Confirmed Leeds United starting XI v Liverpool
Leeds United have confirmed their starting XI for the visit of Liverpool to Elland Road on Sunday afternoon.
The Whites are looking for their first Premier League win of the season after a heavy away defeat to Manchester United [5-1] was followed by score draws with Everton [2-2] and Burnley [1-1] before the international break.
Marcelo Bielsa has made one change from the team that lined up at Turf Moor on August 29.
Junior Firpo, signed from Barcelona during the summer, was absent against Burnley after a positive COVID-19 test, but he starts at left-back with Pascal Struijk dropping to the bench.
Stuart Dallas is set to be restored to midfield alongside Kalvin Phillips and Rodrigo, with deadline day arrival Dan James on the bench.
The team news was confirmed by Leeds on their official Twitter account prior to kick-off.
Aiming to emulate April display
Leeds and Liverpool last met on April 19 amid the furore over the European Super League plans.
Jurgen Klopp’s side took the lead in the first half through Sadio Mane but the Whites hit back in the second half and struck an 87th-minute equaliser via Diego Llorente.
Indeed, the statistics showed that Leeds were well worth a point as they dominated the ball against the 2019 European champions.
Liverpool were restricted to just 38% of the ball during the match, while that figure sank to 28% in the second half as Leeds piled the pressure on in search of an equaliser.
The Reds are strengthened for the return to Elland Road this time around, however.
Virgil van Dijk and Joel Matip were all absent from the squad for the April encounter while Mohamed Salah was only introduced as a 71st-minute substitute, but the trio have all been handed starting berths today.
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