Leeds United face a striker problem for Saturday teatime’s FA Cup first-round tie at Oldham.

With Luciano Becchio still troubled by an ankle injury, on-loan Sam Vokes refused permission to play by his club Wolves and Tresor Kandol facing a three-match ban for his involvement in a scuffle after the final whistle against Yeovil last week, manager Simon Grayson must decide who to play alongside leading scorer Jermaine Beckford.

Specialist strikers Mike Grella and Enoch Snowunmi are in the frame, though Grayson has the option of moving Robert Snodgrass from the wing and bringing Neil Kilkenny into midfield.

Kandol, who has scored in the last two matches after leaving the bench, was charged by the FA with violent conduct for racing over to aim a blow at a Yeovil player and United decided against contesting the charge.

As well as being without Becchio and Vokes, United lack on-loan Max Gradel, who has been refused permission to play by Leicester, while Shane Higgs, Rui Marques, Andy Robinson, Davide Somma and Jason Crowe are still injured.

The FA Cup tie makes history by becoming the first match in the competition to be shown live on the internet. The game kicks off at 5.15pm, with coverage on the Football Association’s own website. United will receive £67,500 and chairman Ken Bates believes internet coverage could be the way forward.

Leeds show their reserve team matches through LUTV on the club’s website and Bates says: “The Premier League has already considered setting up its own TV channel and I believe that this could be the future, provided that the FA, the Premier League and the Football League work together.

“We in football have a product the world desires, so it makes sense in the long term that we control it.

“The collapse of Setanta has left the FA with a significant shortfall in TV income and the alternative providers are proving reluctant to fill the gap.

“Consequently, the FA, encouraged by the successful experiment of screening online the recent England game against the Ukraine, is repeating the experiment.”

The FA Cup-tie is United’s first since their inglorious second round exit at non-league Histon last year.

Grayson said: “The internet screening is a way for fans who are unable to get to the match, or are unable to afford tickets, to watch it. I am sure they would like to watch it on the telly but if you get the internet picture quality and commentary right, that’s fine.”