Fulham got back to winning ways on the weekend, as they defeated Pep Clotet's Birmingham City by one goal to nil at St Andrew's that lifts them to sixth in the Sky Bet Championship table.

A blunder from Lee Camp in the six-yard box gifted Aleksandar Mitrovic his 12th league goal of the season, in a game which relieved the pressure on Scott Parker after Fulham's poor showing against Hull City in their last match at Craven Cottage.

Although it was Mitrovic that secured the points for the west London side to take back to the capital, another standout player in the side had a fine game, and that was 22-year-old Slovakian goalkeeper Marek Rodak, who kept his first Fulham clean sheet.

Rodak produced a good display, making a number of key saves in the game, with the pick of the bunch an excellent stop to deny Blues left-back Kristian Pedersen in the first half, tipping his effort past the post. In total, Rodak made four key saves in the contest.

It shows Rodak's strength of character to bounce back against Birmingham in the way he did, considering his last game for the Cottagers, where he was sent off against Middlesbrough for handling the ball outside the penalty area.

Scott Parker clearly has confidence in the young stopper, and regular first-choice goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli has to try to challenge Rodak for the jersey, to regain his first-team place. Rodak will not want to let it slip from his grasp, as he has been gearing up for it for many seasons.

The Kosice-born stopper has been on Fulham's books since 2013, when he was just fifteen years of age.

Rodak has spent time on loan at Accrington Stanley in League Two, and most recently Rotherham United last season in the Championship, where he featured 45 times as the Millers suffered relegation back to the third tier. He kept six clean sheets for the Yorkshire side last season.

He only made his league debut for Fulham on 23 October, a 3-2 win over Luton Town at Craven Cottage. The good news is that his performance against Birmingham was his most convincing yet in a Fulham shirt. The Slovakian will be hoping to take that into the next game for his club, which is against QPR in the West London Derby in ten days time.