Leeds vs Man United LIVE: Premier League team news and latest updates as pressure mounts on Michael Carrick

As for Leeds, they look set to receive a boost with ex-Man United winger Dan James set to return from injury, although he’ll likely be used from the bench.

Mateo Joseph remains out with an ACL injury, while Joe Rodon is still a few weeks away from returning to action as well.

Noah Okafor and Anton Stach could provide dual support to Dominic Calvert-Lewin up top, while the three-man backline of James Justin, Nico Elvedi and Tarik Muharemovic looks set to continue with Jayden Bogle and Gabriel Gudmundsson roaming forward as the wing-backs.

Predicted Leeds XI: Trafford; Muharemovic, Elvedi, Justin; Bogle, Ampadu, Tanaka, Gudmundsson; Stach, Okafor; Calvert-Lewin

We’ll find out the team line-ups in about 30 minutes time but we already know that Man United will be without Benjamin Sesko and Patrick Dorgu, while Luke Shaw and Kobbie Mainoo are severe doubts with reports suggesting they haven’t travelled to Elland Road.

The air has supposedly been cleared with Lisandro Martinez after his explosive comments about the United hierarchy in midweek, so he should start in the heart of defence, while Bruno Fernandes should be back in the No 10 role after playing deeper against Atletico and Bryan Mbeumo could shift back out wide to accommodate Matheus Cunha up tip.

Predicted Man United XI: Lammens; Yoro, Maguire, Martinez, Dalot; Tielemans, Baleba; Mbeumo, Fernandes, Rashford; Cunha

Across the Pennines, it has been a very promising start to the season for Leeds as they look to build on last term’s 14th-place finish.

They were unbeaten through their first five Premier League games before suffering a narrow 2-1 loss away to reigning champions Arsenal last weekend. No shame in that though and they’re still nicely positioned in eighth spot.

Victory today would lift them to fifth, so Daniel Farke will be feeling good about things at Elland Road

Another week, another crisis for Manchester United…

The pressure is mounting on boss Michael Carrick, with his team hunting a first Premier League win since August and suffering another disappointing defeat to Atletico Madrid in the Champions League in midweek, including conceding a goal within 47 seconds…

Chris Wilson was in Madrid for that clash and says time is running out for the manager

Leeds host Man United at Elland Road this afternoon with kick-off at 2pm.

The match will be shown live on Sky Sports Main Event in the UK, with coverage from 12.30pm.

Welcome to The Independent’s coverage of Leeds vs Man United – a cross-Pennine battle that could have huge implications for the future of Michael Carrick.