Fulham welcome Middlesbrough to Craven Cottage tonight to kick-off another weekend of Championship action as they look to move up into third place.

The Whites are looking to make it three wins on the bounce in all competitions after seeing off Aston Villa in the FA Cup and Hull City in the league, but Jonathan Woodgate's side will be no pushovers.

Boro have won four of their last five Championship clashes as things finally start to click under the club's ex-defender and a win for them tonight would see them rise to within five points of the top-six.

And they have been helped out by some injury news emerging from Craven Cottage.

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Most notably that star-striker, and the second-tier's joint top-scorer, Aleksandar Mitrovic will be missing the match after damaging ankle ligaments in the 1-0 win against Hull City last-time out.

The marksman has rescued the Whites regularly this season so there is no doubt that they will be a weaker machine without the 18-goal Serbian in their side tonight.

However, that looks like being the only major absentee from the Fulham squad for the clash.

New signings Michael Hector, Jordan Archer and Terence Kongolo will all be available for selection and will no doubt make it difficult for Boro to break them down if they are picked to start.

Last time Fulham were made to do without Mitrovic they were not hampered either, beating local rivals QPR 2-1 at Craven Cottage, with Aboubakar Kamara stepping up impressively to score a brace.