Final team news has been emerged for Leeds United’s first game after Christmas at Sunderland - for which ten players are now out with two more doubtful but one more back.
Both teams have had a full week to prepare for Sunday’s Premier League showdown at the Stadium of Light, either side of the rare luxury of Christmas off.
Despite having a raft of stars in action at the Africa Cup of Nations, Sunderland signed off for Christmas with another point through a goalless draw from the long trip to Brighton.
Leeds then took on Crystal Palace in a Saturday night showdown under the Elland Road lights and dazzled on their way to a brilliant 4-1 success despite also having key men missing.
Ahead of Sunday’s return to action at Sunderland, Whites boss Daniel Farke then held his pre-match press conference on Tuesday before Black Cats boss Le Bris followed suit the following day.
With the final team news now delivered, here he run through the final team and injury news from both camps.
1. DOUBT: Lukas Nmecha
Whites striker Nmecha has now missed his side's last three games with a hamstring injury, boss Daniel Farke reporting at Thursday's pre-Palace press conference that the forward was "still a bit symptomatic" and still out. Speaking at Tuesday's pre-match press conference, Farke said there was a small chance that Nmecha could be involved on Sunday if he came through training okay on his expected return later in the week. | AFP via Getty Images
2. DOUBT: Ahmed Abdullahi
Nigerian youth international forward Abdullahi joined Sunderland in the summer from Gent but the 21-year-old has yet to feature for the Black Cats and boss Regis Le Bris confirmed last month that Abdullahi and also Aji Alese were recovering from different new injuries. Hard to be clear where Abdullahi is at then and clearly a huge doubt. | Getty Images
3. OUT: Aji Alese
Black Cats defender Alese has not featured for Sunderland since breaking his leg in January's FA Cup clash against Stoke City. The centre-back then underwent shoulder surgery in the summer and has been working his way back since. Still out. | Getty Images
4. OUT: Luke O'Nien
Sunderland midfielder O'Nien will miss Sunday's visit of Leeds as he serves the final game of a three-match ban for his straight red card in the 3-0 defeat at Manchester City at the start of the month, above. | Getty Images
5. OUT: Habib Diarra
Diarra was a player that Leeds themselves wanted to sign in the summer but not at the Sunderland club-record £30m fee needed to get him from Strasbourg. The 21-year-old has been out since September after suffering a groin injury in training but Diarra was still named in Senegal’s squad for the Africa Cup of Nations and came off the Sunderland bench to bag 26 minutes in the weekend's goalless draw at Brighton. He is now set to link up with his national team for the tournament in Morocco. | Getty Images
6. OUT: Chemsdine Talbi
Diarra included, Sunderland have six players representing their countries at the Africa Cup of Nations and winger Talbi was an unused substitute for host nation Morocco in Sunday's tournament opener against Comoros in which his side recorded a 2-0 victory. | Getty Images