Leeds United director of football Victor Orta will not be attending the Championship clash with Nottingham Forest at the City Ground tomorrow (5.30pm).
He has been banned from the game because of an incident in the Elland Road tunnel during the 3-2 defeat of Millwall last month.
Marcelo Bielsa's side came from two goals down to win 3-2, former Red Patrick Bamford netting two second-half goals to secure a big three points for the Whites.
Now Orta has been handed a one match ban, announced by the FA yesterday, which will begin with the trip to the City Ground.
The televised clash will pit fourth against second, with only four points separating Forest from Leeds.
Leeds' head of communications, James Mooney, has also been banned for the Forest game because of a separate incident at the Millwall match.
A statement from the FA read: "Leeds United FC's director of football, Victor Orta, and head of media and communications, James Mooney, have been given immediate one-match stadium bans following separate breaches of FA Rule E3 during the club's EFL Championship fixture against Millwall FC on 28/1/2020.
"Victor Orta admitted that his language and/or behaviour in the tunnel area at half-time amounted to improper conduct and James Mooney admitted that his behaviour during a separate incident in the tunnel area at half-time also amounted to improper conduct.
"Victor Orta and James Mooney have been fined £2,000 and £700 respectively."
By the time that statement was announced, Leeds had already said they were contesting the charges.
A club statement issued on January 31 read: "Both incidents show a lack of judgement, but we do not believe that either party has used inappropriate language or acted aggressively."
