Thomas Christiansen explains his decision regarding Cameron Borthwick-Jackson

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Cameron Borthwick-Jackson did not feature for Leeds United against Burton Albion in the Championship at the weekend. Could the Manchester United-owned defender play against Birmingham City?

Leeds United will return to action on Tuesday evening when they take on Birmingham City at Elland Road in the Championship.

The West Yorkshire outfit will head into the match against Birmingham on the back of 5-0 defeat of Burton Albion at home in the league.

The Whites are second in the league table at the moment with 14 points from six matches, just two points behind leaders Cardiff City.

Leeds will head into the game against Harry Redknapp’s Birmingham as favourites, and it will be a massive surprise if the home team slip up.

Birmingham have started the season badly, as the Blues are currently just a place above the relegation zone.

Ahead of Tuesday evening’s match, Leeds head coach Thomas Christiansen has given an update on injuries.

Christiansen has said that Vurnon Anita, who can operate as a defender or as a midfielder, and 27-year-old midfielder Eunan O’Kane are fit.

The Leeds boss also hopes to have 22-year-old Everton-owned centre-back Matthew Pennington back for selection next week.

The 44-year-old has explained his decision regarding Cameron Borthwick-Jackson against Burton as well.

The 20-year-old left-back, signed on loan from Manchester united in the summer transfer window, was left out of the matchday squad against Albion despite being fit.

Christiansen is also non-committal about playing Pawel Cibicki against Birmingham on Tuesday evening.

The 23-year-old, who can operate as a striker or as a winger, was an unused substitute against Albion.

“Yeah, yeah, there’s no problem with them, and perhaps next week we will be almost all in when Matthew Pennington comes back,” Christiansen told BBC Radio Leeds about Anita and O’Kane.

“He is fit, but again I have to choose for the squad, I have to choose for the circumstances that can happen in the game, from this I have based my selections of the players for the squad,” said Christiansen when asked if Borthwick-Jackson is fit.

“We will see, we will see,” Christiansen told BBC Radio Leeds on Saturday. “The team gave a very good performance and we still have a few days to work on, we will see if he will be in or not.”