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Aleksandar Mitrovic has been nothing short of exceptional since his arrival at Fulham nearly two years ago.

Signed on an initial six-month loan from Newcastle United in January 2018 to aid their promotion push the Premier League, the Serbian netted 12 goals in 17 games to help inspire a hard fought play-off victory.

In the Premier League he shone as well, even when the vast majority of his Fulham teammates appeared to wilt under the pressures of the top-flight, netting 11 goals as the Whites were emphatically relegated straight back to the second-tier.

It would have been hard to begrudge him a move away after that campaign, but in the summer he committed five more years of his career to life at Craven Cottage, already netting 12 times in 16 games this time around.

He is comfortably the best striker in the division at present and a huge weapon in Scott Parker's bid to return the club to the top-flight at the first-time of asking.

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However, they will need to make do without him this Friday night when they welcome QPR to the Cottage for a West London Derby.

Prior to the international break, Fulham saw-off Birmingham City in a 1-0 win at St. Andrews. It was another match where Mitrovic was the hero, but it was a match where he also picked up his fifth booking of the Championship season, suspending him for the R's clash in the process.

A big blow for the club and their fans. But it could be viewed as a big opportunity for others.

Ivan Cavaleiro was signed on loan from Wolves back in the summer and has impressed, although is perhaps yet to hit the heights expected of him.

The 26-year-old has found the back of the net four times and provided four assists as well, but he will surely see Friday night as a real opportunity to assert himself as the main man on the banks of the Thames.

Fulham will be looking for somebody to grab the game by the scruff of the neck and bully what has often been a fragile QPR back line.

Whether that is from out wide or from down the middle, Cavaleiro is the one with the physique to do that and I am sure that he will be relishing the opportunity.