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Leeds expected XI v Bolton

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OPINION

Leeds are on a charge at the moment with four wins on the bounce in the league for the first time this season.

A fifth on Saturday could see them go top of the league and they’ll be expecting to get three points against a struggling Bolton side one off the bottom of the table.

We’re expecting manager Marcelo Bielsa to make one change to his starting XI after a far from convincing display against QPR.

20-year-old centre-back Aapo Halme should come in and let Kalvin Phillips move back to his defensive midfield position, where he’s much more effective.

That will have knock-on effects through the team and we expect Samu Saiz to be the fall guy, after winning his place back in the first-team.

Saiz had been struggling with his fitness and we expect the £16k-a-week star to start on the bench, with Adam Forshaw moving up into a more forward midfield role.

Kemar Roofe should start up top despite Patrick Bamford scoring a hat-trick for the Under-23s on Tuesday and Izzy Brown should finally make the bench after playing 90 minutes in the same game.

This is the starting XI we expect Bielsa to put out on Saturday:

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