Fleetwood Town 2 Leeds United 1 - RECAP as Charlie Cresswell opener proves in vain

FRIDAY NIGHT FRIENDLY: For Leeds United against Fleetwood Town at their Highbury Stadium, above. Photo by Lewis Storey/Getty Images.

Leeds United take in their third pre-season friendly of the summer at Fleetwood Town tonight - and we will bring you all the latest here.

The Cod Army are managed by former Whites boss Simon Grayson meaning that tonight's encounter will see two promotion-winning Whites bosses go head to head.

The Whites took in their second pre-season friendly of the summer on Wednesday evening and recorded a 1-1 draw against Championship hosts Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park in what was a first outing of the summer's for United's first teamers.

The fixture followed Tuesday evening's opener at non-league Guiseley in which a United under-23s side recorded a 3-2 triumph under 23s boss Mark Jackson as head coach Marcelo Bielsa also looked on from the dugout.

Follow our live blog below for all the latest team news, match updates and analysis from the Friday night Fleetwood friendly.

Fleetwood Town v Leeds United LIVE

Key Events

7pm kick-off at Highbury Stadium
Leeds taking in their third friendly of the summer

Fri, 30 Jul, 2021, 19:01 BST

Underway!

1: Leeds kick us off

Fri, 30 Jul, 2021, 18:58 BST

No McGurk

For Leeds. He’s not to be involved in any of the friendlies.

Fri, 30 Jul, 2021, 18:56 BST

Here we go

Players heading out on to the pitch at Fleetwood. No Edmondson for Fleetwood.

Fri, 30 Jul, 2021, 18:27 BST

Team news in full

Fri, 30 Jul, 2021, 18:23 BST

Three changes from Guiseley side

Three changes tonight from the Leeds team that lined up against Guiseley. Van den Heuvel, Forshaw and Dean in for Caprile, Gelhardt and Greenwood. Latter duo not involved. Bate and Poveda make the bench.

Fri, 30 Jul, 2021, 18:09 BST

Leeds team - Forshaw starts

Leeds v Fleetwood Town: Van Den Heuvel, Drameh, McCarron, Forshaw, Cresswell, Kenneh, Summerville, Jenkins, Dean, McKinstry, Miller. Subs: Caprile, Bate, Allen, Moor, Poveda.

Fri, 30 Jul, 2021, 18:03 BST

Two games in 20 hours

Good evening and welcome to our live blog for coverage of this evening’s pre-season friendly against Simon Grayson’s Fleetwood Town from the club’s Highbury Stadium in Lancashire. It’s been a busy week for Leeds for whom Tuesday evening’s friendly at Guiseley for the 23s was followed by Wednesday night’s clash at Blackburn for the first team. And now we have another two friendlies within the space of 20 hours as tonight’s 7pm kick-off is followed by tomorrow’s 12.30pm kick-off against Real Betis at Loughborough University. United’s first teamers will clearly be in action for that one so we would expect another 23s side of sorts at Fleetwood tonight. But could Adam Forshaw start having come on in the 61st minute against Guiseley and who else will feature? All will be revealed when team news is with us at 6pm. Kalvin Phillips, Patrick Bamford and Liam Cooper are yet to feature this summer whilst Ian Poveda and new recruit Lewis Bate are also yet to be handed any minutes.