This Leeds pressing isn't even funny anymore.

If Mateusz Klich forces poor Joe Allen any further back he'll be in 2016 and playing for Liverpool again.

Stoke have responded as well as they could have to going a goal down - which, as Gary Rowett pointed out before kick-off, can be difficult in a recently-relegated team where confidence is so fragile.

Leeds find an onrushing Barry Douglas inside the box but the flag is - incorrectly - up as he slides to meet the cross.

Tom Ince lets rip from 30 yards - and his beautifully clean strike smacks against the bar!

I thought that was audacious - but Ince was six inches from levelling this for his team.

Tom Ince switches to the left flank as Stoke respond to Leeds' breathless forward play with an attack of their own.

Leeds concede a corner as they scramble to cover, but while Stoke search for Ryan Shawcross, Bailey Peacock-Farrell rises confidently to punch the danger away.

Leeds come again as Liam Cooper sets the latest move in motion.

Samu Saiz's jinking run eats up a ridiculous amount of ground, and his neat one-two with Pablo Hernandez is blocked inside the box.

Leeds have started exactly as Marcelo Bielsa would have wanted them to here.

Their striker Kemar Roofe is a bundle of energy as he leads the team's press, snapping into action to hem Stoke in their own defensive third.

Gary Rowett's side may struggle to settle in the face of this relentless Leeds harrying.

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A bouncing ball catches the former Wolves full-back Barry Douglas out, and Tom Ince is ready to pounce down the right flank in what is Stoke's best chance of the game so far.

But Douglas recovers well and wins a goal kick for the hosts.

James McLean tries to beat Luke Ayling but the Leeds man stands firm to avert the danger.

It's striking how composed this Leeds side look as they quickly try to turn defence into attack.

That's exactly what Marcelo Bielsa wants them to do, which means there's a big game ahead for the likes of Kalvin Phillips in midfield.

Rob: Settling down to watch Stoke and Leeds. As a neutral, you realise just how strong a squad Stoke have for the Championship. Keep hold of the majority and promotion seems a certainty.

Leeds have started with real energy but their opponents are ready to bite back.

They latch onto Luke Ayling's skewed clearance, but Oghenekaro Etebo's innocuous shot drifts wide after it deflects off his own player.

It was never going to trouble Bailey Peacock-Farrell.

An intriguing afternoon awaits at Elland Road as two of the biggest clubs in the Championship go head-to-head at the start of the season.

But how do you think today's sides will fare this season? Will Bielsa bring a buzz back to Leeds and can Rowett take Stoke back to the Premier League?

Let us know about that - and your thoughts on the game - by getting in touch using #bbcefl on Twitter.

A front-footed start from Leeds United yields a flurry of neat passing triangles, and James McLean surrenders a corner as Stoke clear their lines.

Kemar Roofe meets Ezgjan Alioski's fizzing cross from the left and leaves Ryan Shawcross for dead as the Stoke man is caught ballwatching.

Roofe strikes from close range but Jack Butland stands firm to swat the danger clear. Close already.

Samu Saiz powers down the right flank to try and pick out Mateusz Klich inside the six yard box, but Oghenekaro Etebo makes the decisive interception as Leeds start brightly.

You can see the fluidity of this Leeds side already when they're in possession - it'll be intriguing to see what they do with the ball today.

Jack Butland, who was man of the match on his Elland Road debut when on loan at Leeds in 2014, gets a warm reception from the home fans.

Unfortunately, rights restrictions mean we can't bring you online radio commentary of this afternoon's game.

But if you're in the West Yorkshire or Staffordshire areas then you can tune into BBC Radio Leeds and BBC Radio Stoke respectively and follow them as well as us.

You won't miss a kick.

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Not since the days of Terry Venables has a manager of such renown patrolled the home dugout at Elland Road - and Gary Rowett is in the away one to try to stop Marcelo Bielsa getting off to a winning start.

Before kick-off today there will be a minute's applause for former Leeds and England defender Paul Madeley, who died last month aged 73.

Madeley made 727 appearances during an 18-year career at Elland Road, in which he played in every position except for goalkeeper.

He won league championship, FA Cup, League Cup and Inter-City Fairs Cup honours, and was a losing European Cup and Cup-Winners' Cup finalist.

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Marcelo Bielsa aside, Leeds' most eye-catching piece of summer business so far comes in the form of striker Patrick Bamford. Signed from Middlesbrough in a deal that may be worth up to £10 million, he's United's biggest outlay since the signing of Robbie Fowler in 2001.

He starts on the bench today, but the 24-year-old, who managed 12 goals in 25 Championship starts last season as Boro reached the play-offs, is keen to become the main striker for the first time in his career.

"I've been crying out for it for a while and I always felt like I deserved it at certain times in my career," he told BBC Radio Leeds. "Now the chance has come, so I need to take it.

"I think Harry Kane's a fine example. He went out on-loan, and sometimes it didn't work out and sometimes it did - but he stuck with it. He stuck with Spurs, and he waited for his chance, and he was adamant that he was going to be Spurs' main man. Look at him now."

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Stoke's Tom Ince speaking to Sky Sports: "We all know the sole aim of this club is to get promoted. The club is followed massively, we've got an abundance of talent throughout the squad and we have to make sure that we utilise that today, and throughout the rest of the season.

"It's OK on paper being a strong side and the bookies making us favourites to go up, but I think for us it's about working hard week in, week out to do what we do on the pitch.

"We put in a plan to beat the opposition and we [must] make sure today we do that."

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It took quite a bit of digging to find a picture of Leeds from their final season in the Premier League - and it's hard to believe this one is 14 years old.

A fresh-faced James Milner tussles with Denis Irwin, then of Wolves, way back when on February 10th, 2004.

In those days, the top flight was still officially known as the Premiership. It was the season of Arsenal's Invincibles, Claudio Ranieri was the Chelsea boss and Aston Villa, Charlton, Bolton, Fulham and Birmingham all finished in the top half.

It's been a long wait for Leeds to get back to those heights since their relegation to the second tier in 2004, and who would have predicted they'd have seen League One before they returned?

Will this be the year they finally get back there? Leeds striker Patrick Bamford certainly hopes so, and he told BBC Radio Leeds that "everyone's driving this year to take us straight back to the Prem."

"A lot of people who I know who are Leeds fans are saying, 'If you did manage to do it this year, then you'd all go down as legends in the city,'" Bamford said. "'Everyone would love you and adore you.' I didn't really realise it was that big a thing. I know promotion's a huge thing - I didn't realise that it would affect everyone that much."