Leeds vs Chelsea 2025-26 English Premier League

Leeds United

6': Jaka Bijol
43': Ao Tanaka
72': Dominic Calvert-Lewin

FT
3 - 1

Chelsea

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
+37	Arsenal	30	67	3
+32	Manchester City	29	60	5
+11	Manchester United	29	51	6
+5	Aston Villa	29	51	8

Full Table

Statistics

CHE		LEE
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

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

Substitutes:

Sebastiaan Bornauw, Joël Piroe, Ilia Gruev, Jack Harrison, James Justin, Brenden Aaronson, Karl Darlow, Noah Okafor, Wilfried Gnonto.

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