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Joe Mewis

One change and two big selection debates - your Leeds United starting XI to face Fulham

Leeds United face one of their biggest games of the season on Saturday, when Scott Parker's Fulham side make the trip up to West Yorkshire.

It will be second versus third in the first game to be played at Elland Road since March in a clash which will set the tone for the promotion run-in.

Both sides come into the televised clash on the back of 2-0 defeats last weekend and both know that victory will be huge for their automatic promotion hopes.

For Leeds, a win would see a ten-point gap open up over the Cottagers, while the visitors can cut the gap to four points with a victory.

A real six-pointer, then.

Marcelo Bielsa will be hoping to welcome Pablo Hernandez back after the Spaniard returned to training this week. His absence was felt in Cardiff on Sunday, as Leeds were unable to turn possession into goals.

Should he be fit enough, he will likely return, but should he be the only change?

That's question we put to you when we asked for your favoured line-up for the Saturday afternoon clash.

A whopping 88 per cent of respondents wanted to see Hernandez recalled, definitively putting the argument of easing him back in gently to one side.

Hernandez was one of nine players to get approval ratings of more than 85 per cent, with the majority of the usual suspects sailing through your selection process.

There were, however, two areas that were up for debate.

Over on the right, Hedler Costa kept his position in your side from last weekend's debutant Ian Poveda - but not by much. The Portguese was backed 57 per cent of you, while 39 per cent want to see Poveda handed a first start at the weekend. This may be one selection battle to keep an eye over the next few weeks.

The other debate is a more familiar one.

Sunday saw Patrick Bamford again fail to find the scoresheet despite another hard working display - and it was enough to convince you that Bielsa should change things up top. A total of 58 per cent of you want Tyler Roberts up front, with 37 per cent keeping the faith with Bamford.

We'll see what Bielsa chooses to do, but all past evidence points to Bamford again leading the line.

See how your XI looked above and if you've not had chance to use our selection widget, then you can do so below:

Leeds and Fulham meet at 3pm on Saturday.

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