Walsall duo "fighting to be fit" for Fleetwood plus updates on Mason Hancock and Harry Williams

Jellis has not featured since he was withdrawn at half-time during the Saddlers' 1-0 win at MK Dons on August 30 due to a groin issue. 

Farquharson also hobbled off clutching his groin three days later at Shrewsbury, but received positive results from his scan last week. 

The pair returned to training at Essington on Thursday and Mat Sadler will make a decision over their match fitness in the next 24 hours. 

"Priestley and Jamie are both fighting to get back for the game at the weekend," boss boss Sadler revealed. 

"We'll see how they look tomorrow. They were both back out on the grass [on Thursday] so we'll see how that looks for the weekend."

Charlie Lakin will serve a one-match suspension following his red card for two bookable offences in the 1-0 win over Chesterfield on Saturday, although defender Dan Cox has returned from international duty with Wales under-21s

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Harry Williams (Achilles), fresh from signing a two-year deal with an option year included, and Mason Hancock (knee) remain the only long-term absentees. 

Hancock was ruled out for "four to six months" when he dislocated his knee in the 1-0 home defeat against Grimsby Town on August 19. 

That would consign him to the side lines until late-December at the very least, although Sadler expects the left wing-back to be targeting a return towards the end of January. 

As for Williams, Sadler was conscious about putting too much pressure on him with a long road to recovery ahead, although there is still scope for him to make a comeback before the end of the season. 

"[Late-December] at the very earliest with Mason. I'm planning on him at the end of January though," Sadler confirmed. 

He added on Williams: "There's still a world (Williams could return earlier than previously expected]. There's a part of me that fast forwards to May or the back end of April, and asks would we want to risk him?

"It wouldn't surprise me. I'm not banking on it, I'm looking to next season for that, but it wouldn't surprise me."