Confirmed team news: Pinnock one of two Brentford changes for Leeds fixture | OneFootball

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·21 March 2026

Confirmed team news: Pinnock one of two Brentford changes for Leeds fixture

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Head coach Keith Andrews has made two changes to Brentford’s starting XI for this evening's Premier League game against Leeds United (8pm kick-off GMT), live on Sky Sports.

The Bees have won five of their last seven away games in the Premier League ahead of the visit to Yorkshire.

Ethan Pinnock comes into the side to make his first start since 3 December 2025, when the west Londoners lost 2-0 to Arsenal at Emirates Stadium. Yehor Yarmoliuk also starts at Elland Road.

Mikkel Damsgaard and Dango Ouattara are the players they replace, with the former unavailable for Saturday night's fixture and the latter on the bench.


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On those absentees, Andrews commented: "Dams didn’t make it [tonight].

"Dango has had a disrupted week and, in terms of our structure, we have a versatile group of players, and what we can do with and without the ball can change week to week.

"Ethan will come in and I am sure he will play a big part"

Brentford B defender Conor McManus is named on the first-team bench for the first time.

Leeds (3-4-3): Darlow; Rodon, Bijol, Struijk; Bogle, Ampadu, Stach, Justin; Aaronson, Nmecha, Calvert-Lewin

Subs: Perri, Bornauw, Gruev, Tanaka, Longstaff, Gnonto, James, Okafor, Piroe

Brentford (4-3-3): Kelleher, Kayode, Collins, Pinnock, van den Berg, Henderson, Yarmoliuk, Jensen, Lewis-Potter, Thiago, Schade

Subs: Valdimarsson, Nelson, Ouattara, Donovan, Furo, Bentt, Shield, Stephenson, McManus

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