Mitoma injury a 'big blow'published at 15:25 BST
Leeds United v Brighton (Sunday, 15:00 BST)
Image source, Getty ImagesBrighton boss Fabian Hurzeler gave an update on winger Kaoru Mitoma, who suffered a hamstring injury during their match against Wolves: "For us, he will be out, so he will miss the next two games.
"Regarding the World Cup, I am not sure yet, we are in touch with Japan [Football] Association and will make a decision together."
Since Hurzeler's news conference on Thursday, Mitoma has been left out of Japan's 26-man World Cup squad.
"It is definitely a big blow because we know how important a player like Kaoru is for us but again, we have a big squad, we have good availability and we showed for the whole season that we can always replace important players.
Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler on Mats Wieffer: "There is an option that he will be available on Sunday. But we have to wait the next two, three days."
On Diego Gomez: "He will definitely be an option for Sunday."













