The £11m striker will be the main man standing between the Reds and a third consecutive home win (a sentence that has looked unlikely for much of the current campaign) as currently managerless Fulham aim to improve their own patchy form.
McCormack scored five times against Nottingham Forest last season and told his club's official website: “I love playing at the City Ground – it’s a nice stadium, the fans are very passionate, so it will be a good game, a tough game, but one that we’re definitely looking forward to.”