At Hull City, a crucial Leeds United player returns from injury with two changes for the Whites.
For tonight’s Championship match at Hull City, Leeds United head coach Daniel Farke has made two changes to his team, including the return of a significant player from injury.
Whites skipper Liam Cooper will sit on the Leeds bench for this evening’s match against the Tigers (kickoff: 7.45pm) despite missing the first weekend’s 2-2 draw at home to Cardiff City due to a ruptured plantar fascia.
Prior to Sunday’s play at Millwall, Cooper resumed training last week, but he was not included in the matchday squad for the weekend matchup against the Lions. This evening, Dan James and Jamie Shackleton replace Crysencio Summerville and Sam Byram in the Leeds starting lineup.
In addition to Cooper, Whites manager Daniel Farke still had five players unavailable for the match on Sunday at The Den: Patrick Bamford, Junior Firpo, Stuart Dallas, who has been out for a longer period of time, and summer acquisition Djed Spence.
Spence, a loanee from Tottenham, was listed as being a major doubt for the match after fracturing his knee during practise. Due to personal obligations, the full back had previously skipped some training sessions. Then, on Monday, Leeds announced that Spence had injured his lateral collateral ligament and might miss up to eight weeks of action, despite the fact that surgery was not anticipated to be necessary.
At the pre-Hull press conference on Tuesday afternoon, Farke gave a fresh team update, revealing that Bamford had resumed training with the group but was still too early to play against the Tigers. Farke also disclosed that Firpo was still working out on a one-on-one basis as he pursues his comeback from a hip problem.
The Whites manager was also awaiting word on the health of centre midfielder Ethan Ampadu, who was struck during Sunday’s 3-0 victory at Millwall. Ampadu, though, starts and maintains the axis alongside 17-year-old Archie Grey.
Charlie Cresswell, who provides room for Cooper’s return to the Whites bench, will not be part of the matchday squad. Along with backup goalkeeper Karl Darlow, the bench also includes Glen Kamara, Ilia Gruev, Jaidon Anthony, Ian Poveda, and Joe Gelhardt.
Tigers manager Liam Rosenior has made two adjustments to his Hull team, giving custodian Ryan Allsop his first start in goal in place of Matt Ingram, who is moved to the bench.
Ruben Vinagre is also replaced by Cyrus Christie for a club led by former Whites player Lewie Coyle. Ozan Tufan, a Turkish international, is back from injury and will sit on the bench.
Allsop; Christie; Jones; Greaves; Coyle; Seri; Slater; Delap; Twine; Philogene; Connolly are the Hull City players. Ingram, Vinagre, McLoughlin, Tufan, Allahyar, Traoré, Morton, Lokilo, and Smith are available as substitutes.
Meslier; Ayling, Rodon, Struijk, Shackleton; Ampadu, Grey; James, Gnonto; Piroe, Rutter are the Leeds United players. Darlow, Byram, Cooper, Kamara, Gruev, Poveda, Summerville, Anthony, and Gelhardt are available as substitutes.
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