Slavisa Jokanovic does not expect a repeat of the 5-0 drubbing that the Whites dished out to Reading at the beginning of December, but believes that his side have the ability to take maximum points off the Berkshire outfit for the second time this month.

Going into that game, the Royals had won five league matches on the bounce but were comprehensively beaten at Craven Cottage in a game which included a brace from Chris Martin, as well as goals from Stefan Johansen and Sone Aluko.

Jaap Stam’s men have otherwise been strong and boast the second-best home record in the division behind leaders Brighton, who happen to be Fulham’s next opponents on January 2.

Jokanovic said: “Reading are a good team that play good football. We played them one month ago [and won 5-0] but I don’t expect a similar result.

“They might try and change things, play 3-4-3 or something like that, but we have to be ready for everything that they throw at us.”

Jokanovic came up against his Dutch counterpart as a player at the 1998 World Cup and praised the strong start that he has made to his managerial career in England.

He added: ‘‘He was a very good footballer and is showing that he is a very talented coach. I’m looking forward to taking him on again.

“I want to discover the weaknesses of his squad and he will want to discover the weaknesses of my squad. Their strengths are similar to our strengths.

The Serb explained further: “Stam is a Dutch guy and they like to play a Dutch way, trying to open the field and force the opposition team to work and run without the ball. We don’t want to be running without the ball, we want to have the ball.

“I believe that we are going to win and have more time with the ball in our possession, but we have to be clever. Possession doesn’t guarantee anything.

“Our target is to arrive in the box, create the chances and score the goals. We believe this is the best way to defend ourselves.”

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