Final team news has been delivered for Leeds United’s Monday night clash at Everton - for which updates have left five men out and five others doubtful but four more back.
The Toffees and Whites are among the more in-form teams in the Premier League who both approach Monday night’s clash at Everton’s new Hill Dickinson Stadium on the back of big 1-0 victories.
For Leeds, last Saturday’s last-gasp 1-0 win at home to Fulham ensure the fifth-bottom Whites stayed eight points clear of the relegation zone despite victory for third-bottom West Ham at Tottenham.
Everton then travelled to highflying Aston Villa the following day, Villa knowing a win would send them second yet David Moyes’ side left with a 1-0 win that sent them tenth.
Recent progress for Leeds and Everton has also been achieved amid injuries to key players and further blows have followed this week.
Both managers have now held their pre-match press conferences and here we we run through the final injury news from both camps.
1. DOUBT: Charly Alzaraz.
Everton's Argentinian youth international attacking midfielder Alcaraz has missed his side's last five games with a knock/unspecified injury but boss David Moyes revealed at Friday's pre-match press conference that the 23-year-old was one of three previously injured Toffees players who had now returned to training. That said, after five games out, there would naturally be an element of doubt as to how much he will feature. | AFP via Getty Images
2. DOUBT: Jarrad Branthwaite
Everton's England-capped centre-back Branthwaite has not featured all season due to a serious hamstring injury yet Moyes said even ahead of last weekend's trip to Aston Villa that both Branthwaite and the previously injured Seamus Coleman were "back on the grass” and “back in amongst it". Moyes then confirmed at Friday's pre-Leeds press conference that Branthwaite had returned to training. Like Alcaraz, though, still a doubt as to how much he will feature. | Getty Images
3. DOUBT: Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
Another with England caps, Everton midfielder Dewsbury-Hall suffered a hamstring injury in last month's clash against Chelsea and has been sidelined since but he too was confirmed on Friday as being one of the three Everton players back in training. Moyes, though, made a point of highlighting how Dewsbury-Hall was "only just back in" so he might be considered the biggest doubt. | Getty Images
4. DOUBT: Anton Stach
United's German midfielder Stach missed last weekend's hosting of Fulham with an adductor injury but Farke said afterwards that he hoped Stach would be back to face Everton. Farke confirmed on Thursday that Stach had been part integrated into team training with no reaction and that he could be available to face the Toffees. A wait and see it appears and still an element of doubt. | AFP via Getty Images
5. DOUBT: Gabi Gudmundsson
A big one and a wait and see, Farke revealing on Thursday that Gudmundsson was experiencing adductor problems and had to be left out of training. Farke admitted that left a "little question mark over his availability" to face the Toffees. Gudmundsson has looked a class act ever since signing and his participation or otherwise could be key, especially without natural cover. | Getty Images
6. BACK: Iliman Ndiaye
Senegal international winger Ndiaye is one of two Everton players now back available after returning from the Africa Cup of Nations, both with winners' medals around their necks. With four goals and two assists to his name so far this season, Ndiaye's return is a particularly big boost for the Toffees. That said, Moyes did reveal on Friday that Ndiaye and Senegal teammate Idrissa Gueye were only back in the building and would be checked over the weekend. | AFP via Getty Images