Leicester City sweat over injury to Martyn Waghorn
The 20-year-old striker picked up a knee injury in training yesterday and will be assessed today before making the trip with the rest of the City squad to the north-west.
"He got a knock on his knee, just a kick," said manager Nigel Pearson. "We are hoping he will be okay but we will have to wait and see."
If Waghorn's injury keeps him out of the trip to Bloomfield Road, it will reduce Pearson's attacking options further as Yann Kermorgant will again be missing with a hamstring strain.
However, Paul Gallagher has shaken off the calf injury which forced him to be substituted during last week's encouraging 0-0 draw against Newcastle United.
"Yann won't be fit," confirmed Pearson. "He won't be ready for Saturday but maybe next week, we will have to wait and see."
Pearson has admitted his side's lack of goals is a concern. Only three sides in the Championship, Reading (28), Swansea City (23) and Plymouth Argyle (23), have scored less than City this season.
However, they looked much more dangerous last week for the first half-hour against Newcastle with Waghorn, Matty Fryatt and Gallagher operating as a three-pronged attack, and Pearson has backed his strikers to come good.
"We haven't scored enough," he said. "I am not going to try and dress that up.
"We know we have got to score more goals if we are to achieve our aims this season. We have got players who will score goals, I am convinced about that.
"Whether that system allows us to do that more often remains to be seen. You have to remember it was a 0-0 draw.
"But the players quite enjoyed it as well. It is a 4-3-3, as opposed to a 4-5-1, and it is a flexible formation. Even when we went down to 10 men last week it was important that we still played on the front foot.
"That is why we retained two up front after the sending-off.
"We approach every game in a positive manner and, if we continue to do so, I am confident we will score goals."
City striker Martyn Waghorn
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