Leeds vs Chelsea preview, prediction, team news, and head-to-head

Leeds and Chelsea are coming off impressive performance, despite neither side earning a win.

The hosts lost to Manchester City after a spirited performance, while the Blues survived Arsenal's onslaught with ten men, making this a potentially thrilling encounter.

Leeds enter this round of Premier League action inside the bottom three after a run of four straight defeats. Those defeats now make it six defeats in seven games for Daniel Farke’s men.

However, battling from 2-0 down away to Manchester City at the weekend, only to concede a stoppage-time winner, was a sign that they might be turning the corner.

Chelsea held leaders Arsenal on Sunday (1-1) despite playing over half the game with ten men. That impressive result extended their unbeaten run to seven matches across all competitions (W5, D2), with Arsenal the only side to score against them across the last four games in that sequence.

The Blues are in fine form now, and after the results over the past few weeks, Enzo Maresca's men should be full of confidence heading into this one.

This has historically been a close encounter. Across 109 matches between the two sides, Leeds have won 40 times, compared to 39 victories for Chelsea.

Since 2003, however, the balance has shifted significantly in Chelsea's favor. Leeds have won just once in this period, though that victory was a notable 3-0 success at Elland Road in August 2022.

Leeds are likely to make a number of changes, including Gabriel Gudmundsson returning at left-back and Dominic Calvert-Lewin starting in the final third.

However, the likes of Sean Longstaff and Anton Stach will miss out through injury. Leeds can still call upon Ethan Ampadu for the engine room after he avoided picking up a fifth yellow card of the season against Man City.

Moises Caicedo begins a three-match ban for Chelsea and Reece James may also start on the substitutes' bench.

Leeds: Perri; Bogle, Rodon, Struijk, Gudmundsson; Tanaka, Ampadu, Gruev; James, Calvert-Lewin, Nmecha

Chelsea: Sanchez; Gusto, Chalobah, Badiashile, Cucurella; Santos, Fernandez; Estevao, Pedro, Garnacho; Delap

Chelsea will miss the crushing force of Moises Caicedo in midfield, and after playing over 60 minutes with 10 men on Sunday night, there could be some fatigue in the ranks. However, we believe Maresca's men should have enough for a narrow win.

• Chelsea win

• Over 2.5 goals

• Liam Delap to score anytime

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