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A number of Leeds players were on international duty over the last two weeks as the Championship took a back seat for a small period.

The Whites suffered defeat in their final outing before the break commenced as they lost 1-0 to Swansea.

Creating 21 opportunities, they failed to score and then succumbed to a rather sloppy goal late on.

As a result, Marcelo Bielsa’s men will have to be much-improved if they have desires of jumping from third in the table.

But how could they line-up on Sunday afternoon at Oakwell?

Bielsa hasn’t favoured changes this season and at times he’s even disclosed his team before his side have set foot at the ground.

It was a strange tactic from the Argentine who before a game with Wigan said he wouldn’t name his XI but then did.

Who plays this weekend remains to be seen but we’re tipping the 64-year-old to make just the solitary change against the Reds.

That comes at left wing where a poor performance from Jack Harrison last time out could see Helder Costa earn his first league start after arriving on loan in the summer.

Harrison managed to complete just 76% of his passes whilst he only registered one dribble and was dispossessed four times according to WhoScored.

There should also be a place for Ezgjan Alioski who earned an assist for North Macedonia last week and the 27-year-old has been in good form, not dipping below a match rating of 7 in his last three outings.

Barry Douglas was fit against Swansea but wasn’t preferred from the off and was on the bench.

Eddie Nketiah is likely to have to settle for a place among the substitutes once more as Kalvin Phillips, Liam Cooper and Stuart Dallas all start.

The former earned a new deal at the beginning of the week whilst Cooper and Dallas also signed new terms.

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