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It’s FA Cup quarter-final weekend, with the first of these four slightly unlikely ties – Manchester City apart – coming in the form of a London derby at Craven Cottage. Fulham and Crystal Palace are both chasing history in this competition this season, having never lifted the cup. Palace came close nearly a decade ago in that 2016 final against Manchester United, (Alan Pardew’s dance, Jesse Lingard’s goal and all that) while it’s been 50 years since Fulham last got all the way to a Wembley showpiece. One of them is guaranteed a semi-final trip to north London at least.
Jean-Philippe Mateta looks set to make his return after suffering a nasty head injury in Palace’s previous FA Cup game against Millwall, with both teams fortunate enough to have come through the international break without a long list of absentees.
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