Farke's Bournemouth line-up 'will divide opinion'

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Daniel Farke has a wonderful problem: Bournemouth away midweek before the most prestigious match for Leeds since the Champions League semi-final 25 years ago.

Two outstanding results in the Premier League – a magnificent first league win at Old Trafford in 45 years and a professional performance against Wolves at the weekend, has seen Opta rate Leeds' chance of survival this season as 99.7%.

So with relegation all-but mathematically avoided, who do United risk on the south coast on Wednesday?

Should Farke field a weakened team or go full-strength?

If the German rests players, he runs the risk of losing the momentum accrued after the first back-to-back wins of the season.

But if he goes full-strength, he may unnecessarily risk key players ahead of the biggest game in some fans' lifetimes.

Ahead of the quarter-final, Farke said: "It's still not realistic for us to win the FA Cup, but who knows?"

Now, only two Wembley wins away, that old glittering silver trophy is tantalisingly close.

And should the German bring a major piece of silverware back to Leeds for the first time since 1992, he would have firmly stepped out of the shadow of many managers who preceded him, including Marcelo Bielsa.