📏 Form Guide
Leeds United LWLLLL 📉
Leeds United will be wanting a better result here following a 3-2 Premier League defeat in their last game at the hands of Manchester City.
In that match, Leeds United managed 38% possession and 9 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. For Leeds United, the scorers were Dominic Calvert-Lewin (49') and Lukas Nmecha (68'). At the other end, Manchester City got 18 shots on goal with 9 on target. Phil Foden (1', 91') and Joško Gvardiol (25') scored for Manchester City.
Three or more goals per game have been seen in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Leeds United have played. Their opponents scored 14 times in these games while Leeds United managed a tally of 6. However, we’ll just have to find out whether that pattern shall be sustained here in this match or not.
Chelsea WDWWWD 📈
In their last fixture, Chelsea drew 1-1 in the Premier League tie with Arsenal.
In that game, Chelsea had 38% possession and 11 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Chelsea was Trevoh Chalobah (48'). Arsenal got 8 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Merino (59') scored for Arsenal.
In their previous half-dozen outings, Chelsea have amassed the sum of 15 goals. Chelsea have also scored in every single one of those games. During those fixtures, their defenders have had 5 goals go against them.
Coming into this fixture, Chelsea are undefeated in their last 3 away league matches.
🤜🤛 Head to head
A look at their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 13/03/2021 tells us that Leeds United have won 1 of them & Chelsea 4, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.
An aggregate of 17 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 7 of them for The Whites and 10 netted by The Blues. The average goals per game has been 2.83.
ℹ️ Team News: Leeds United
It’s our opinion that The Whites could go for a 3-5-2 formation for this game and select Lucas Perri, Joe Rodon, Jaka Bijol, Pascal Struijk, Jayden Bogle, Anton Stach, Ethan Ampadu, Ilia Gruev, Gabriel Gudmundsson, Lukas Nmecha and D. Calvert-Lewin.
🗞️ Team News: Chelsea
Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has a number of players out of action. Dário Essugo (Fitness), Roméo Lavia (Muscle strain) and Levi Colwill (Cruciate ligament tear) are those who can’t be considered. Moisés Caicedo cannot play in this game through suspension.
We’re of the thinking that The Blues might elect for a 4-2-3-1 system, giving starts to Robert Sanchez, Malo Gusto, Tosin Adarabioyo, Trevoh Chalobah, Marc Cucurella, Andrey Santos, Enzo Fernandez, Estevao, Joao Pedro, Jamie Gittens and Liam Delap.
💭 Prediction
Our feeling is that Leeds United could well find it tough to get anything against this Chelsea side who we think might just have the edge.
We’re therefore tipping a very even match with a 0-1 winning margin for Chelsea at the conclusion of the game.
Should be a close one.
Peter Guest, 20:02 03/12/2025