Leeds United are set to make three changes to their starting XI for their Championship clash against Reading on Saturday afternoon, according to a reliable journalist.
Yorkshire Evening Post correspondent Phil Hay expects manager Thomas Christiansen to tweak the side that lost 3-0 to Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough before the international break.
Hay reported on his personal Twitter account before the teams announcement that Liam Cooper, Pablo Hernandez and Vurnon Anita are in line for recalls.
Gut feeling would be that Cooper comes back in with Jansson and Hernandez starts on the left. Maybe Anita at LB. But not huge changes.
— Phil Hay (@PhilHayYEP) October 14, 2017
But Hay emphasised that he does not anticipate Christiansen to make “huge changes” despite two consecutive defeats.
Should Cooper start in central defence, that would mean Matthew Pennington dropping down to the substitute’s bench.
It is likely that Anita would replace Gaetano Berardi and Hernandez would come for one of his fellow attacking midfielders, most likely Kemar Roofe or Ezgjan Alioski.
Leeds are fifth in the Championship table going into the match, while Reading are struggling in 20th position.