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- - Sport - Leeds United - Leeds United FC Leeds United vs Augsburg LIVE goals and updates from final friendly at Elland Road Follow how Leeds United get on against Ausgburg in their final friendly of the summer at Elland Road We're just a week away from the opening game of the season and so today's match against Augsburg is the last chance for Daniel Farke to take a look at his Leeds United side before the real stuff kicks in. Five friendlies, three wins and a draw is not bad going but results are not the main aim of pre-season. When it comes to fitness and tactics, as well as the bedding in of new signings, the boss will also be pleased. Unlike the two-hour contest against RB Leizpig in the first Elland Road friendly, this match against German club Augsburg will only be the standard 90 minutes long - but the West Stand and north-west corner of the ground will remain closed. This will re-open for the first home match against Brentford. Those who can attend the game might catch a glimpse of how Farke will start the season with his line-up. Follow how Leeds get on in today's friendly by following our live match blog below. Key Events Leeds United have reportedly agreed a deal to sign Borussia Monchengladbach defender Nico Elvedi on a permanent transfer. The Whites have been linked with a move for the 29-year-old centre-back in recent days, and now it seems that a move is close to being completed. James Trafford - Misjudged a through ball when coming out in the 20th minute. Found Dominic Calvert-Lewin consistently with his long ball. Every tome he aimed for him, in fact. Took a defender outside of the box in the second half. Made one save all game. 8 Jayden Bogle - Energetic and proactive down the right. Sometimes caught out while sitting high, with others coming to the rescue. Cut out a later counter. 7 Joe Rodon - Showed good presence of mind in tight situations. As ever this pre-season, was seen very high on the right often. Was brilliant defensively on point, especially in the tackle. 8 What Leeds needed ahead of the season opener. First half was just what Farke will have wanted to see. Second half was a bit more loose but Leeds still maintained control. Roll on the 2026/27 season. Lukas Nmecha chips over the GK after a nice through-ball from Tanaka. Ampadu off for Tanaka Aaronson off for Piroe Corner comes all the way through the box. A poor touch sends it back to the Augsburg 34 who fires off target. It looks to be a 4-2-3-1, with Aaronson as the 10. Leeds were flexible last season and will need to be, this. DCL off for Nmecha. Okafor on for Wilson. James on for Bijol. Longstaff for Stach. Ball is threaded through but Aaronson loses his touch and the GK palms it away as DCL is flagged for osside on the uptake. Keitel has a pop from outside of his box but it goes well over. Leeds have been less streamline since half time but the visitors have yet still offered little. Every time Trafford looks long for DCL, he finds him, And not just most of the time, every time. It's helping Leeds to sustain attacks and not have the ball come back at them. The defender narrowly heads over from the corner Sent away down the right and finds DCL but defender is there to put it behind for a corner. No changes for Leeds Best half of pre-season so far, albeit against weak opponents. Stach, Rodon, Ampadu and DCL all looking sharp. Rodon almost the furthest man forward at times. Very good overall Ampadu, Stach and DCL look on form. Ampadu looking very calm but effective while Stach is getting on the ball everywhere, including to head away in his own box. Same with DCL, he's helped going both ways. They've been thoroughly outplayed here. They try a break and have Leeds tracking back a bit but the shoot goves over the bar. Lovely, lovely goal. Justin plays a one-two with DCL on the edge of the box and fires low past Dahmen. Brilliant movement from Justin, and timing of pass by DCL. Space on the edghe of the box opened up begging for a shot but he tries ti play in DCL - almost does but it runs through to the GK. Muharemovic with an overhead kick. Defender flicks it on, ball pops up and the new signing finds the net from eight yards. He is looking a lot sharper today. A nice give and go with Aaronson, gets into the box. Shot is at Dahmen but he almost dives away from it, his leg saving the day. It was following a head clash after the corner but he's up and walking off OK. Will continue I should imagine. Justin whips in a fantastic ball and DCL heads it goalwards but GL Dahmen saves from three yards away, the ball looping over. Fine stop. Fair play to them, they've taken way more than RB Leipzig. They start up a chant and Leeds fans reply with their own taunts. All good natured. Anton Stach fires home inside 50 seconds! DCL takes a long ball down after holding off the defender. Wilson then plays it to Aaronson who feeds Stach, beats the defender and smashes home. Leeds get the ball rolling Trafford takes to the field in Leeds colours for the first time They're back inside with kick-off on the way Anton Stach hasn’t spoken to new Germany coach Jurgen Klopp before, but he hopes that will change in due course. “Yeah, 100% it is a target,” he said of his desire to play at Euro 2028, during a chat with Leeds Live. “The World Cup was my target also. I think I played a pretty good year, but at the end, the coach chooses his team, and it's fine for me. “And now I can give everything to let the new national coach pick me, and this is the only thing I can do. And so I need to be fit. I need to be good. I need to be ready. And this is what I want to show.” Aside from Gnonto, Gabriel Gudmundsson is still sidelined with his hamstring injury and will miss the opener against Nottingham Forest and maybe the home clash with Brentford. Therefore, expect to see James Justin start at left-back next weekend. Ilia Gruev is still working his way back from his knee meniscus injury while Lucas Perri is nursing a quad injury ahead of a likely exit.