Leeds v Wrexham
Leeds United

Leeds United vs Wrexham

, KO: 00:30 , Raymond James Stadium
Wrexham

Leeds United commence their pre-season campaign on Saturday night with a friendly against Championship club Wrexham.

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The Premier League outfit and their Welsh opponents have made the journey to the United States, with this fixture taking place at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa.

While Daniel Farke's side are participating in their first friendly of the summer, Wrexham have already played twice, a consequence of the EFL Cup starting on August 7.

Phil Parkinson's side followed a goalless draw against Polish side Wisla Krakow with a 1-0 victory over Manchester United in Finland last weekend.

How the bookies see it:

At the time of writing, no betting odds were available for this fixture.

However, despite Leeds likely to be regarded as the favourites for this contest, Wrexham having two matches under their belt – with back-to-back clean sheets – should be taken into consideration.

Head to head: Leeds, Wrexham still awaiting first competitive meeting

Quite incredibly, these two teams have never squared off in a competitive fixture.

Nevertheless, they did participate in two friendly fixtures in 1964, the second one at Elland Road seeing Leeds win an astonishing game by an 8-4 scoreline.

Leeds also won 2-1 in the first match at the Racecourse Ground three days earlier.

Player to watch:

Farke has named a 30-strong Leeds squad for the tour of the United States, the one notable absentee being Noah Okafor due to Switzerland reaching the World Cup quarter-finals.

Leeds fans will be eager to see how £34m signing Tarik Muharemovic fares in the centre of defence.

Representing Bosnia & Herzegovina at the World Cup may restrict his minutes in this contest, but there remains the possibility of a brief outing.

Fellow new arrival Harry Wilson should be guaranteed minutes, however, with the Wales international pencilled in for regular starts in the final third.

As for Wrexham, Sam Smith has scored their only goal of pre-season so far, and he will be hoping to continue to have the edge over Kieffer Moore in the battle to start the season as the club's number nine.

Probable lineups:

With eight academy players having been included in the Leeds squad, there is scope for Farke handing one or two of them a start in this contest.

However, it may be a case of starting with his strongest possible XI – barring players who reached the World Cup knockout stages – and making widespread changes at half time and in the second half.

Parkinson may take a slightly different approach. He has largely used two separate teams for each half of the games with Wisla Krakow and Man United, but the Wrexham boss could name a team that he intends to use for at least an hour in this fixture.

Leeds United: Perri; Rodon, Bijol, Bornauw; Bogle, Stach, Ampadu, Longstaff, Justin; Wilson, Calvert-Lewin

Wrexham: Ward; Vyner, Scarr, Doyle; A.James, M.James, O'Brien, Thomason; Broadhead, Cadamarteri; Smith

Anything else catch the eye?

Leeds have a five-day break before their next fixture against Sunderland, so Farke may look to hand minutes to as many players as possible.

Wrexham have kept back-to-back clean sheets in games where they were underdogs.

The Man United side which they beat last weekend included the likes of Leny Yoro, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw, Andrey Santos, Mason Mount, Patrick Dorgu and Bryan Mbeumo

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Leeds United vs Wrexham Betting Tips & Predictions
Under 2.5 goals
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