Mark Smith

Fri 14 October 2022 16:10, UK

Leeds United welcome Arsenal to Elland Road on Sunday 16 October in the Premier League as they look to finally return to winning ways.

Jesse Marsch has some big decisions to make for his side as Junior Firpo and Luis Sinisterra return to action after missing the 2-1 defeat at Crystal Palace last time out.

There have been other struggles since with Patrick Bamford given a day off training to help his recovery and workload as he clearly hasn’t hit 100% yet.

Illan Meslier will continue once again in goal with nothing he could have done about the two goals conceded at Palace, with his defence simply deserting him.

Rasmus Kristensen and Pascal Struijk will continue at full-back with Marsch confirming that Firpo would not come straight back into the side despite his recovery.

Robin Koch is now firmly the number one central defensive option, although, after a complete stinker at Palace, Liam Cooper will drop out for Diego Llorente.

Tyler Adams and Marc Roca have transformed this side after their arrival, but it is the areas around them that continue to cause us headaches in this campaign.

Brenden Aaronson will move back to his central role against Arsenal though, with his influence still high but making him that vocal point will help massively.

Luis Sinisterra will come back into the side on the right to welcome back that danger, with Jack Harrison hopefully thriving because of the changes around him too.

It will be Bamford dropping out onto the bench though after the news of his rest days, with Rodrigo favoured to lead the line for the England international to come on and make a difference in the second half if needed.

Here’s how we expect the Whites to line up…

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