Manchester United and Leeds United will bring football to Dublin’s iconic Croke Park for the first time since 2009 as the arch-rivals square off in a match that is friendly in name only.
United have enjoyed a promising pre-season since their opening slip-up against Wrexham in July, beating Atletico Madrid before holding European champions Paris Saint-Germain to a draw last weekend.
Leeds have also impressed in the build-up to the new Premier League campaign and most notably stunned Liverpool during their tour of the United States, coming from two goals down to win 4-2 in Chicago.
Daniel Farke’s will hope to repeat their heroics of four months ago, which saw Leeds win their first league game at Old Trafford since 1981, getting another one over on their cross-Pennines rivals at a venue fitting of their rivalry.
Here’s everything you need to know.
When is Manchester United vs Leeds?
Manchester United’s clash with Leeds kicks off at 7:30pm BST on Wednesday 12 August at Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland.
How can I watch it?
The match will be shown free-to-air on ITV1, while also being available to subscribers on MUTV. Fans can stream the match on ITVX.
Team news
Youri Tielemans starts on the bench for Man United as Michael Carrick names a much-changed team to the one that faced PSG last week. Youngsters Harry Amass and Tyler Fletcher get starts, while Leny Yoro and Diogo Dalot come in at the back. New signing Andrey Santos gets another start.
Man United XI: Lammens; Dalot, Heaven, Yoro, Amass; Santos, T. Fletcher; Amad, Mbeumo, Dorgu; Zirkzee.
James Trafford starts for Leeds to make his debut between the sticks. Ao Tanaka, Brenden Aaronson and Lukas Nmecha also come into the side following their win over RB Leipzig.
Leeds XI: Trafford; Muharemovic, Chadwick, Bijol; Bogle, Longstaff, Tanaka, Bornauw; Aaronson, Nmecha, James.
