Patrick Bamford and Rodrigo Moreno could start together for just the third time this season when Leeds United travel to Crystal Palace. With Luis Sinisterra suspended, a place has opened up in the Whites’ attack and Bamford appears the most likely to take it based on Jesse Marsch’s comments in his pre-match press conference.
Since Rodrigo’s arrival at Elland Road back in the summer of 2020, Leeds have played 83 league matches. Once it was established that Rodrigo was favoured more as a number 10, it was expected that the Spaniard would be able to form a partnership with Bamford.
However, due to injury problems for Rodrigo in 2020/21, and the same for Bamford in 2021/22, the two have been able to start together just 21 times. On three of those occasions one of them also had to be substituted in the first half.
