{"id":837766,"date":"2026-03-20T05:55:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T05:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/837766\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T05:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T05:55:13","slug":"leeds-vs-brentford-predicted-xi-for-premier-league-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/837766\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds vs. Brentford: Predicted XI for Premier League clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-bottom:11px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/leeds-united\/\" title=\"Leeds United\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds United<\/a> head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/daniel-farke\/\" title=\"Daniel Farke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Farke<\/a> will have a clean bill of health for Saturday\u2019s Premier League clash with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/brentford\/\" title=\"Brentford\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brentford<\/a> at Elland Road.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/noah-okafor\/\" title=\"Noah Okafor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Noah Okafor<\/a> is available for selection after missing the previous five games with a hamstring injury, while the only absentee is defender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/gabriel-gudmundsson\/\" title=\"Gabriel Gudmundsson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gabriel Gudmundsson<\/a> who is suspended following his red card in last weekend\u2019s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/man-utd\/feature\/will-spurs-shock-liverpool-sundays-premier-league-predictions-and-previews_593869.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">0-0 draw<\/a><\/strong> at Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n<p>James Justin could be tasked with filling in at left wing-back in Gudmundsson\u2019s absence, with Jayden Bogle recalled to operate on the opposite flank.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Rodon, Jaka Bijol and Pascal Struijk are all set to continue at centre-back in front of goalkeeper Karl Darlow, while Ethan Ampadu and Anton Stach could link arms in centre-midfield once again.<\/p>\n<p>Should either Sean Longstaff or Ilia Gruev also start in midfield, this would allow Stach to play in an advanced central role; only Bruno Fernandes has created as many chances from set plays in the Premier League this season than Stach (both 27).<\/p>\n<p>Dominic Calvert-Lewin missed a penalty against Crystal Palace last time out, but he did score one of his 10 Premier League goals this season in a 1-1 draw at Brentford in December. The striker is expected to retain his starting spot alongside either or both of Brenden Aaronson and Lukas Nmecha.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leeds United possible starting lineup: <\/strong>Darlow; Rodon, Bijol, Struijk; Bogle, Longstaff, Ampadu, Justin; Stach, Aaronson; Calvert-Lewin<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/brentford\/predicted-lineups\/thiago-targeting-20-damsgaard-decision-predicted-brentford-lineup-vs-leeds_594132.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&gt; Click here to see how Brentford could line up for this contest<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United head coach Daniel Farke will have a clean bill of health for Saturday\u2019s Premier League clash&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":811459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,4230,393,68644,94,707,2826,4884,1860,22138,7126,101,4151,93,68303,10938,1068,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-837766","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-cycling","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-epl","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-formula-1","14":"tag-golf","15":"tag-great-britain","16":"tag-leeds","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-olympics","19":"tag-premier-league","20":"tag-rugby","21":"tag-sport","22":"tag-sports-mole","23":"tag-teams","24":"tag-tennis","25":"tag-uk","26":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116259961351805286","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=837766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/811459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=837766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=837766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}