Leeds United have back-to-back home clashes over the next week with Manchester City and Sunderland coming to Elland Road.
The survival battle has Leeds in a strong position. A six-point gap and arguably the most favourable fixtures remaining should have even the most pessimistic of Whites fan optimistic that we have what it takes to stay up.
However, our next league fixture is a big test against Manchester City. After that, another home clash follows swiftly against Sunderland.
Sunderland rocked by massive injury setbacks ahead of Leeds United midweek clash
As preparation continues for this weekend’s slate of fixtures, Leeds’ upcoming clash with Sunderland has been given a massive update.
The Black Cats have slid into the bottom half of late with four losses in their last five Premier League games. Back-to-back defeats on home turf have seen their unbeaten Stadium of Light record snatched away too.
Now, as they take on Bournemouth away from home on Saturday, Regis Le Bris has dropped a damning injury update. Star duo Nordi Mukiele and Brian Brobbey are ruled out for Elland Road on Tuesday, as well as left-back pair Reinildo and Dennis Cirkin.
“So with Nordi and Brian, it will be a bit shorter,” Le Bris said, per the Sunderland Echo. “It will be between two and four weeks, depending on how they respond to the treatments and the rehab. Dennis and Rei are getting better, we miss them but they are getting better. The timeline should be shorter for Dennis, maybe around ten days, but again it will depend on the end of the process.”
Wingers Romaine Mundle and Jocelin Ta Bi have different injuries, but may both require surgery as they look at longer-term setbacks.
“Totally unlucky, to be fair,” Le Bris said of Ta Bi’s injury.
There was a timely boost, though. Bertrand Traore’s imminent return was confirmed by Le Bris too ahead of Bournemouth.
Leeds United have opportunity to pounce on Sunderland crisis next week
If there was a time to play this Sunderland side, this is it. Granit Xhaka returning is a big boost for Sunderland steadying their worrying form, but these setbacks are massive.
Mukiele has been incredible at right-back, while Brobbey has been so integral up front as a physical focal point. How they cope without two influential players remains to be seen here.
Of course, we have to deal with what is still a good bottom-half Premier League side, but Sunderland being without key players is undoubtedly good for us.
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