Leeds dealt injury blow ahead of Leicester

Leeds United have been dealt a recent damage blow forward of their Premier League assembly with Leicester Metropolis on Thursday night.

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Talking in his pre-match press convention (through the Yorkshire Post), Jesse Marsch revealed that Pascal Struijk can be unavailable for choice for the journey to the King Energy Stadium tomorrow night, because the defender picked up a knock in coaching this week.

Nonetheless, the 48-year-old went on to counsel that, all being properly, the Dutchman ought to be again in time for the go to of Fulham on Sunday afternoon.

Concerning the situation of the 23-year-old, the American supervisor stated: “Pascal picked up a bit little bit of an damage and received’t be out there for tomorrow however we’re hopeful that by Sunday he’ll be out there. We’ll see how the following few days go.”

Dangerous information

Contemplating simply how spectacular Struijk has been within the Leeds backline up to now this season, the truth that the centre-back is not going to be match to characteristic towards the Foxes on Thursday is undoubtedly dangerous information for Marsch and his facet.

Certainly, over his nine Premier League fixtures in 2022/23 – all of which have come at left-back – the £13m-rated expertise has been in distinctive attacking kind, scoring one goal, offering one help and creating two huge probabilities for his teammates, along with taking a median of 0.7 photographs – 0.4 of which have hit the goal – making 0.8 key passes and finishing 0.9 dribbles per sport.

The £29k-per-week defender has additionally impressed in metrics extra typical of his place, serving to his facet hold two clear sheets, in addition to making a median of three.3 tackles – the joint eighth-most in your entire league – 1.7 interceptions, 1.6 clearances and profitable 7.3 duels – at successful price of 53% – per sport.

These returns have seen the participant who Marsch himself claimed is at present enjoying at a “high level” common an especially spectacular SofaScore match score of 6.91, rating him because the Whites’ sixth-best performer within the prime flight – a fairly extraordinary feat contemplating the actual fact he has been enjoying in an unfamiliar place.

As such, whereas Leeds do have Junior Firpo available for the journey to Leicester, it’s nonetheless clear to see that the absence of the 23-year-old will come as an enormous “blow” – within the phrases of Graham Smyth – to the Whites’ possibilities of bringing all three factors again to Elland Street on Thursday evening, as Struijk has been an integral a part of Marsch’s backline this season.