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Team news: Daniel Farke names XI for Brentford clash
Aug 30 2026 12:50 · By onefootball.com · 8 Reads
Leeds United are back at Elland Road this afternoon for their first home fixture of the 2026/27 Premier League campaign, taking on Brentford after back-to-back wins in the league and Carabao Cup.
Daniel Farke has made one change to his line-up that started against Nottingham Forest last weekend in the league with Noah Okafor replacing Harry Wilson, as we also see the return of Gabriel Gudmundsson and Willy Gnonto to the matchday squad.
James Trafford is in net for the game, with his defence comprising Jayden Bogle, Joe Rodon, Jaka Bijol, Tarik Muharemović and James Justin.
Our captain Ethan Ampadu is alongside Anton Stach in the Leeds United midfield, whilst Brenden Aaronson and Okafor join forward Dominic Calvert-Lewin in attack.
The substitutes bench includes goalkeeper Alex Cairns, Wilson, Daniel James, Sean Longstaff, Lukas Nmecha, Nico Elvedi and Ao Tanaka along with Gudmundsson and Gnonto.
Today’s match is scheduled to kick off at 2pm, with the game being shown live on Sky Sports, for those without access and not in attendance you can follow the online blog or listen live via LUTV.
Starting XI: Trafford (GK), Bogle, Ampadu (C), Muharemović , Rodon, Calvert-Lewin, Aaronson, Bijol, Stach, Okafor, Justin.
Substitutes: Cairns (GK), Gudmundsson, James, Longstaff, Wilson, Nmecha, Tanaka, Gnonto, Elvedi.