Leeds United team news - Marcelo Bielsa issues Pablo Hernandez, Tyler Roberts and Jean-Kevin Augustin updates
The good news for the Whites is that their Spanish playmaker's injury was not a serious one and although it is not yet confirmed if he will be involved this weekend, the problem has not prevented him from training this week and he will soon return to action.
Bielsa said: "Pablo has trained with us all week, tomorrow we finish the work with him. According to how he feels he's going to be involved or not in the match on Saturday.
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Hide Ad"It wasn't a big deal, he had a little muscular problem and recovered himself in 10 days. So the short recovery period pointed to the problem not being serious.
"But Pablo knows very well his own body. We want to wait until tomorrow so he can confirm to us how he feels."
Tyler Roberts, who played his first 90 minutes for Leeds since November in Sunday's defeat at Cardiff City, came through the game without problem Bielsa added.
And with no fresh injury concerns, Adam Forshaw and Jean-Kevin Augustin are the only players not available to face the Cottagers.
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Hide AdThe latter continues to work on his fitness and Bielsa was tight-lipped on whether or not the loanee striker would feature again this season in the Championship.
"We are following what he is doing," said the head coach.
"We evaluate what he is doing. After we [will] make a decision."