Leeds face Chelsea on Sunday in one of English football’s great old rivalries.
Leeds may be nowhere near Chelsea in terms of geography, but make no mistake about it, there is no love lost between these two teams.
The Whites will be desperate to continue their unbeaten start to the new Premier League season at Stamford Bridge, but it’s fair to say that they come into this game as underdogs.
However, as the Whites have shown many a time since their return to the Premier League, they can be a thorn in the side of the big six, and they will be hoping to claim another huge scalp on Sunday.
With that in mind, we’ve had a go at predicting Leeds’ starting XI for this one.
After going unbeaten in their first two matches this season, we’re not predicting too many changes for Leeds here.
In fact, there’s just one change in our team as Luis Sinisterra comes in for Patrick Bamford who revealed on the Official Leeds United podcast this week that injury will keep him out of this one.
Sinisterra for Bamford, of course, isn’t a like-for-like swap, so there are a couple of position changes.
Brenden Aaronson moves into the number 10 role where he is more comfortable, while Rodrigo is trusted to lead the line after finding his shooting boots in recent weeks.
Indeed, the Spaniard is the Premier League’s leading scorer right now, and while he’s faltered as a number nine in the past, his confidence will be high going into this one.
Other than that, it’s the same backline and midfield that we’ve seen in recent weeks as the likes of Junior Firpo, Luke Ayling and Liam Cooper continue to recover from injuries.
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