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Matty Hewitt

Leeds United relegation rivals sweat on injury worries ahead of crunch clash

Leeds United's relegation rivals Burnley will make a late call on a number of key players ahead of their trip to Watford this weekend. Interim boss Mike Jackson will make a late call on talisman Maxwel Cornet, who sat out of the Clarets win over Wolves with a minor knee injury.

Jay Rodriguez started out wide in the Ivorian's absence and played through a calf problem, but should be fit to play the Hornets. Nonetheless, they'll be without Erik Pieters, Ben Mee, Johann Berg Gudmundsson and Ashley Westwood.

Jackson is also Aaron Lennon's fitness ahead of the Premier League run-in. The interim Burnley boss told Lancs Live: "We are still waiting on him, he is with the physios so it will be a late call.

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"Erik is going well and hopefully will be training next week and Ben we are looking fingers crossed to get him back before the end of the season. The more players we can have available, especially of Ben’s experience will be vital and if we can get him back before the end of the season that will be a big lift.

"Jay had to have a bit of a rest day when we did a bit of work on Tuesday, so again it's the big load of games, big guy, a lot of power going through him. He's trained today so he's had a bit of training and we'll see how they all come in in the morning and go from there.

"Ash has come in the last couple of days and has been around the lads but is a long way off. Johann is still recovering and is a little bit away at this moment in time. We are not sure (if he will play before the end of the season). We will keep looking and see how it is improving."

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