Predicted Leeds United starting XI v Chelsea

Dave is a huge Leeds fan and ardent disciple of Bielsa ball. A career in print magazines that included editing PC Zone, launching PokerPlayer and redesigning The Big Issue has finally led Dave to writing about the love of his life, Leeds United. It’s been a tough 2020 but the single scariest moment was the first quarter of the game against Man City. Rodrigo will be the saviour this season.

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10 Mar 2021, 11:04 am

Leeds United host high-flying Chelsea on Saturday and that's not the team we really want to be facing after losing four of the last five games.

We think there will be a number of changes to the Leeds side, too, with Rodrigo back from injury and Helder Costa, Mateusz Klich and Tyler Roberts flopping on Monday.

We think Jack Harrison will come back in for Costa on the left, with Stuart Dallas taking Klich's spot in midfield.

Spanish hotshot Rodrigo should get his first start since January in place of Roberts with Gjanni Alioski getting a start at left-back.

Kalvin Phillips got through his first 90 minutes back after injury and he was needed badly with Pascal Struijk out with injury.

Patrick Bamford had a really poor game, missing two huge chances, but to be fair to him he's still getting in the right positions to create them in the first place.

Raphinha will start on the right and he'll be looking to make a splash against one of the country's biggest teams.

If we lose, a record of five defeats in six would normally have us looking over our shoulders but we still think we're in no danger of getting sucked into a relegation battle.

This is the starting XI we're expecting to see on Saturday...

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