National League Cup Team News: Boreham Wood vs Leeds United U21s | OneFootball

Leeds United Under-21s begin their National League Cup campaign with a trip to face Boreham Wood at Meadow Park.

The encounter pits the first two champions of the competition against one another, with the Whites winning the inaugural edition of the tournament before the fifth tier outfit were victors last time around.

Ahead of kick off in Hertfordshire, Whites boss Scott Gardner has named his starting XI and subs, beginning with Robbie Cook in goal.

Ahead of the Australia youth international is a back five consisting of Freddie Lane, Jacob Howard, Jonny Howson, Louis Enahoro-Marcus and Louie Philpott.

A midfield duo of skipper Ollie Pickles and Sam Chambers sit behind Harvey Vincent and Sam Alker, who will be providing support for forward Carrick Njinko.

On the bench, goalkeeper George Kenyon is joined by defender Coban Bird, midfielders Loui Whitehead and Kenneth Mensah, forwards Josh McDonald and Jacob Render, as well as a trialist.

Starting XI: Cook (GK), Lane, Philpott, Howard, Enahoro-Marcus, Howson, Vincent, Pickles (C), Njinko, Chambers, Alker.

Subs: Kenyon (GK), Render, Whitehead, McDonald, Mensah, Trialist, Bird.

Boreham Wood: Gunter (GK), Clarke, Bainbridge, Bush (C), Richardson, Cashman, Allarakhia, Ali Wahid, Marshall-Miranda, Booty, Kensdale.

Subs: White, O'Connell, Brunt, Abdulmalik, Golden, Stapelberg, Rush.

Action gets underway at 7pm. You can watch the match live on LUTV below!