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Final team news has been provided for Leeds United’s Saturday evening visit of title-chasing Manchester City - for which two players are out and three more doubtful amid an attacker’s return.
Leeds and City will battle it out for the second time this season in Saturday’s 5.30pm kick-off at LS11 in a massive game at both ends of the table.
The two teams are fighting for very different causes, Daniel Farke’s Whites fighting to survive their first season back in the Premier League which Pep Guardiola’s men are looking to win for a fifth time in the last six years.
Both sides are well-placed to achieve their objectives, Leeds six points clear of the relegation zone with 11 games left after Saturday’s excellent 1-1 draw at third-placed Aston Villa who themselves are not yet out of the title race.
City, though, fresh from Saturday’s 2-1 win at home to Newcastle United, know they will be crowned Premier League champions once again if winning every remaining fixture by virtue of still having to play leaders Arsenal at the Etihad.
The same, however, is true of Arsenal who are five points ahead of City but having played a game more. It all means Saturday evening’s clash at Elland Road presents a mouth-watering prospect, ahead of which the final team news has been provided.
Whites boss Farke held his pre-match press conference on Thursday afternoon, Guardiola then holding his the following day. After updates from both bosses, here is the final team and injury news from both camps combined.
7. OUT: Josko Gvardiol
City's versatile Croatian international defender Gvardiol is a longer term absentee as he recovers from a tibial fracture to his right leg suffered in January's 1-1 draw at home to Chelsea. | Martin Rickett/PA Wire
8. OUT: Mateo Kovacic
Another Croatian international star, City midfielder Kovacic is another longer term injury, the 31-year-old on the comeback trail having had surgery in November after Achilles/ankle injuries. | Getty Images
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9. OUT: Noah Okafor
Winger Okafor is now the only Leeds player definitely out, Farke revealing the news at Thursday's pre-match press conference. The Swiss star suffering a hamstring injury towards the closing stages of the FA Cup clash at Birmingham City and thought to be looking at two to four weeks out. Farke had already ruled him out of the weekend's visit of Pep Guardiola's side. The Whites boss said on Thursday: "Just Noah is out and will miss this game. All the others are ready, in training and in a good mood and want to play." | Getty Images
10. DOUBT: Max Alleyne
Young City centre-back Alleyne suffered a knock in the FA Cup clash at home to Salford City earlier this month and was forced off in the 22nd minute. The 20-year-old failed to make the matchday squad for last weekend's Premier League clash against Newcastle United but there was no mention of any injury from Guardiola at Friday's pre-match press conference. Unlike Doku, though, the defender was pictured in the gallery published by City in doing some gym work. Hard to know where he is at and essentially a doubt. | Getty Images