Horatio Fields, Durell Robinson injury update: Auburn reveals latest on Arkansas Wednesday availability report

In a battle between two of the SEC’s four teams with winless conference records, at least one sideline in Fayetteville is going to walk away winless no more. Arkansas (2-5, 0-3 SEC) and Auburn (3-4, 0-4 SEC) renew their conference rivalry Saturday at 12:45 pm ET to kick off another wild weekend of SEC action.

The Razorbacks, who have already parted ways with head coach Sam Pittman, have won two of the last three games in its series vs. the Tigers, who are facing their own uncertainty at head coach in Year 3 under Hugh Freeze. Arkansas got the better of Auburn with a 24-14 road win last year, and now interim head coach Bobby Petrino will look to make it two in a row over Freeze.

After opening as 1.5-point underdogs, the betting odds have shifted in the favor of host Razorbacks, which are now a slight 1-point home favorite over visiting Tigers, with an over-under score of 55.5 points, according to BetMGM.

Arkansas Razorbacks

Out:
DL Cameron Ball
DB Quentavius Scandrett
WR Monte Harrison
WR Ismael Cisse
WR Jalen Brown
RB AJ Green
TE Jeremiah Beck Jr.
TE Andreas Paaske
DL David Oke

Questionable:
WR Zach Taylor

Probable:
TE Jaden Platt
DL Danny Saili

Auburn Tigers

Out:
WR Horatio Fields
RB Durell Robinson
OL Connor Lew

Probable:
CB Donovan Starr
TE Brandon Frazier

Auburn is once again expected to be without the services of a pair of offensive veterans in receiver Horatio Fields and running back Durell Robinson for the foreseeable future. Fields is out for several more weeks after undergoing surgery to repair a broken foot suffered in practice Sept. 23, while Robinson has missed the Tigers’ last four games after being rushed to the hospital in early September.

Meanwhile, Petrino provided a mixed outlook regarding Arkansas’ ailing defensive tackle duo of David Oke and Danny Saili during Wednesday’s weekly SEC Coaches Teleconference. While the Razorbacks interim coach is hopeful Saili will be available Saturday, he’s already rulled out Oke.

“I feel like Danny’s going to be good to go, knock on wood,” Petrino said Wednesday. “He should be in a situation where he can come out and play and help us. We’re looking for that. Oke will not be available.”

Oke has been in and out of the lineup for Arkansas with his knee injury. He missed the first two games of the season, then returned to play in three more before the injury flared up on him again. He had missed time again after Week 5.

Saili, meanwhile, missed the Texas A&M game after becoming a solid contributor and soaking up plenty of snaps in key games against both Notre Dame and Tennessee. He has played in six games this year, logging three tackles and 1.5 tackles for a loss.

— On3’s Thomas Goldkamp contributed to this report.