Leeds United 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers highlights: Whites come from behind to win
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Leeds return to Elland Road for a third successive top flight season today as the Whites take on Bruno Lage’s Wolves in this year’s season opener.
United survived on the final day of 2021/22 and have parted with star men Raphinha and Kalvin Phillips during the summer transfer window.
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This afternoon’s opponents are without key man Raul Jimenez who picked up a knee injury in pre-season and misses out at Elland Road.
Lage’s side have reverted to a back four during the off-season and could pose Leeds head coach Jesse Marsch a tactical headache this afternoon.
Stay up to date with all live match updates, build-up, team news, analysis and post-match player ratings here.
Leeds United 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers highlights: Whites come from behind to win
Wolves team news
Wolves XI: Sa, Jonny, Collins, Kilman, Ait-Nouri; Neves, Dendoncker, Gibbs-White, Podence, Neto, Hwang
Subs: Sarkic, Mosquera, Boly, Coady, Ronan, Cundle, Hodge, Bueno, Campbell
Leeds United team news
Leeds United XI: Meslier, Kristensen, Koch, Llorente, Struijk; Adams, Roca, Rodrigo, Aaronson, Harrison; Bamford
Subs: Klaesson, Hjelde, Gelhardt, Greenwood, Gyabi, Gray, Summerville, Klich, Drameh
An extra £50 million?
Andrea Radrizzani has spoken at length ahead of the new season about the club and his vision as chairman and majority shareholder.
Stadium redevelopment is still at the forefront of the Italian’s mind who predicts a £50 million windfall if the club can increase Elland Road’s capacity.
Absentees
A long-ish list of Leeds absentees this afternoon, although many of those have been sidelined for some time and therefore come as no surprise.
Stuart Dallas, Luke Ayling, Junior Firpo, Adam Forshaw and Luis Sinisterra all miss out through injury, while Daniel James serves the final game of a three-match suspension following his red card against Chelsea towards the end of last season.
Under-21s recap
Leeds’ Under-21 side kickstarted their PL2 campaign yesterday evening with a resounding 5-2 win over Derby County Under-21s at Pride Park.
Spanish forward Mateo Joseph was on the scoresheet four times for the visitors, while new signing Sonny Perkins also grabbed a goal.
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