Roy Hodgson has warned his Fulham players against complacency when they travel to Newcastle on Saturday in the unusual position of being the in-form team.

Fulham go into the game on the back of a draw at Blackburn and a win over Everton, while Newcastle claimed only their first point in five games in Monday's stalemate at Birmingham.

But Hodgson said: "If we start believing that because we've done quite well in the last couple of games then our problems are virtually over then we're incredibly naive. Our problems are still great because we're still in the relegation zone well adrift of the pack of teams just above.

"Everything still depends on us making certain that the hunger, the desire, the enthusiasm and the work rate is there in every game."