A reminder of what this fixture means to both teams:

Leeds 3-4-2-1: Trafford; Justin, Elvedi, Muharemovic; Bogle, Ampadu, Tanaka, Gudmundsson; Stach, Okafor; Calvert-Lewin.
Subs: Zetterer, Longstaff, Wilson, Aaronson, Nmecha, Bijol, Bahoya, Bard, Gruev.

Manchester United 4-2-3-1: Lammens; Yoro, Maguire, Martinez, Dalot; Santos, Baleba; Fernandes, Tielemans, Diallo; Mbeumo.
Subs: Darlow, Mazraoui, de Ligt, Mount, Rashford, Cunha, Zirkzee, Lacey, Amass.

Referee: Darren England (South Yorkshire)

With apologies to Brighton and Palace fans, welcome to the game of the weekend, in the Premier League at least.

Today’s clash between two Uniteds is dripping with narrative and consequence, not least because they are two of the biggest, most historic rivals in England. Leeds have enjoyed a fine start to the season and will leapfrog Liverpool into fifth with victory today while Manchester United are enduring their worst league start in 40 years, with manager Michael Carrick under severe pressure to save his job. The former midfielder has been fighting fires all week after Lisandro Martínez poured petrol on the club’s Champions League defeat in midweek with his post-match incendiary comments about the club’s hierarchy and a lack of investment – remarks for which he has now apologised, sort of.

Carrick has attempted to smooth things over, claiming things are all resolved between player and Manchester United’s director of football Jason Wilcox, and confirmed that Martínez is in the squad for the trip to Elland Road; the 5ft9in centre back will be hoping to do a whole lot better against Dominic Calvert-Lewin than he did against another Dominic in Tottenham’s Solanke, with the latter bullying Martínez to score a late equaliser for 10-man Spurs at Old Trafford next week. If Martínez wants the squad to be improved, he might find himself on the chopping block, the Argentinian’s contract expires at the end of this season, although Manchester United do have an option to end it by another 12 months.

Leeds will be desperate to compound Manchester United’s misery but have not beaten their rivals on their own patch in over 24 years. It was another Manchester United centre back that endured a tough time that day in September 2002, with Rio Ferdinand booed every time he touched the ball following his after his move across the Pennines, before the former Leeds defender lost Harry Kewell for the only goal of the game.

Plenty at stake, then. We’ll have team news for you shortly. Roll on kick-off at 2pm BST.