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Joshua Hobbs

Select your Leeds United starting XI for Jesse Marsch's first game in charge against Leicester City

There will be a degree of anticipation ahead of the reveal of Leeds United announcing the team news on Saturday, as there is the biggest sense of unknown that there has been all season.

That's due to the match against Leicester being Jesse Marsch's first game as manager of the Whites.

Marsch suggested that his side have been working on a particular formation in his pre-match press conference on Thursday, although he did not say which. However, it's highly unlikely to be the 4-1-4-1 or 3-3-1-3 which Leeds primarily utilised under Marcelo Bielsa. In fact, Marsch has largely used a 4-2-2-2 or a 4-4-2 with a diamond, meaning the team could look much more narrow at the King Power Stadium.

This expected change of formation could see different players given opportunities and could be to the benefit of Joe Gelhardt and Rodrigo, meaning they could possibly line up as a striker partnership. Patrick Bamford also has a chance of inclusion, although he is expected to be amongst the substitutes.

Marsch's formations also require different things from his midfielders, which could mean Adam Forshaw and Mateusz Klich playing together in a double pivot, particularly with Robin Koch likely to move backwards to centre back with the American coach saying that Diego Llorente has missed some of training injured.

There is also the question of what Marsch will do about the fact that his squad is winger heavy, despite him preferring narrow formations. He will surely find a space for Raphinha in his XI, despite him playing as a winger throughout his time at Elland Road.

Who would you pick in your XI? Let us know using the selector below.

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