Leeds United head to Nottingham Forest on Sunday for the two clubs' first top-flight meeting since 1999.
There are just three points separating the teams going into the match but Forest can open up a healthy cushion between themselves and the teams below with a win. The Whites brought in three new players in January and will be hoping those new arrivals can string together some victories after six without a win in the Premier League.
Leeds are among the leakiest sides in the division at the back but Illan Meslier has been a consistent figure between the posts. Jesse Marsch will be without ever-present centre back Robin Koch at the City Ground due to suspension but with Diego Llorente having moved to AS Roma on loan on deadline day, who replaces him is unclear.
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Captain Liam Cooper is fit again but like all of Leeds' other central defensive options, is left footed. The most likely scenario appears to be Maximilian Wober moving over to the right hand side to accamodate Cooper, with Luke Ayling and Pascal Struijk as full backs.
In midfield, January signing Weston McKennie will be pushing for his first start but at this stage, a midfield three of Marc Roca, Tyler Adams and Jack Harrison is likely. That said, the latter's involvement from the start is not 100 per cent given how close he was to a deadline move to Leicester City; Marsch will have to decide if he is in the right headspace.
Leeds' top scorer Rodrigo Moreno will be absent after picking up an injury that will rule him out for the next two months at Accrington Stanley, with Patrick Bamford ready to come in after overcoming a series of injury issues. On the left, Wilfried Gnonto looks set to reclaim his place after being rested in the FA Cup.
The final piece of Leeds' attacking puzzle is very hard to call, though. Brenden Aaronson has started every Premier League match so far this season but has seen his form tail off since the World Cup, with record signing Georginio Rutter, as well as fit again duo Luis Sinisterra and Crysencio Summerville, all breathing down his neck to replace him.
Predicted XI: Meslier; Ayling, Wober, Cooper, Struijk; Roca, Adams, Harrison; Rutter, Bamford, Gnonto
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