Daniel Farke has faced a number of big decisions throughout the first three months of Leeds United’s return to the Premier League.
Charged with blending a promotion-winning squad with ten summer transfer window signings, the Whites boss has faced a challenging season so far as his side have produced contrasting performances and results throughout.
The former Norwich City boss will hope for an upturn in fortunes when Leeds return to action in Sunday’s home clash with Aston Villa after they won just one of their last six Premier League fixtures to leave themselves looking nervously over their shoulders at the relegation zone.
But who should be in Leeds’ strongest starting XI? We take a look with stats provided by the stats experts WhoScored to see which players make the cut.
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1. Karl Darlow
WhoScored average rating for 2025/26 season: 6.3 | Stu Forster/Getty Images
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