Daniel Farke Changes Leeds United One Place for Brighton
leeds united made one change to the side that drew 1-1 at Tottenham, with injured Pascal Struijk replaced by Sebastiaan Bornauw against Brighton. Daniel Farke kept the rest of his team intact for the Premier League match.
Bornauw Joins Leeds Backline
Bornauw lined up with Jaka Bijol, Joe Rodon and James Justin in Leeds United's backline. That was the only alteration from the draw at Tottenham last week, a sign that Farke kept the structure of the side steady despite the injury to Struijk.
The Leeds XI also included Darlow, Ampadu, James, Calvert-Lewis, Aaronsen, Stach and Tanaka. Leeds named Perri, Longstaff, Piroe, Nmecha, Byram, Gnonto, Chadwick, Cresswell and Lienou among the substitutes.
Brighton Make One Change
Brighton also changed one player after their 3-0 win over Wolves last weekend. Kaoru Mitoma missed out with a hamstring injury, and Joel Veltman took his place in Fabian Hurzeler's team.
Brighton's XI featured Verbruggen, Dunk, Van Hecke, Minteh, Hinshelwood, Baleba, Welbeck, Kadioglu, De Cuyper, Gross and Veltman. Steele, March, Rutter, Kostoulas, Milner, Boscagli, Gomez, Ayari and O'Riley were on the bench.
Leeds United Team Shape
The changes kept both managers to one adjustment apiece, but for Leeds the switch came in the back line, where an injured regular was replaced before kick-off. Farke's decision left the rest of the side unchanged from a 1-1 result that already showed Leeds could stay competitive on the road.
For readers tracking the matchday setup, the key detail is simple: Bornauw was the player who filled Struijk's spot, while Brighton answered Mitoma's absence with Veltman. The two lineups arrived with the same basic pattern, one enforced change each, and Leeds went into the match with the defense reshaped around that single injury.
