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Team news: Luke Ayling set for 500th career appearance

Starting XI announced at the Emirate Stadium.

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Jesse Marsch has made three changes to the Leeds United starting line-up this afternoon as we face Arsenal away, at the Emirates Stadium.

Pascal Struijk, Rodrigo and the injured Stuart Dallas make way for Diego Llorente, Dan James and Joe Gelhardt in the starting XI.

The 20-year-old will start up front for the Whites with James, Jack Harrison and Raphinha all on hand in our other attacking positions. Our Poland and England internationals, Mateusz Klich and Kalvin Phillips, link up in the midfield.

Our captain this afternoon, Luke Ayling, will make his 500th career appearance and he is joined in defence by Diego Llorente, Robin Koch and Junior Firpo as Illan Meslier remains between the posts.

The substitutes bench features Struijk and Rodrigo, alongside goalkeeper Kristoffer Klaesson, Lewis Bate, Charlie Cresswell, Sam Greenwood, Leo Hjelde, Jamie Shackleton and Archie Gray.

Liam Cooper is unable to take part this afternoon, whilst Patrick Bamford, Adam Forshaw, Stuart Dallas and Tyler Roberts continue with recoveries from their recent injuries.

Today’s game is scheduled to kick-off at 2pm and will be shown live on Sky Sports. For those without access or not in attendance in the capital this afternoon, you can follow the live Leeds United blog online here.

Starting XI: Meslier (GK), Ayling (C), Firpo, Koch, Raphinha, Llorente, James, Harrison, Phillips, Gelhardt, Klich.

Substitutes: Klaesson (GK), Rodrigo, Struijk, Bate, Hjelde, Cresswell, Greenwood, Shackleton, Gray.

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