Aleksandar Mitrovic may have been pictured leaving the field with a bandaged right foot, after scoring his 50th goal for Serbia, but the Fulham striker will be desperate to play against Newcastle United on Saturday. It won't have escaped Mitrovic's attention, after all, that he has never scored against his former side and Newcastle could yet face a player at the very peak of his powers - four years after leaving the club for good.
Mitrovic has always been prolific for Serbia and when lining up in the Championship for Fulham, but what has been striking this season is how the 28-year-old has taken that form into the Premier League. After recording the highest scoring English league campaign in history last season - scoring 43 in 44 games for Fulham in the second-tier - Mitrovic has looked the part in the top-flight as well.
Mitrovic started the current campaign with a double on the opening day against Liverpool and the number nine has scored in all but two of Fulham's league games this season after also finding the back of the net against Brentford, Arsenal, Brighton and Spurs. In fact, ahead of facing Newcastle, Mitrovic is already closing in on the nine goals he scored for the Magpies in his first season in England.
