Leeds United head coach Javi Gracia has said that the likes of Luis Sinisterra, Pascal Struijk and Liam Cooper "are in the best hands" in order to recover as quickly as possible ahead of his side's trip to Stamford Bridge on Saturday afternoon.
The Whites travel to the capital for the second game in a row as they look to put the FA Cup defeat to Fulham behind them. A 1-0 victory over Southampton in their last top-flight match was the first in three months and now the West Yorkshire side are looking to make it successive victories in their fight against relegation.
Chelsea have been in a miserable vein of form under Graham Potter as the pressure on the former Brighton boss continues to mount. Leeds ran out 3-0 winners at Elland Road in the reverse fixture back in August and now Gracia's side will go into the game hopeful that they can claim another vital three points and move further away from the bottom three.
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Ahead of kick-off, there are a few injury concerns heading into the game with seven first-team members absent from the defeat at Craven Cottage on Tuesday night. Adam Forshaw, Stuart Dallas and Rodrigo will not recover from their long-term injuries in time for the game, but questions remain over Liam Cooper, Pascal Struijk, Luis Sinisterra and Max Wober.
And speaking in his pre-match press conference, Gracia was once again tight-lipped over who will be available.
"You are really concerned about injured players," Gracia joked when asked for an update over the injury concerns in his squad. "But don't worry they are in the best hands to recover as soon as possible.
"I don't like to speak about injured players because some of them, to be honest, I don't know if they are going to be ready or not. The main reason though [for a lack of update] is that I don't want to speak about injured players."
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