Wolves v Leeds United team news: Diego Llorente back on the bench and Tyler Roberts starts

TYLER Roberts starts and Diego Llorente returns to the bench for Leeds United in Friday night's Premier League clash at Wolves.
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Roberts replaces Gjanni Alioski for the only change to the starting XI as Alioski drops to the bench which features Llorente who is back fit after his latest injury setback.

Llorente replaces Charlie Cresswell on the bench whilst Alioski for Roberts is the other change amongst the subs.

Young forward Joe Gelhardt is again in the match day 20.

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Kalvin Phillips, Rodrigo, Robin Koch, Ian Poveda, Gaetano Berardi and Adam Forshaw remain sidelined though Berardi is now back in training upon his recovery from a torn ACL.

Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo has named the same team that started last weekend's 2-1 win at Southampton in which Wolves fought back from being 1-0 down at the break.

Wolves: Patricio; Dendoncker, Coady, Saiss; Semedo, Neves, Moutinho, Jonny; Traore, Willian Jose, Neto. Subs: Ruddy, Kilman, Marcal, Ait-Nouri, Hoever, Otasowie, Vitinha, Gibbs-White, Silva.

Leeds United: Meslier, Ayling, Cooper, Struijk, Shackleton, Dallas, Klich, Harrison, Raphinha, Roberts, Bamford. Subs: Casilla, Alioski, Llorente, Davis, Costa, Jenkins, Huggins, Hernandez, Gelhardt.

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Diego Llorente. Picture by Bruce Rollinson.Diego Llorente. Picture by Bruce Rollinson.
Diego Llorente. Picture by Bruce Rollinson.

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