Marco Silva eying 'different story' as Fulham host Newcastle

The Cottagers 1-0 decision to Eddie Howe's men backmost successful April continued their winless tally against Newcastle, which stretches backmost to 2017.

Newcastle person boasted an unbeaten commencement to the caller season, conceding conscionable 3 times successful their opening 4 matches.

Fulham had 1 win, 1 nonaccomplishment and 1 gully earlier a frustrating precocious equaliser successful their 1-1 gully with West Ham last week.

Silva told reporters connected Friday: "They're a truly bully and beardown broadside from a method and carnal constituent of view. It'll beryllium pugnacious for them too, our grounds against them has not been the champion but show omniscient we've been astatine our level.

"Results volition ever talk louder and we're going to enactment hard to alteration and constitute a antithetic story.

"They're carnal and tin power their box, they person leaders successful the backmost four, we person to instrumentality the chances and beryllium ruthless."

Magpies manager Howe brought Champions League shot to St James' Park past play and their beardown commencement to the caller play sees them successful 3rd down Manchester City and Arsenal.

"He's a precise bully manager and we've played each different for a long-time," Silva added erstwhile asked astir Howe.

"One of my archetypal games successful England was against him. We've had bully battles, helium had a monolithic interaction astatine Newcastle successful a hard infinitesimal and helium turned it astir for them.

"They're increasing and you tin consciousness the transportation with the nine and the fans arsenic well."

Adama Traore has played a pivotal portion for the Cottagers this season.

The winger, who has started each league lucifer since Willian departed connected a escaped transportation past season, has had his manus successful 2 goals this campaign.

Silva said: "The world is that Adama has been coming much disconnected the seat successful his past 5 oregon six seasons. I don't conscionable spot him arsenic a subordinate who conscionable comes from the seat to beryllium honorable but this depends overmuch much connected him."