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Leeds United team vs Augsburg confirmed with pre-season first and big Nottingham Forest hint Daniel Farke has confirmed his Leeds United starting-XI to face Augsburg at Elland Road. Leeds United’s starting-XI to face Augsburg this afternoon has been confirmed with Daniel Farke appearing to name his full first-choice team. The Whites round off their pre-season preparations at home to German opposition this afternoon. Daniel Farke’s side lost their most recent friendly on penalties to Manchester United but had previously beaten a trio of top-flight opposition. Leeds beat Sunderland and Liverpool on their pre-season tour of America before recording an impressive 2-0 victory over Augsburg’s Bundesliga rivals RB Leipzig last weekend. A game of two 60-minute halves saw goals from Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Lukas Nmecha. Club-record signing James Trafford made his unofficial debut against Manchester United at Croke Park and will today get his first taste of Elland Road as a Leeds player. The £40million goalkeeper starts behind a back three of Joe Rodon, Jaka Bijol and Tarik Muharemovic for the first time. Jayden Bogle is at right wing-back with James Justin on the left, in what is currently Leeds’ strongest defensive unit. Another area of big change is in midfield with Ethan Ampadu and Anton Stach replacing Sean Longstaff and Ao Tanaka, with Farke again picking what many expect to be his first-choice unit. Harry Wilson and Dominic Calvert-Lewin have also returned to the starting-XI in place of Lukas Nmecha and Daniel James, with Brenden Aaronson making up the front three. Farke looks to have picked his strongest possible team in a big hint for what’s to come at Nottingham Forest next weekend. Following the conclusion of today’s game, Leeds will turn their full focus to the start of their 2026/27 Premier League campaign. Farke’s side kick things off at the City Ground on Saturday August 22 - exactly a week from today. Leeds XI in full: Trafford; Rodon, Bijol, Muharemovic; Bogle, Ampadu, Stach, Justin; Wilson, Aaronson, Calvert-Lewin Subs: Cairns, Mahady, Cresswell, Bornauw, Lienou, Longstaff, Tanaka, Mills, Chadwick, James, Okafor, Piroe, Nmecha