Leeds United team news: The players set to miss Hull match

Leeds United team news: The players are expected to miss the encounter against Hull.

All the latest team news and injury concerns for Leeds United before of their match against Hull City.

Leeds United’s trip to London to face Millwall is followed by a short drive across Yorkshire to face Hull City on Wednesday evening.

The Whites are looking for their third league win of the season, and their third in a row on the road, having beaten Ipswich Town 4-3 and Millwall 3-0 in their last two away games.

Leeds won both of their previous league meetings with the Tigers during Marcelo Bielsa’s promotion season in 2020. Tyler Roberts scored twice as they won 4-0 in this match in February of that year.

Leeds has gone through several changes since then, including three seasons in the Premier League. Following their relegation from the Premier League last season, the Whites are still considered among the favorites for promotion this season, and are currently managed by Daniel Farke, a two-time second-tier winner with Norwich City.

A trip to East Yorkshire and Hull will be a tough test for his side, with Liam Rosenior’s side now lying slightly ahead of the Whites, with three wins and two draws in six games, and are unbeaten since an opening day setback to Norwich City at Carrow Road.

Leeds United team information
We look at the latest team news and injury concerns for Farke’s squad before of the encounter.

Stuart Dallas

Dallas remains a long-term absente and is yet to return to action following his leg break in April 2021, with clean-up surgeries needed since to correct minor issues and seeing him miss the whole of the last campaign.

The Northern Ireland international will continue his rehabilitation away from the field for now. However, he is “improving” and making good progress all the time, according to Farke.

Junior Firpo

Firpo is still out of action, with Farke giving the latest update in his pre-match press conference. Firpo was said to be set to return sometime after the international break but remains out.

Last week, Farke revealed that he had suffered from a setback with his hip issue, which saw him miss most of pre-season for the Whites.

Patrick Bamford

Bamford hobbled out of their final pre-season friendly with Hearts and has missed every game so far and will do so again against Hull.

However, the 30-year-old is now back in training, with Farke explaining that he needs more time after a spell out, but is unlikely to feature in either game this week against Hull or Watford.

Djed Spence

Leeds confirmed this week that Spence is expected to play again within eight weeks, having sustained a knee issue in training in the build up to the Millwall clash. It has not required surgery but could see him miss a chunk of Championship fixtures.

As Beren Cross of Leeds Live outlined, the Plymouth Argyle game at Elland Road lands two days short of eight weeks from now and then it’s the November international break.

Liam Cooper

Cooper is back in training ahead of schedule and in contention for games this week. The Leeds captain ruptured his plantar fascia against Cardiff on opening day and was said to put him out of action for around eight or nine weeks.

However, despite the issue taking place on the 6th August, Farke confirmed that he was back in training ahead of schedule last weekend. He could be in line for a recall at some stage, but was missing from Leeds’ bench against Millwall.

Did Farke say anything else?

Farke outlined that there may be changes for the game, with Leeds playing three games in six days, but is wary not to “break the rhythm” of a winning team.

Farke also explained that Ethan Ampadu suffered a slight knock against Millwall, but expects him to be fine for the clash in East Yorkshire.