Leeds United team news: Predicted starting line-up for Championship clash vs Swansea
Marcelo Bielsa will be hoping to retain his 100 per cent record against the team he could have joined in 2015
By Billy Hawkins
Updated: 21st August 2018, 10:45 am
A defeat of Swansea on Tuesday evening will continue Leeds' perfect start to the season and send them top of the Championship.
The Elland Road club are yet to drop a single point under new manager Marcelo Bielsa, winning all three of their games so far by a combined score line of 9-2.
Leeds made it three wins from three by beating Rotherham on Saturday
Hopes for a long-awaited return to the Premier League have been reignited in Yorkshire, and beating Swansea will guarantee Leeds end matchday four two points clear at the top of the league.
However, Bielsa's side must visit Wales to take on a Swansea outfit also unbeaten in their three league games this term, with two wins followed up by a draw with Birmingham last time out.
Graham Potter was named Swansea manager in the summer and he has his team looking solid and hard to score against, though they will have to be at their best to keep a clean sheet against Leeds, who have been one of the most potent goal scoring sides in the division this season.
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Heading into the game, Bielsa revealed that Pontus Jansson, the central defender, suffered an injury set-back which rules him out of Tuesday's encounter. The Sweden international registered his first league minutes of the season on Saturday, but he's yet to start a game with Gaetano Berardi partnering Liam Cooper at the head of Leeds' defence.
He will be assessed later in the week to determine whether he will be fit for the upcoming match at Norwich.
Kemar Roofe has passed a fitness test ahead of the trip to Swansea despite being pictured with an ice pack on his leg following the defeat of Rotherham, while Stuart Dallas and Adam Forshaw remain on the sidelines.
Though Bielsa has the opportunity to name the same XI that started against the Millers, he could look to rotate due to the intense fixture schedule, though talkSPORT.com believe only Pablo Hernandez will drop out the starting line-up, as he played the full 90 minutes on Saturday.
You can see our predicted Leeds line-up below…
There is a big talking point heading into the match, with Bielsa facing the team he was close to joining as manager back in 2015.
"It was a real possibility," Bielsa said of a potential move to Swansea. "I was willing to work in Swansea but at the end they choose somebody else. I don't remember very well. I think that I wanted to start at the start of the season, not come in the middle of the season and the contact I got was in the middle of the season."