Nine changes was the precedent Jesse Marsch set in August when he last took Leeds United from Premier League to EFL Cup action. Illan Meslier and Diego Llorente were the survivors on that night against Barnsley in the Carabao Cup, which means there is any number of combinations he could go with tonight.
Little has changed in Meslier’s situation, so the Frenchman continuing seems likely. Luke Ayling, Llorente, Junior Firpo and Mateusz Klich are senior members of the dressing room in dire need of minutes.
You can imagine, out of respect if nothing else, the head coach puts them to use tonight. Liam Cooper seems an unlikely risk in the other centre-back slot, so Leo Hjelde, missing from the under-21s on Monday, may be a decent shout on the left.
