Walsall set for double injury boost ahead of early kick-off at Harrogate Town
Harrison Burke and Brandon Comley are "in contention" to return for Walsall's trip to Harrogate Town on Saturday - boss Mat Sadler has confirmed.
Burke has not played since he was forced off with a knee injury during the Saddlers' 2-1 win over Bristol Rovers at Bescot on October 4.
The 22-year-old, who has scored once in nine league appearances this term, initially returned to training earlier this month, but suffered a further setback on his road to recovery.
In total, the defender has missed five league games, but trained on Thursday ahead of the weekend trek to Wetherby Road.
Meanwhile, Brandon Comley has recovered from illness, after missing the past two games.
Burke returned to 'full training' on Thursday
Sadler said: "Harrison is back training now and Brandon is back too, which is good.
"Harrison has trained today [on Thursday]. It's his first day back properly with me because he was a bit in between on Tuesday.
"He was signed off from the physios and then signed over to me on Thursday so fully back now.
"We'll have to make that decision whether it's enough training time or not to make sure that he does himself justice, but he is fit and available."
Jellis 'not expected' to be involved
Meanwhile, Jamie Jellis has sat out the 4-2 win at Newport County and last weekend's 2-0 home defeat against Colchester United with an abdominal injury.
Jellis had been struggling with the issue for several weeks and Sadler last week revealed that the club are taking a patient approach with the midfielder.
The midfielder is showing signs of recovery from his injury, but is not expected to be involved in North Yorkshire, after missing training through illness this week.
"It's kept him out this week, that illness had," Sadler added.
"He was in today for the first time, but we didn't want him to train. He was due to train, that was the plan, but with him being ill, we just thought it would be best to back off him.
"Hopefully he'll be back out there on Monday or Tuesday next week."
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