Jay Dasilva is set for a return when Bristol City welcome Hull to Ashton Gate on Saturday.The 24-year-old left-back was absent for the 3-1 win over Derby last weekend with an ankle injury, but City boss Nigel Pearson has declared Dasilva fit ahead of the game.Eighteen-year-old Ayman Benarous is most likely to make way for Dasilva after he filled in at left-back against the Rams.Alex Scott suffer...Full Story »

Fulham boss Marco Silva is expected to select from an unchanged squad for the home game against Nottingham Forest.Silva has reported no new injury worries after Saturday’s 1-1 draw at Bournemouth put his side’s title celebrations on hold, but is likely to make one or two changes.Antonee Robinson, Jean Michael Seri, Nathaniel Chalobah and Bobby De Cordova-Reid are among those pushing ...Full Story »

Marco Silva hailed a “fantastic journey” after Fulham secured a “deserved” promotion back to the Premier League in emphatic fashion.The Cottagers have been dominant in the Sky Bet Championship this season and sealed their top-flight return with four games remaining following a 3-0 home win over Preston.Aleksandar Mitrovic took his tally for the season to 40 with a brace, ...Full Story »

Fulham boss Marco Silva is expected to choose from a full-strength squad as his side bid to secure promotion to the Premier League with a home win against Preston.Midfielder Tom Cairney returned from a two-game injury absence in Friday night’s Sky Bet Championship defeat at Derby, which put Fulham’s celebrations on hold.Silva reported no new injuries after the match and must decide w...Full Story »

Jay Dasilva’s freak goal was enough to take the spoils as Bristol City edged Stoke 1-0 at the bet365 Stadium.An evenly-fought contest sparked into life in the final 10 minutes, with a Lewis Baker free-kick striking the crossbar as the Potters attempted to break the deadlock.However, the travelling Robins – who had only won one of their last 14 away games dating back to October &ndash...Full Story »

Fulham manager Marco Silva blamed a lack of a winning mentality and individual errors for his team’s stumble at home to Coventry, when a win would have left them just three more points from promotion.Fulham trailed at the break to goals from Michael Rose and Viktor Gyokeres – a set play and a goalkeeping error respectively – and although they pulled one back through substitute ...Full Story »

Marco Silva insists Fulham have to stay focused on finishing off their promotion charge after watching his team take another big step towards the Premier League.Aleksandar Mitrovic’s 38th goal of a fantastic season was enough to lift the Cottagers 17 points clear of the play-off zone as they secured a 1-0 win at Middlesbrough.And if Nottingham Forest lose at home to Birmingham on Saturday,...Full Story »

Marco Silva insisted his focus is firmly on leading Fulham to promotion and not on the prospect of Aleksandar Mitrovic breaking the second-tier scoring record.Mitrovic’s brace in the 2-0 derby triumph at QPR took the Serbia striker’s league tally for the season to 37, meaning he needs just six more goals to break Guy Whittingham’s 29-year-old record.It also helped cement Fulham...Full Story »

Manchester City star Bernardo Silva has been hammered for his "grandad" style by a former team-mate Manchester City playmaker Bernardo Silva gets ribbed over his “grandad” clothes, a former teammate has revealed. Brazilian Jemerson, who was with the midfielder at Monaco, said Silva's dress sense was the talk of the dressing room. The Portuguese international's current teammate Ilka...Full Story »

Fulham head coach Marco Silva admitted his team did not turn up in the first half as the runaway Championship leaders lost 1-0 at West Brom – but insisted complacency is not a problem.The Cottagers remain 11 points clear at the top of the table but could not produce an effort on target as they failed to score for the first time in 14 league games going back to December 20.“It was not...Full Story »

Marco Silva insisted Harry Wilson’s injuries justified the red card shown to Swansea’s Ryan Manning which turned their game in Fulham’s favour.With the game finely poised at 0-0 at the time, the runaway Championship leaders were able to score five second-half goals to extend their lead at the top to 14 points.Fulham boss Marco Silva at first agreed with opposite number Russell ...Full Story »

Bernardo Silva has named his pet french bulldog 'John' in honour of Manchester City teammate John Stones - it's one of football's strangest bromances. Silva and Stones have been friends one and off the pitch since the former arrived from Monaco in 2017. The 27-year-old is often seen walking his dog around Manchester with girlfriend Ines and the pup's name comes from Stones. Silva told The T...Full Story »

Marco Silva insists Fulham’s focus is on clinching promotion – not breaking records.Silva’s side moved one step closer towards securing a return to the Premier League following a 2-0 victory over Blackburn at Craven Cottage.Neeskens Kebano and Harry Wilson scored before the break to secure the three points taking Fulham’s season tally to 84 goals – 15 short of Readi...Full Story »

Resurgent Carlisle secured a second-successive win as they pulled themselves three points clear of the League Two relegation places with a 2-0 victory at home to Rochdale.Omari Patrick, who scored the only goal in Paul Simpson’s first game back in charge of the club on Saturday, opened the scoring.And Tobi Sho-Silva secured the manager a welcome return to Brunton Park with his late second....Full Story »

Fulham manager Marco Silva praised the resilience of his Sky Bet Championship leaders after they dug out a 1-0 win at Cardiff.Aleksandar Mitrovic extended his record as the league’s top goalscorer with his 34th of the campaign and that proved enough to claim all three points.An eighth win in 10 league games keeps the Cottagers nine points clear of Bournemouth in the race for the title and ...Full Story »

Marco Silva hailed Aleksandar Mitrovic after he set a new Sky Bet Championship goalscoring record but the Fulham boss urged his side to tighten up despite watching them beat managerless Peterborough 2-1.Two record-breaking goals from Mitrovic sealed the victory – with 33, the Serbian has now scored more in one season since the league was rebranded in 2004 than any other player – alth...Full Story »

Fulham manager Marco Silva laid into referee Tony Harrington for awarding Huddersfield a controversial penalty in a 2-1 win for Carlos Corberan’s visitors.Duane Holmes converted from the spot to add to Danny Ward’s opener before Bobby De Cordova-Reid pulled one back for the Championship leaders, who lost in the league for the first time since December.Silva, who was shown a yellow ca...Full Story »

Manager Marco Silva felt Championship leaders Fulham showed another side to their game in the 1-0 win at Hull.Silva’s team were not at their free-flowing best but they had the strength of character when it mattered to claim three points against determined opponents.Aleksander Mitrovic’s 57th-minute header – his 31st goal of the season – was enough to keep Fulham six point...Full Story »

Tobi Sho-Silva’s late header salvaged Carlisle a point in a 2-2 draw at fellow strugglers Colchester.Owura Edwards and Freddie Sears went close for Colchester in the first half and Cole Skuse’s long-range strike was brilliantly saved by Carlisle goalkeeper Mark Howard just before half-time.But early in the second half, U’s keeper Sam Hornby made a fine reflex save to deny Owen ...Full Story »

Fulham head coach Marco Silva called for his side to be even more consistent despite a 3-0 win over Millwall.Two goals for Aleksandar Mitrovic and one for Bobby De Cordova-Reid rounded off a win that puts the Craven Cottage side eight points clear at the top of the Championship.Despite the scoreline, Millwall showed promising moves against the Fulham backline.Silva admitted that for his side to ...Full Story »