Predicted Leeds XI for Salford City match: Summerville starts as 21-year-old handed redemption chance

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Leeds United return to Carabao Cup action this evening as they make the trip to Salford City.

The Whites will be looking to use the match to continue the momentum built from Saturday’s first league win of the season at Ipswich Town.

Daniel Farke rotated his squad heavily in the first round victory over Shrewsbury Town earlier this month and it would not be a surprise if he did so again after the intensity of Saturday’s game.

Sam Greenwood, Crysencio Summerville and Joe Gelhardt will be among the names hoping to be handed starts, with the former having played just seven minutes of action so far this season.

Here is our predicted line-up ahead of the game.

Goalkeeper

With Illan Meslier currently Farke’s first choice in the league, Karl Darlow will almost certainly come in for his second Carabao Cup start.

Defence

Despite a nightmare display at Ipswich, Cody Drameh deserves to be handed a shot at redemption, but this time in his favoured position at right back.

Charlie Cresswell and Leo Hjelde are also likely to come into the back four, with Pascal Struijk the only one to keep his place from the weekend.

Midfield

Both Ethan Ampadu and Archie Gray are in need of a well-earned rest, but Leeds remain short of options in the middle of the park.

Darko Gyabi and Jamie Shackleton could come into replace them, though the latter has been used primarily in a wide role this season.

Attack

The availability of Ian Poveda and Dan James is, at this stage, uncertain but the former’s initial timescale of return would mean he is available for this game.

Poveda would likely be handed a start on the right, with Summerville, Greenwood and Gelhardt making up the remainder of the front four.

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Darlow; Drameh, Cresswell, Struijk, Hjelde; Shackleton, Gyabi; Poveda, Greenwood, Summerville; Gelhardt