English Premier League

Leeds vs Chelsea 2025-26 English Premier League

  • 6': Jaka Bijol
  • 43': Ao Tanaka
  • 72': Dominic Calvert-Lewin
FT
3 - 1
  • 50': Pedro Neto

Chelsea stunned by struggling Leeds to dent title hopes

Leeds United produced their best display of the season in a stunning 3-1 home win against Chelsea to climb out of the Premier League's bottom three.

Match Commentary

  • 6': Goal! Leeds United 1, Chelsea 0. Jaka Bijol (Leeds United) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Anton Stach with a cross following a corner.
  • 35': Anton Stach (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 39': Estêvão (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 43': Goal! Leeds United 2, Chelsea 0. Ao Tanaka (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jayden Bogle.
  • 45': Substitution, Chelsea. Pedro Neto replaces Estêvão.
  • 45': Substitution, Chelsea. Malo Gusto replaces Benoît Badiashile.
  • 50': Goal! Leeds United 2, Chelsea 1. Pedro Neto (Chelsea) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jamie Gittens.
  • 61': Substitution, Chelsea. Cole Palmer replaces Liam Delap.
  • 61': Substitution, Chelsea. Alejandro Garnacho replaces Jamie Gittens.
  • 67': Substitution, Leeds United. Noah Okafor replaces Lukas Nmecha.
  • 67': Substitution, Leeds United. Ilia Gruev replaces Ao Tanaka.
  • 72': Goal! Leeds United 3, Chelsea 1. Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Leeds United) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
  • 77': Substitution, Chelsea. Marc Guiu replaces Andrey Santos.
  • 86': Substitution, Leeds United. Joël Piroe replaces Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
  • 87': Substitution, Leeds United. James Justin replaces Jayden Bogle.
  • 90'+4': Substitution, Leeds United. Sebastiaan Bornauw replaces Gabriel Gudmundsson.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Elland Road
Location: Leeds, England
Attendance: 36,767

English Premier League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+20 Arsenal 16 36 2
+22 Manchester City 16 34 4
+8 Aston Villa 16 33 3
+12 Chelsea 16 28 4
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Statistics

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13 Fouls 10
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 3
2 Corner Kicks 4
2 Saves 1
71.1 Possession 28.9
14 SHOTS 17
2 ON GOAL 5
0.1 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
608 Accurate Passes 186
682 Passes 264
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.7
5 Accurate Crosses 6
20 Crosses 18
0.3 Cross % 0.3
35 Long Balls 59
15 Accurate Long Balls 20
0.4 Long Balls % 0.3
5 Blocked Shots 2
11 Effective Tackles 15
16 Tackles 21
0.7 Tackle % 0.7
3 Interceptions 9
35 Effective Clearances 32
35 Clearances 32

Line-Ups

LEE Leeds United (3-5-2)

No. Name
1 Lucas Perri (GK)
15 Jaka Bijol
5 Pascal Struijk
6 Joe Rodon
18 Anton Stach
22 Ao Tanaka
4 Ethan Ampadu
3 Gabriel Gudmundsson
2 Jayden Bogle
14 Lukas Nmecha
9 Dominic Calvert-Lewin

CHE Chelsea (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Robert Sánchez (GK)
5 Benoît Badiashile
4 Tosin Adarabioyo
3 Marc Cucurella
23 Trevoh Chalobah
20 João Pedro
17 Andrey Santos
8 Enzo Fernández
9 Liam Delap
11 Jamie Gittens
41 Estêvão Yellow Card

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