Fulham 2-1 Peterborough United: Aleksandar Mitrovic breaks Championship goalscoring record

Aleksandar Mitrovic's 33 goals is a new Championship record - and he still has 14 games to play

Aleksandar Mitrovic scored twice to set a new Championship goalscoring record as leaders Fulham beat struggling Peterborough to go nine points clear.

The Serbian striker's double took him to 33 goals this season, eclipsing Ivan Toney's 31 for Brentford last campaign.

Mitrovic's first came via the penalty spot as he picked himself up after being fouled to send Steven Benda the wrong way.

The second was a beautifully-controlled volley with the side of his foot after a pinpoint cross from Neeskens Kebano, before Jack Marriott scored an 89th-minute consolation for second-bottom Posh.

Marriott's late strike made the game look closer than it was in a dominant Fulham display that extends their lead at the top of the table and leaves Posh eight points from safety.

Mitrovic had already been involved in a couple of early chances before his goal, heading wide before knocking the ball down for the arriving Harrison Reed who should have done better.

He was gifted the opportunity to open the scoring in the 28th minute after being felled in the box by a clumsy Harrison Burrows challenge, before picking himself up to hammer home the penalty to break Toney's record.

Benda denied Reed early in the second half before being beaten again by Mitrovic after 62 minutes.

It came from a lovely flowing move, which saw Kebano's cross find Mitrovic whose first-time effort had too much power for the Peterborough stopper.

Substitute Ivan Cavaleiro went close to a third and Mitrovic almost claimed a hat-trick with six minutes remaining but Benda saved well.

As the game reached its closing stages, Posh broke forward at speed and Marriott finished off the counter-attack in their first game since the departure of manager Darren Ferguson.

Former Hull boss Grant McCann was watching in the stands and is believed to be close to being appointed as Ferguson's replacement.

Fulham boss Marco Silva:

"The numbers speak for themselves. 33 goals at the end of February, with 14 more games to play, it's fantastic.

"What I like about him is he's always demanding more and more and more. He knows that from tomorrow I'll demand more and more from him.

"Mitro's numbers reflect our philosophy and the players have bought into it. We're creating and building something important."

Peterborough assistant manager Matthew Etherington told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire:

"It's been a tough few days. It's been an experience to say the least, but in terms of what we asked of them and the shape of the team, especially in the first half, I couldn't have asked anymore.

"I didn't want to rip it all up and do something totally different because we didn't have a lot of time to prepare. I knew we'd have to suffer without the ball, but it worked well on the whole and we had a really good spell in the second half.

"It's a soft penalty, I've watched it back. It was disappointing that we conceded the goal when we did, the players were starting to get more confident. I've said the players don't give up, if you can put in performances like that we still have a chance."