TEAM NEWS | Cullen returns and Taylor on the bench for Fulham clash

Josh Cullen will start for the Addicks tonight for the first time since suffering an ankle injury in Charlton’s 2-2 draw with Cardiff City in November.

The midfielder is one of six changes to the starting lineup for this evening’s game against Fulham at The Valley and there is also a return for Lyle Taylor to the bench.

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Jason Pearce, Ben Purrington, Albie Morgan, Erhun Oztumer and Tomer Hemed all return to the side with Naby Sarr, Deji Oshilaja, Ben Dempsey, Jonny Williams and Andre Green moving to the bench, joining Taylor and Ashley Maynard-Brewer.

It means the Addicks could line up and a 4-3-3 formation with Dillon Phillips in goal behind a back four of Adam Matthews, Tom Lockyer, Pearce and Purrington. 

Cullen is expected to be joined in midfield by Darren Pratley and Albie Morgan with Oztumer and Alfie Doughty either side of Hemed.

Bowyer could also operate a 4-2-3-1 formation with Oztumer in the number 10 role behind Hemed. 

Charlton: Phillips; Matthews, Lockyer, Pearce (C), Purrington; Cullen, Pratley, Morgan; Oztumer, Doughty, Hemed

Substitutes: Maynard-Brewer, Sarr, Oshilaja, Dempsey, Williams, Taylor, Green

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