In the 30th round of the Championship, 27-year-old Serbian international Mitrovic scored the only goal of the game, and Fulham beat Middlesbrough 1-0 away to win two consecutive wins.
The premier league's first promotion horse of next season is about to be born, and Championship leaders Fulham have a 17-point lead, and if they score 1 point at home against Coventry three days later, they can lock up the top two in six early rounds and get a promotion qualification.
In last weekend's 2-0 away win over Queens Park Rangers, Mitrovic scored two goals. Coupled with the only goal of the game scored in this game, Mitrovic has scored all three goals for Fulham in the last two rounds, directly helping the team to get 6 points.
Originally the Championship single-season scoring record was the 31 goals set by Ivan Tony last season, and Mitrovic broke this record in just 30 games this season, and he scored 33 goals after Fulham beat Petersburg United 2-1 in the 34th round of the Championship.
Now, Mitrovic has scored 38 goals in 37 Championship appearances this season, continuing to set a new all-time record set by himself. Moreover, Mitrovic is left with seven games to continue to brush the record.
In fact, Fulham scored just six shots on goal in this 1-0 winless win over Middlesbrough, including Mitrovic's 3 shots and 2 shots on target, scoring 1 goal.
Now, Fulham are still 17 points ahead of Championship-3rd Huddersfield Town in the Championship with one less game. Huddersfield have the last six rounds left and will score at most 18 points, so Fulham have basically locked up an upgrade spot.
In terms of title competition, Fulham have 11 points more than Bournemouth, who are 2nd in the Championship, with 1 more game, and the league title is basically in their pockets.
Fulham are famous lifters in the Premier League, they have risen 2 and 2 down in their last 4 seasons, and this will be their third return to the Premier League in the last 5 years.