An Easter weekend double header now awaits Leeds United with just four games left in the club’s automatic promotion quest - but blows have left four players out and four more doubtful for Good Friday’s evening clash at Oxford United.
The Whites and Us both enjoyed wins at the weekend which greatly aided their battles at opposite ends of the Championship table. For Leeds, a 2-1 victory against Saturday’s visitors Preston North End led to Daniel Farke’s Whites reclaiming top spot and creating a new five-point cushion in the division’s automatic promotion spots.
Leeds have also got to that position with key men out. Oxford, meanwhile, promoted to the division as last season’s League One play-offs winners, now find themselves six points clear of the dropzone following Saturday’s 1-0 victory at Sheffield Wednesday.
They, too, have players out, blows having four players sidelined and four more doubtful for Friday night’s clast between the Us and the Whites. Here, we run through the early injury news from both camps with four out and four doubts but two others now back.
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7. Dan James - doubt
Whites winger James is currently out with a hamstring injury and boss Daniel Farke has said it will be right race as to whether is back for the Easter weekend double header. | Getty Images
8. Joe Rothwell - doubt
Whites midfielder Rothwell is in a similar boat to James, currently out with a calf injury but with chances of being back for the Easter weekend double header. | Getty Images
9. Greg Leigh - back
Oxford left back Leigh had been out with a hamstring injury but returned as a late sub in the weekend's clash against Sheffield Wednesday. | Getty Images
10. Matt Phillips - back
Versatile Oxford player Phillips was another Us man to return from injury in the weekend's 1-0 win at Sheffield Wednesday. Phillips, who had missed the last three games, was brought on just after the hour mark. | Zac Goodwin/PA Wire