Leeds United captain Liam Cooper after a three-game lay-off when his side visit promotion hopefuls Fulham on Saturday afternoon.
A calf injury kept Cooper out of the wins over Huddersfield Town and Hull City, plus last weekend's draw against Cardiff City, but Cooper has confirmed that he should be available for selection this weekend.
If the Scotland international does return to Marcelo Bielsa's starting XI, he will be thrown back in a the deep end as he will be pitted against the Championship's leading scorer in
The Serbian international has netted 16 times for the Cottagers this term - almost half of his team's goals in the league this season.
While the 25-year-old has got the better of plenty of Championship defender so far this term, Cooper insists that he will be ready for the challenge.
"We work every day on ourselves," the Whites skipper told LeedsLive while helping out at the Cash for Kids' Mission Christmas campaign this week .
"We know what we need to do to nullify Mitrovic. He's an unbelievable player, he plays for his country, he's proven at that level, he scores goals at this level and I think we've got to do everything we can to nullify his attributes and then concentrate on us. How we're going to hurt them.
"We know we've got the players in our team. If we have 11, 12, 13 players at 100 per cent then we'll beat anyone in this league and that's the confidence that we take from our work.
"We know the work we do every day and it leaves us in good stead going into the games."
Fulham have lost their past three matches and will go into the clash in sixth place, 12 points behind Marcelo Bielsa's side.
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