Team News: Leeds United vs Villarreal CF | OneFootball

The team news is in for this afternoon’s pre-season friendly with Spanish side Villarreal CF at Elland Road.

Daniel Farke has named a strong starting lineup to begin the encounter, handing first Elland Road starts to new signings Gabriel Gudmundsson, Sean Longstaff, Anton Stach and Lukas Nmecha.

Karl Darlow has been handed the gloves for the Whites’ fourth outing of pre-season, playing behind a defence of Isaac Scmidt, Joe Rodon, Pascal Struijk and Gudmundsson.

Skipper Ethan Ampadu sits in the heart of the midfield alongside Stach and Longstaff, with Brenden Aaronson and Willy Gnonto supporting lone striker Nmecha.

The team in full reads: Darlow (GK), Schmidt, Rodon, Struijk, Gudmundsson, Ampadu (C), Longstaff, Stach, Gnonto, Nmecha, Aaaronson.

Subs: Meslier (GK), Cairns (GK), Piroe, Bijol, Ramazani, Tanaka, Byram, Gruev, Gray, Chadwick, Crew.