Leeds United are in Premier League action on Saturday, and, sadly for the Whites, it’s fair to say that they’re not the favourites heading into their game against Chelsea.
Indeed, the Yorkshire club are facing off against high-flying Chelsea, and they’ll be coming into this game with a massively depleted squad.
Club captain Liam Cooper, star man Kalvin Phillips, club-record signing Rodrigo and last season’s top scorer Patrick Bamford have all been ruled out of this match, so, as you can imagine, Leeds have an uphill task ahead of them.
However, there is still a game to be won, and if Marcelo Bielsa’ wants his team to get a result he’ll have to get his team selection spot on.
With that in mind, we’ve had a go at predicting Leeds’ starting XI here.
Despite Leeds’ ongoing injury crisis we’re only predicting two changes for this match.
Indeed, due to the fact Bamford and Rodrigo didn’t start last week, this side doesn’t look too different to the one that started against Brentford.
The Whites played with a rather depleted squad against Brentford, but sadly, Liam Cooper and Kalvin Phillips miss out here.
Mateusz Klich and Pascal Struijk come in to replace the two absentees, while Leeds revert back to a more familiar four at the back formation.
Luckily, Leeds’ talisman Raphinha is fit and ready to play, while Tyler Roberts will want to build on last week’s goal against the Bees.
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