEW
Fulham have taken only one point from their last six Barclays Premier League home games (L5 D1).
No team has won more points from losing positions than Cardiff (4) this season in the Barclays Premier League.
The last league meeting between Fulham and Cardiff came in the fourth tier in 1996-97.
Peter Beardsley scored the opening goal for Fulham in their last home game against Cardiff; a 2-1 League Cup win over the Welsh side.
Fulham have allowed their opponents to attempt 100 shots (including blocked shots) so far this season; a Premier League high.
This is Fulham’s worst ever run of results at home in the Premier League (over a six game period).
Only one away team has failed to score (Stoke in February 2013) in the last 17 Premier League games at Craven Cottage.
When Fulham beat QPR on 1 April, it virtually ensured their Premier League status and, with eight games still left to play, it seemed another top-10 finish was within their grasp.
However, they subsequently ended the campaign by claiming just four more points, losing six of those final matches and scoring just seven more goals in the process.
That stuttering form has again plagued them at the beginning of this season too. Fulham have earned just one point since the opening-day win at Sunderland, leaving them in the bottom three of the fledgling table. Only three goals scored indicates their most significant failure.
