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Team news: Marcelo names unchanged starting line-up

Team news announced at Villa Park.

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Marcelo Bielsa has named an unchanged team for tonight’s Premier League clash against Aston Villa, which is the 4,000th league game for Leeds United since their first in 1920!

Illan Meslier remains in net for the Whites, as captain Luke Ayling is joined by Diego Llorente, Pascal Struijk and Stuart Dallas in defence.

Robin Koch and Mateusz Klich will link up in the midfield for Leeds, whilst Jack Harrison and Raphinha - who is making his 50th Premier League appearance tonight - cover the wings, with Rodrigo and Dan James in attack.

Adam Forshaw and Jamie Shackleton both feature on tonight’s substitutes bench after recovering from recent injuries and they are joined by Tyler Roberts, Joe Gelhardt, Lewis Bate, Leo Hjelde, Nohan Kenneh, Stuart McKinstry and goalkeeper Kristoffer Klaesson.

Kalvin Phillips, Patrick Bamford, Junior Firpo and Liam Cooper all remain out of the side through injury.

Our game this evening is scheduled to kick-off at 8pm and is being shown live on BT Sport. For those not in attendance at Villa Park, or without access to BT Sport, you can follow the Leeds United blog online here.

Starting XI: Meslier (GK), Ayling (C), Koch, Raphinha, Llorente, Dallas, Rodrigo, James, Struijk, Harrison, Klich.

Substitutes: Klaesson (GK), Forshaw, Roberts, Bate, Gelhardt, Hjelde, McKinstry, Shackleton, Kenneh.

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