Overview
- Mark Sykes suffered a deep cut to his shin, required hospital treatment with a plastic surgeon, and will miss the next two matches.
- Neto Borges was withdrawn at Blackburn with calf tightness, has undergone a scan, and is considered a hopeful but uncertain inclusion at Vicarage Road.
- Gerhard Struber says the extended absentee list is influencing results and warns of a potential domino effect from overloading available players.
- With wing-back options stretched, Struber says teenager Elijah Morrison is an option if Borges is not ready to start.
- Bristol City visit Watford on Friday before a two-week break, then host Swansea on 22 November, a window the club hopes will aid recoveries.