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Leeds United face Championship visitors Norwich City on Sunday in the FA Cup fifth round - and this is how we think the Whites will line up.
Boss Daniel Farke made eight changes to his team for the third round clash at Derby County and then six alterations to his side for the fourth round trip to Birmingham City.
Sunday’s visit of Norwich now arrives at the end of a busy week as the third and final instalment of three games at Elland Road in the space of nine days following Saturday evening’s 1-0 defeat to Manchester City and Tuesday night’s 1-0 reverse to Sunderland - both in the league.
Farke again reiterated at Friday’s pre-match press conference that the battle for Premier League survival clearly had to take priority, Leeds now just three points clear of the relegation zone with eight games left.
But Farke also declared that his men would be highly motivated to book a place in the competition’s quarter-finals, the club having not made the last eight of the FA Cup since way back in 2003.
Leeds also have a full week off after Sunday’s contest ahead of their return to Premier League action at Crystal Palace the following Sunday afternoon.
As ever, the team that Farke sends out is likely to be something of a balancing act but the Whites boss was optimistic of having every player available to pick from apart from sole injury Noah Okafor and this is the XI that we think he will send out against the Canaries.
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7. CM: Sean Longstaff
Longstaff is another for whom starts and even general gametime has been limited of late but his stellar displays at the start of the season are not forgotten and he looks a certainty to come into the side. | Getty Images
8. CM: Ao Tanaka
Tanaka is in a similar boat to Longstaff and another for whom Sunday's cup tie surely presents a golden opportunity from the start. | AFP via Getty Images
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9. CM: Ethan Ampadu
Playing the captain in an FA Cup tie might be seen as an unnecessary risk. But Ampadu started the fourth round clash at Derby and is likely to be chomping at the bit to start Sunday's game following the disappointment of Tuesday night's 1-0 defeat to Sunderland in which his handball gave the Black Cats a penalty which decided the game. Farke is also rarely one for complete wholesale changes and Ampadu appeals as one who might stay in the side although Anton Stach is an obvious alternative, as is Ilia Gruev. | Getty Images
10. ST: Joel Piroe
It's just not happened for last season's Championship golden boot winner in the Premier League although chances have been few and far between and Sunday's game seems to present a particularly huge chance for the Dutch attacker, especially with Facundo Buonanotte having endured a bit of a nightmare on his big chance in the fourth round clash at Birmingham. It might be that the Brighton loanee gets another bite of the cherry but bench for him and a start for Piroe appears more likely. | Getty Images
11. ST: Lukas Nmecha
It's largely been a case of one or the other out of Lukas Nmecha and first choice striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin although the pair have played together too. That said, Calvert-Lewin is surely now due a rest and it might be that Nmecha is paired with Piroe in the front line to give busy Brenden Aaronson a chance to recharge his batteries too. | Getty Images