Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds United will face Norwich City at Elland Road in the Championship this evening.
Leeds United will be looking to maintain their position at the top of the Championship table with victory over Norwich City at home this evening.
The West Yorkshire outfit are currently in pole position in the standings with 57 points from 29 matches.
Marcelo Bielsa’s side are three points clear of Norwich, who are currently second in the table.
Leeds will head into the match against the Canaries on the back of a 2-1 victory over Rotherham United away from home in the league.
This is how Leeds and Norwich will line up against Elland Road in the Championship this evening:
Leeds head coach Bielsa had actually named his starting lineup during his pre-match press conference on Thursday.
As announced on Leeds’s official Twitter page, Adam Forshaw will start for the Whites in midfield, meaning that 23-year-old central midfielder Kalvin Phillips will be on the substitutes’ bench.
Former Leeds striker Noel Whelan does not seem to agree with Bielsa’s decision regarding Phillips.
Whelan said on The Noel Whelan Show on BBC Radio Leeds on Friday evening (6pm, February 1, 2019): “Kalvin Phillips, that’s the one that’s puzzling me. Whether you chose Adam Forshaw or Kalvin, one of them would be hard done by to be left on the bench, but I just think he has done so well.
“He ticks more boxes for me, Kalvin Phillips, sitting in that deeper role, allowing Hernandez and Klich to get forward. He has done such a good job filling in when people have been injured or suspended as well at centre-half.”
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