{"id":19247,"date":"2025-12-12T21:31:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T21:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/2025\/12\/12\/tanaka-to-start-gruev-on-the-bench-5-3-2-leeds-united-predicted-lineup-vs-brentford\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T21:31:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T21:31:51","slug":"tanaka-to-start-gruev-on-the-bench-5-3-2-leeds-united-predicted-lineup-vs-brentford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/2025\/12\/12\/tanaka-to-start-gruev-on-the-bench-5-3-2-leeds-united-predicted-lineup-vs-brentford\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanaka To Start, Gruev On The Bench | 5-3-2 Leeds United Predicted Lineup Vs Brentford"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Leeds United will face off against Brentford at the Gtech Community Stadium on Sunday evening as they look to secure a good result on the road in the Premier League. The Whites managed to earn a hard-fought 3-3 draw away at Liverpool recently, which should keep them in good spirits going into this game.<\/p>\n

Daniel Farke will probably opt for the 5-3-2 formation and is expected to make some tweaks to his first team for this clash. Ao Tanaka could play from the start of this game, while Ilia Gruev makes way for him and drops to the Leeds<\/a> bench.<\/p>\n

Defence<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Lucas Perri will operate in between the sticks for the Whites after he kept a clean sheet in his last outing. Joe Rodon, Jaka Bijol and Pascal Struijk will operate as Farke\u2019s centre-backs as they look to keep the opposition at bay throughout the 90 minutes.<\/p>\n

Jayden Bogle will play as the right-back, while Gabriel Gudmundsson fills in on the other side as the left-back. Both of them will have to perform their defensive duties well before picking and choosing their moments to join in on the attack.<\/p>\n

James Justin will offer cover for the defensive positions on the bench.<\/p>\n

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LEEDS, ENGLAND \u2013 DECEMBER 06: Daniel Farke, Manager of Leeds United applauds their support after the Premier League match between Leeds United and Liverpool at Elland Road on December 06, 2025 in Leeds, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Midfield<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Ao Tanaka, Ethan Ampadu and Anton Stach will make up Leeds\u2019 midfield as they focus on making life tough for the opposition at the centre of the park. All three of them need to move the ball well if the Whites are to create some inviting chances in the final third.<\/p>\n

Ilia Gruev will have to be content with a spot on the bench as he awaits his chance to make an impact in the second half if required.<\/p>\n

Attack<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Noah Okafor and Dominic Calvert-Lewin will lead the line for the West Yorkshire club up top. They would both need to combine well and create some headaches for the opposition centre-backs during the 90 minutes.<\/p>\n

Joel Piroe will be named on the bench and might come on to influence the game in the latter stages if the Whites are in need of a goal by then. However, Lukas Nmecha is unlikely to recover in time for this match against the Bees.<\/p>\n

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Leeds United will face off against Brentford at the Gtech Community Stadium on Sunday evening as they look to secure a good result on the road in the Premier League. The Whites managed to earn a hard-fought 3-3 draw away at Liverpool recently, which should keep them in good spirits going into this game. Daniel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12815,"featured_media":19248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12815"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}