Football betting preview: Chelsea favourites when Leeds United visits

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 05.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stamford Bridge (41798 seats)

Chelsea have performed better than Leeds United so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

Insights:
  • Chelsea has the most clean sheets (5) in Premier League
  • Leeds United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

The hosts Chelsea saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Champions League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Sevilla.

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Chelsea form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier League, Chelsea, who have the most clean sheets (5) in Premier League, have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Chelsea, as their goalkeeper Edouard Mendy has completely shut out the opponents for 261 minutes in the Premier League.

A good away victory last time out for Chelsea, who won 4-0 against Sevilla. In the match before that, Chelsea hosted Tottenham Hotspur and drew the Premier League game 0-0.

As indicated by the result mentioned above, Chelsea played a great game against Sevilla and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. What a game it was for Olivier Giroud when beating Sevilla, applying the finishing touch to four goals!

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Champions League game versus Krasnodar in only three days. This game is also played here at Stamford Bridge.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (11 in 5 games), Chelsea's attacking play is working. Chelsea's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Leeds United form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.

200 minutes! That's how long the Leeds goalkeeper Illan Meslier and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

It's the second away game in a row for Leeds United, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Everton (placed 8th) in the Premier League last time out. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Arsenal.

Leeds United goalie Illan Meslier was high and low in the Everton game, contributing eight saves towards the victory.

The travelling fans enjoy Leeds's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 5 league matches away. In the opposite end, Leeds have conceded 8 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Leeds UnitedP. Bamford
P. Bamford
7 goals
ChelseaT. Werner
T. Werner
4 goals
ChelseaK. Zouma
K. Zouma
3 goals

Chelsea missing players

Leeds United missing players

Chelsea Leeds United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 0 Played P 1 5 10
5 2 0 Won W 0 3 4
4 2 0 Drew D 0 0 2
1 1 0 Lost L 1 2 4
22 11 0 Scored S 3 9 15
10 6 0 Conceded C 4 8 17
80% 80% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
80% 80% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 60%
60% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 50%
50% 60% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 40% 40%
30% 40% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 40% 40%
40% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 40% 50%
50% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 60% 40%
30% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.1 1.4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.4 1.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.3 13.2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 6 16 14.8
5.5 5.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 5.8 5.3
40% 42% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 31% 28%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Chelsea has the most clean sheets (5) in Premier League
  • Chelsea has the most scored goals in the second half (15) in Premier League
  • Chelsea have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Leeds United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Leeds United have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Leeds United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tottenham Hotspur 10 6 3 1 21 9 5 2 2 1 8 6 5 4 1 0 13 3 12 21
2 Liverpool 10 6 3 1 22 17 5 5 0 0 14 6 5 1 3 1 8 11 5 21
3 Chelsea 10 5 4 1 22 10 5 2 2 1 11 6 5 3 2 0 11 4 12 19
4 Leicester City 10 6 0 4 19 14 5 2 0 3 6 8 5 4 0 1 13 6 5 18
5 West Ham United 10 5 2 3 17 11 5 3 1 1 8 4 5 2 1 2 9 7 6 17
6 Southampton 10 5 2 3 19 16 5 3 0 2 10 8 5 2 2 1 9 8 3 17
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 10 5 2 3 11 11 5 2 2 1 6 5 5 3 0 2 5 6 0 17
8 Everton 10 5 1 4 19 17 5 2 1 2 12 10 5 3 0 2 7 7 2 16
9 Manchester United 9 5 1 3 16 16 5 1 1 3 3 10 4 4 0 0 13 6 0 16
10 Aston Villa 9 5 0 4 20 13 5 2 0 3 12 11 4 3 0 1 8 2 7 15
11 Manchester City 9 4 3 2 15 11 4 2 1 1 9 6 5 2 2 1 6 5 4 15
12 Leeds United 10 4 2 4 15 17 5 1 2 2 6 9 5 3 0 2 9 8 -2 14
13 Newcastle United 10 4 2 4 12 15 5 2 0 3 6 11 5 2 2 1 6 4 -3 14
14 Arsenal 10 4 1 5 10 12 5 2 0 3 5 8 5 2 1 2 5 4 -2 13
15 Crystal Palace 10 4 1 5 12 15 5 2 1 2 7 6 5 2 0 3 5 9 -3 13
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 10 2 4 4 14 16 5 0 3 2 5 8 5 2 1 2 9 8 -2 10
17 Fulham 10 2 1 7 11 19 5 1 0 4 5 11 5 1 1 3 6 8 -8 7
18 West Bromwich Albion 10 1 3 6 7 18 5 1 2 2 4 7 5 0 1 4 3 11 -11 6
19 Burnley 9 1 2 6 4 17 4 1 0 3 1 5 5 0 2 3 3 12 -13 5
20 Sheffield United 10 0 1 9 4 16 5 0 1 4 1 6 5 0 0 5 3 10 -12 1

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.