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Daniel Farke faces big Leeds United decision after 'two excellent performances'

Sam Byram of Leeds United
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Daniel Farke finds himself in the unusual position of having no new injury issues for Leeds United's Championship clash with Millwall on Wednesday night. Indeed the Whites boss has something of a selection dilemma with Jayden Bogle back in the squad following a one-match suspension.

The former Sheffield United full-back is set to come straight back into the starting line-up, but that would mean dropping Sam Byram. The defender has performed well when filling if for first Junior Firpo and then Bogle as both served suspensions after picking up five yellow cards.

Whether Byram can play three games in a week remains to be seen, having suffered his fair share of injury problems, but Farke will make a late decision. He will also wait to make a call on strikers Patrick Bamford and Joe Gelhardt before the squad travels to London.

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Neither were involved in the squad which beat Plymouth Argyle 3-0 on Saturday, but could return to bench roles should they come through training this afternoon.

"No new concerns," Farke said in his pre-match media briefing. "All the players involved on Saturday will be back again. We'll make late decisions on Bamford and Gelhardt this afternoon. They will try to train and if they come through we will take a decision on their involvement.

"I was really happy with Sam (Byram) in both games. Playing on each side, he had two excellent performances defensively and going forward, he has chipped in. It's good when there's competition. Jayden before the suspension was excellent and Junior has chipped in with many end products. We have competition there. For Sam it can be tricky when the turnaround is quicker because of his age and injury CV."

If Bogle returns it could be the only change from the Plymouth starting line-up, with Josuha Guilavogui again set to start on the bench.