Statistic gurus WyScout have selected what they believe is the second tier's most powerful line-up and it is certainly up for debate (as these things are always are). There are Leeds players who make the cut and players who don't. Clue: there is one Whites player that is controversially NOT included. Scroll and click through the pages to see the data experts' best XI...


. GK: Brice Samba (Nottingham Forest)
Signed from Caen in the summer and has kept the second most clean sheets in the Championship behind Leeds Uniteds Kiko Casilla. | Getty

. RB: Matty Cash (Nottingham Forest)
Cash has continuously caught the eye this season and was even linked with a shock move to AC Milan in January. Give us Luke Ayling any day | Getty

. LB: Kristian Pedersen (Birmingham City)
The Denmark international full-back has been ever-present for Pep Clotets side in the Championship this campaign. | Getty

. CB: Ben White (Leeds United)
White has been a revelation for Leeds having joined on loan from Brighton and Hove Albion last summer. He too has been ever-present under Marcelo Bielsa. | Getty

1. GK: Brice Samba (Nottingham Forest)
Signed from Caen in the summer and has kept the second most clean sheets in the Championship behind Leeds Uniteds Kiko Casilla. | Getty

2. RB: Matty Cash (Nottingham Forest)
Cash has continuously caught the eye this season and was even linked with a shock move to AC Milan in January. Give us Luke Ayling any day | Getty

3. LB: Kristian Pedersen (Birmingham City)
The Denmark international full-back has been ever-present for Pep Clotets side in the Championship this campaign. | Getty

4. CB: Ben White (Leeds United)
White has been a revelation for Leeds having joined on loan from Brighton and Hove Albion last summer. He too has been ever-present under Marcelo Bielsa. | Getty

5. CB: Liam Cooper (Leeds United)
There is a place for the Leeds United captain in the data experts starting XI as he hopes to lead the club back to the Premier League. | Getty

6. RM: Andre Ayew (Swansea City)
The first of two Swansea players in the data experts starting XI. He has scored 12 goals in 34 Championship games this term. | Getty