The Premier League relegation run-in may hinge on the availability of key players. Getty The Premier League relegation run-in could yet be decided by which key players are unavailable for the big games.
Leeds United, Nottingham Forest, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Burnley and Wolverhampton Wanderers are all dealing with fitness issues which they must navigate in the remaining games to secure Premier League survival.
Here's the key injury news for each team...
Leeds United
Gabriel Gudmundsson, Jaka Bijol, Joe Rodon are three injury issues. Nigel French/Sportsphoto/Allstar via Getty Images Leeds boss Daniel Farke has confirmed he will be without Anton Stach, Joe Rodon and Daniel James for Monday's Premier League game at arch-rivals Manchester United.
And Farke revealed three other key players -- Jaka Bijol, Noah Okafor and Gabriel Gudmundsson -- could also miss out as injuries threaten to undermine Leeds' survival bid.
Germany midfielder Stach and Wales defender Rodon both sustained ankle injuries in Sunday's FA Cup penalty shoot-out win at West Ham.
Farke said: "Not the best news. Stach will miss Monday's game with an ankle injury, Rodon will also miss the game with an ankle injury and James will also miss the game, with an adductor strain.
"There are a few more question marks. Bijol is struggling with a knock and has not been in team training this week and Okafor has not been in team training with back problems.
"Gudmundsson is making light progress. He sustained groin problems after the international break, but all three are doubts.
"If we played tomorrow they wouldn't play. Thank God the game is on Monday, but hopefully we can have all three ready. We need our players ready and fit."
Stach was forced out of Sunday's cup tie following a first-half challenge by West Ham defender Maximilian Kilman and could be sidelined for the rest of April, while Rodon limped out early in the second period.
"It's difficult to say [on Stach]," Farke added. "It is a ligament injury. Hopefully he can feature in April, but that would be a bonus. Our medical department are doing everything they can."
Farke's side, four points and three places above the relegation zone, are without a win in their last six league matches, but have lost only two of those -- both 1-0 home defeats to Manchester City and Sunderland. During that run they have taken a point from games at Chelsea, Aston Villa and Crystal Palace and also from their home game against Brentford before the international break.