Leeds vs Southampton line-ups: Starting XI, confirmed squad news and injuries for today’s Championship play-off final

Leeds and Southampton are set for a huge encounter in today’s Championship play-off final.

Both teams are looking for an immediate return to the Premier League after their respective relegations last year and ultimately made relatively easy work of their semi-final quests.

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After a close and goalless first leg, they beat Norwich and West Brom at home respectively to set up a mouth-watering final clash.

Leeds looked on course for automatic promotion before a season-ending crash, while Southampton’s 25-game unbeaten run was not enough to break into the top two in the final as Leicester and Ipswich they went up instead.

Leeds boss Daniel Farke will not have striker Patrick Bamford back for today’s huge game after he was ruled out as he continues to suffer from a “minor patellar tendon injury”.

Pascal Struijk will also be missing, but Sam Byram has returned to training and is on the bench.

For Saints, goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu and Juan Larios are still out, along with Stuart Armstrong.

Che Adams and Ross Stewart are both in contention and on the bench.

Starting with the Leeds XI: Tradesman; Gray, Rodon, Ampadu, Firpo; Kamara, Gruev; Summerville, Rutter, Gnonto; Pyro

Subs: Darlow, Byram, Roberts, Cooper, Shackleton, Anthony, James, Gelhardt, Joseph

Starting with the Southampton XI: McCarthy; Walker-Peters, Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Stephens; Downes, Smallbone, Aribo; Fraser, Armstrong, Brooks

Subs: Lumley, Bree, Manning, Charles, Rothwell, Edozie, Kamaldeen, Adams, Stewart

Date and time: 15:00 BST Sunday 26 May 2024

Venue: Wembley Stadium

TV channel and live stream: Sky Sports