Jesse Marsch's Leeds United face Crystal Palace in Monday evening's 20:00 kick-off, with the Whites looking to take one step closer to Premier League survival by taking all three points back to Elland Road.

Indeed, a victory at Selhurst Park would see Leeds pull seven points clear of 18th placed Everton, and move to within one point of tonight's opponent - who currently sit in 14th.

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However, with Adam Forshaw recently fracturing his knee cap in training - an injury which will keep the midfielder sidelined until the start of 2022/23 - and the match coming too soon for both centre-forward Patrick Bamford and attacking midfielder Tyler Roberts, Marsch has some tough calls to make concerning his team selection for the trip to south London.

So, will the 48-year-old make any changes to the team that started the 3-0 win over Watford 16 days ago? Here's how we at Football FanCast think the Whites could line up against the Eagles...

Taking into account the absences of Forshaw, Bamford and Roberts, we predict that Marsch will make two changes to the side that lined up against the Hornets last time out.

Despite the suggestion that Junior Firpo could make a return to the XI this evening - with the left-back appearing to have recovered from his sideband injury - considering the fact that the 25-year-old has not kicked a ball in earnest since the beginning of March, we expect Leeds' back five to remain unchanged - with Illan Meslier starting between the sticks and Luke Ayling, Diego Llorente, Liam Cooper and Stuart Dallas making up the back four.

In the middle of the park, after a poor showing at Vicarage Road last time out, the £46k-per-week Robin Koch - who Danny Mills dubbed a "fish out of water" earlier this season - makes way for the returning Kalvin Phillips, with Mateusz Klich keeping his place in the midfield two.

In attack, Raphinha, Rodrigo and Jack Harrison start on the right, middle and left of the more advanced midfield trio, while, following a run of seven games at centre-forward without a goal, Daniel James has to make to with a spot on the bench, with Marsch springing something of a "surprise" - in the words of Phil Hay - by handing 19-year-old Joe Gelhardt a start.

AND in other news: Marsch must now unleash Leeds' "next big thing" vs Palace, he's "banging on the door"