Coventry City v Leeds United injury news as blow leaves 4 out and 1 doubt but 2 back

Leeds United face a midweek clash at Coventry City in the next step in their Championship promotion quest – but four men are out of the contest and another is a major doubt.

Whites boss Daniel Farke made two changes to his side for Saturday’s hosting of Cardiff City as Junior Firpo and Joe Rothwell replaced Sam Byram and Ilia Gruev who both dropped to the bench. Firpo was making his first start since returning from a hamstring injury as another Whites boost on the team news front. Firpo, in particular, then dazzled, the left back bagging three assists as Farke’s side dished out a 7-0 hammering to their visitors, keeping Leeds two points clear at the top of the division and now with a five-point cushion in the automatic promotion spots.

Coventry, meanwhile, under new boss Frank Lampard, faced a clash at Swansea City the same day. The Sky Blues approached the fixture having won three games on the spin and made it four in a row as goals from Ellis Simms and Brandon Thomas-Asante gave Coventry a 2-0 victory. The success lifted the Sky Blues up to 11th and now just three points off the play-offs with 16 games left.

Four days later, Lampard’s side will welcome Leeds for a Wednesday night 7.45pm kick-off at the CBS Arena as a team who have won four games on the spin host the division’s leaders who are now unbeaten in 13. Something will have to give, but four men are definitely out of the contest and another is doubtful although two more men are now back. Here, we run through the injury news from both sides.

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