Leeds United face another high-pressure 90 minutes when they welcome West Ham to Elland Road on Friday evening. The Whites lost 2-0 at Burnley last time out and will be desperate to bounce back quickly against their struggling hosts, who sit 19th with four points from eight games.
Noah Okafor, Willy Gnonto and Harry Gray were all unavailable for last weekend’s trip to Turf Moor and speaking on Wednesday, Daniel Farke provided an update on the trio. The Leeds boss also revealed a bout of illness had gone through the squad with two other first-team players taken unwell in the week.
West Ham also have a few fitness issues to manage and having played on Monday, have had two fewer days to prepare. Ahead of Friday’s huge Premier League meeting, the YEP has the latest fitness news from both sides.
13. DOUBT: Pascal Struijk
The Whites boss said: "It’s more or less a rule that if you’re not in the last training session, you won’t be available for the game. We also can’t have four or five players with small issues because it’s not healthy. Perhaps one or two, but definitely not more." | AFP via Getty Images
14. BACK: Lucas Perri
Whether the Brazilian is fit enough to start is another matter but the new Whites keeper at least returned to the bench for the weekend's loss at Burnley upon his recovery from a quad injury. Ought to be pushing to start now. | Getty Images
15. BACK: Dan James
Was expected to be out until after the November international break having rolled his ankle in training but the winger is back earlier than expected and returned as a 66th-minute substitute in Saturday's defeat at Burnley. Surely starts if fit enough. | Getty Images