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Marcelo Bielsa confirms Leeds United's starting XI to face Tottenham Hotspur

Marcelo Bielsa has been able to name an unchanged starting Leeds United XI for this afternoon's trip to Tottenham Hotspur.

There had been pre-match doubts over the fitness of Mateusz Klich after he took a knock to the thigh in the second half of Tuesday night's 5-0 thrashing of West Brom, but the Pole has recovered in time to start at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Defensive duo Liam Cooper and Diego Llorente again miss out through injury, however.

That means ever-present Illan Meslier continues in goal in front of an unchanged back four of Stuart Dallas, Luke Ayling, Pascal Struijk and Gjanni Alioski.

Kalvin Phillips will again operate in his usual deep-lying midfield role, with Klich playing in central midfield.

Rodrigo will operate behind the striker, with Raphinha and Jack Harrison again on the flanks.

Leading scorer Patrick Bamford will again lead the line as he goes looking for his 11th goal of the season.

There have been two changes on the bench, with Tyler Roberts and Leif Davis dropping out of the 20-man matchday squad to be replaced by under-23s duo Charlie Cresswell and Niall Huggins who appear on the first-team bench for the first time.

Marcelo Bielsa's side begin the day 11th in the Premier League table, just four places and three-points behind Jose Mourinho's title hopefuls.

Leeds United: Meslier, Alioski, Ayling, Struijk, Dallas, Phillips, Klich, Raphinha, Rodrigo, Harrison, Bamford

Subs: Casilla, Jenkins, Casey, Huggins, Cresswell, Shackleton, Costa, Hernandez, Poveda

Tottenham: Lloris (C), Doherty, Alderweireld, Dier, Davies, Hojbjerg, Winks, Ndombele, Bergwijn, Son, Kane

Subs: Hart, Rodon, Reguilon, Tanganga, Gedson, Sissoko, Dele, Lucas, Vinicius

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