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2 changes, Rodrigo starts up front: Leeds’ Predicted XI vs Southampton

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Leeds United's Argentinian head coach Marcelo Bielsa.
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Leeds vs Southampton is bound to be something of a dead rubber as both teams have nothing to really play for at this point of the season.

However, that doesn’t mean that Marcelo Bielsa’s side are taking their foot off of the gas, as shown by their mightily impressive 4-0 win against Burnley at the weekend.

Indeed, it seems as though Leeds will continue to play their gung-ho style right until the final day of the season, but there’s bound to be a bit of rotation here.

Bielsa has said that both Robin Koch and Mateusz Klich have been granted early leave ahead of the Euros, so they won’t start here, and with that in mind, we’ve had a go at predicting Leeds’ starting XI here.

We think that Leeds will start this game with a very similar team to the one that finished against Burnley.

Klich of course drops out as Bielsa has granted him early leave, so Tyler Roberts comes in, and for the first time this season Rodrigo starts as a number nine ahead of Patrick Bamford after his impressive brace at the weekend.

Bamford gets a well-earned rest for this one, while the rest of the team remains the same as the one that started against Burnley.

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