Leeds United head into today's clash with Harrogate Town missing a number of players due to injury. Mateo Joseph is expected to spearhead the attack as Joel Piroe (muscle problem) and Patrick Bamford (hamstring) are definitely out.

The FA Cup third round tie comes too soon for left-back Junior Firpo and midfielder Ilia Gruev. The pair recently returned to team training after recovering from their respective injury problems.

Max Wober (knee) is a major injury doubt and Pascal Struijk may not be involved in the tie. Struijk was absent from their thrilling Yorkshire derby at Hull City because of a minor ankle knock. The centre-back was included in the travelling party but missed out on the matchday squad.

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With Town languishing in the lower reaches of League Town, United will be strong favourites to progress to the FA Cup fourth round. But Whites chief Daniel Farke has warned his players to underestimate the Sulphurites at their peril.

Farke, who has confirmed Karl Darlow will start in goal, said: "In the cup competition, everything is possible. We see many upsets and surprising results. You never take it for granted the favourite goes through. They will make it difficult, defend for their lives, cause problems on counter-attack. If we start like we did v Hull, it's difficult to go into the next round."

United have progressed from four of their past five FA Cup ties against fellow Yorkshire teams.

Leeds United squad vs Harrogate Town: Meslier, Darlow, Cairns, Bogle, Rodon, Debayo, Schmidt, James, Gnonto, Ampadu, Rothwell, Tanaka, Guilavogui, Chambers, Crew, Solomon, Ramazani, Aaronson, Joseph, Gelhardt.