Fulham are set to be without Josh King and Kenny Tete.
Their head coach, Marco Silva, told the Cottagers’ official website on Friday: “We keep assessing them but if I have to answer now we have big possibilities for them to be out of the game.”
Silva also confirmed the meeting with Liverpool comes too soon for Ryan Sessegnon, while Rodrigo Muniz is sidelined due to injury too.
Like Salah, Calvin Bassey, Samuel Chukwueze and Alex Iwobi are on international duty at AFCON.
On the test awaiting his side, Silva said: “We recognise the quality they have, that is why they were champions and they started so, so well the season.
“The reaction, the results, they have been better [recently] and of course they expected to win the last game but the Premier League is very tough and of course Leeds played their part and did it well.
“Of course now it’s going to be a new game, a new story as well, [and] a short period between both games for both teams.”
Last match
Crystal Palace 1-1 Fulham (January 1): Leno, Tete, Andersen, Cuenca, Robinson, Lukic, Berge, Smith Rowe, Wilson, Kevin, Jimenez.
Liverpool 0-0 Leeds United (Janaury 1): Alisson, Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson, Gravenberch, Jones, Szoboszlai, Frimpong, Wirtz, Ekitike.
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