Leeds United face Manchester City this weekend in what is bound to be a very intriguing tactical battle between Marcelo Bielsa and Pep Guardiola.
Bielsa and Guardiola are two of the most tactically astute gaffers in the Premier League, and this could be a very entertaining encounter to say the least.
When these two sides met at Elland Road it resulted in a 1-1 draw, but it’s fair to say that Man City are a different side now to the one that headed to Yorkshire that day.
Indeed, City have only improved as the season has gone on, they look to be champions-elect and it’s proven to be almost impossible to stop them.
However, if any team is going to give City something to think about it’s Leeds United, and with that in mind, we’ve had a go at predicting the Yorkshire club’s starting XI for this one.
We don’t expect Marcelo Bielsa to make mass changes for this game.
Leeds are on a good run, picking up seven points from their last three games, and Bielsa has never been a manager to make changes for changes’ sake.
However, there is one switch they have been forced into here.
Indeed, Jack Harrison may have been at Leeds for three years now, but he’s still technically a City player, and that means that he’s unable to turn out against his parent club.
Therefore, Leeds will need to do a bit of a rejig. Mateusz Klich comes into the XI in place of Harrison, while Stuart Dallas moves to left-back and Ezgjan Alioski takes up the more advanced position.
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