Advantage Cardiff but Fulham still hope Reading can lend a hand

04 May 2018 09:30
Cardiff need only a home win against Reading for automatic promotion to the Premier League on Sunday but Fulham manager Slavisa Jokanovic is undauntedThree weeks ago Slavisa Jokanovic joked that Cardiff City, his main rival for promotion, would drop points against Reading on the final day. As that fixture arrives, he is not about to change his mind. “Why am I not going to be positive?” the Fulham manager said before this crucial Championship weekend. “Why am I not going to believe Reading will win the game? From my side, it’s a human thing to do.”Just in case he appeared too confident, Jokanovic also described Neil Warnock’s side as having “one and a half feet in the Premier League”. Cardiff are a point ahead of Fulham, with an inferior goal difference, and if they beat Reading at home on Sunday lunchtime they will secure automatic promotion behind Wolves. If Fulham achieve a better result at Birmingham than Cardiff manage, it will be a different story. For the Serb, everything is still in play. Related: When Fulham's dreams of promotion died in a game that never ended Related: Neil Warnock: ‘I haven’t had a fair crack of the Premier League whip’ Continue readingreadfullarticle

Source: TheGuardian