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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Wed 11.May
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Elland Road (39460 seats)

Both Leeds United and Chelsea are yearning for points in this game, even with the visitors holding a 33 point edge so far.

Insights:
  • Leeds United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Chelsea have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Leeds United form and stats

With 4 Premier League wins, 5 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, Leeds United are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Leeds United lost their last game at Arsenal (placed 4th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Meslier had a busy but productive day in the Arsenal match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented. Llorente, defender, was given a rating of 7.42/10 in that game, top of the team. Llorente scored one goal and won 3 of 4 duels.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Manchester City (0-4).

The match schedule is unforgiving for Leeds United as they have a new game in only four days, a Premier League match thankfully also at home. Brighton & Hove Albion are visiting.

Leeds are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 17 games. When Leeds United hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Southampton, Norwich City, Leicester City, Everton, Watford and Burnley), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 5 of 5 times.

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Chelsea form and stats

Chelsea have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 11-4-3 from 18 games.

Chelsea played 2-2 against Wolverhampton Wanderers in their previous match. It looked so good for Chelsea vs Wolverhampton Wanderers, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw. Attacker Lukaku got a player rating of 8.81 in the game. "Man of the match" Lukaku scored two goals and hit three key passes.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Everton's place.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Liverpool in just three days.

They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).

Head 2 Head

Here's what happened when the sides faced each other earlier this season; Chelsea - Leeds 3-2. Statistics for the former four meetings involving these two contenders are: zero wins for Leeds United, one draw and three wins for Chelsea. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

Leeds UnitedR. Dias Belloli
R. Dias Belloli
10 goals
ChelseaM. Mount
M. Mount
10 goals
Leeds UnitedJ. Harrison
J. Harrison
7 goals

Leeds United missing players

Chelsea missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Leeds United Chelsea
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 6 18 35
8 4 0 Won W 5 11 19
10 5 0 Drew D 0 4 10
17 8 5 Lost L 1 3 6
39 18 3 Scored S 18 36 70
74 34 19 Conceded C 3 11 31
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
80% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 72% 77%
66% 65% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 50% 51%
40% 41% 80% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 28% 34%
26% 12% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 11% 17%
57% 59% 40% BTTS BTTS 33% 39% 49%
14% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 43%
34% 29% 60% Failed to Score F T 17% 17% 11%
 
4.5 5.1 2.4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 5.5 6.5
4.9 4.8 6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 4.4 4.2
2.8 2.9 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.7 1.7
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.9 14.5 12 Shots (avg) S ( 14.8 14 15.5
4.1 4 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.7 5.2 5.5
27% 26% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 38% 37%
 
15.3 14.5 20 Shots against (avg) S A 7.7 9.2 9.2
6.1 5.7 9.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.2 3.3
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Chelsea have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Leeds United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 35 27 5 3 89 21 18 14 2 2 55 13 17 13 3 1 34 8 68 86
2 Liverpool 35 25 8 2 87 23 18 14 4 0 46 8 17 11 4 2 41 15 64 83
3 Chelsea 35 19 10 6 70 31 17 8 6 3 34 20 18 11 4 3 36 11 39 67
4 Arsenal 35 21 3 11 56 42 18 12 2 4 30 16 17 9 1 7 26 26 14 66
5 Tottenham Hotspur 35 19 5 11 60 40 17 11 1 5 34 19 18 8 4 6 26 21 20 62
6 Manchester United 37 16 10 11 57 56 19 10 5 4 32 22 18 6 5 7 25 34 1 58
7 West Ham United 36 16 7 13 57 46 18 9 4 5 31 24 18 7 3 8 26 22 11 55
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 35 15 5 15 35 34 17 7 2 8 18 19 18 8 3 7 17 15 1 50
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 36 11 14 11 38 42 18 4 7 7 16 22 18 7 7 4 22 20 -4 47
10 Crystal Palace 35 10 14 11 46 42 18 6 8 4 26 17 17 4 6 7 20 25 4 44
11 Aston Villa 34 13 4 17 47 47 16 6 3 7 26 25 18 7 1 10 21 22 0 43
12 Brentford 36 12 7 17 44 52 18 7 3 8 21 19 18 5 4 9 23 33 -8 43
13 Newcastle United 36 11 10 15 40 61 18 7 6 5 24 27 18 4 4 10 16 34 -21 43
14 Leicester City 34 11 9 14 49 56 17 8 4 5 27 22 17 3 5 9 22 34 -7 42
15 Southampton 36 9 13 14 41 61 18 6 7 5 22 22 18 3 6 9 19 39 -20 40
16 Everton 34 10 5 19 37 56 17 8 2 7 22 20 17 2 3 12 15 36 -19 35
17 Burnley 35 7 13 15 32 49 18 5 6 7 17 23 17 2 7 8 15 26 -17 34
18 Leeds United 35 8 10 17 39 74 17 4 5 8 18 34 18 4 5 9 21 40 -35 34
19 Watford 35 6 4 25 32 70 17 2 1 14 16 41 18 4 3 11 16 29 -38 22
20 Norwich City 35 5 6 24 22 75 18 3 3 12 12 38 17 2 3 12 10 37 -53 21

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 35 27 5 3 89 21 18 14 2 2 55 13 17 13 3 1 34 8 68 86
2 Liverpool 35 25 8 2 87 23 18 14 4 0 46 8 17 11 4 2 41 15 64 83
3 Chelsea 35 19 10 6 70 31 17 8 6 3 34 20 18 11 4 3 36 11 39 67
4 Arsenal 35 21 3 11 56 42 18 12 2 4 30 16 17 9 1 7 26 26 14 66
5 Tottenham Hotspur 35 19 5 11 60 40 17 11 1 5 34 19 18 8 4 6 26 21 20 62
6 Manchester United 37 16 10 11 57 56 19 10 5 4 32 22 18 6 5 7 25 34 1 58
7 West Ham United 36 16 7 13 57 46 18 9 4 5 31 24 18 7 3 8 26 22 11 55
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 35 15 5 15 35 34 17 7 2 8 18 19 18 8 3 7 17 15 1 50
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 36 11 14 11 38 42 18 4 7 7 16 22 18 7 7 4 22 20 -4 47
10 Crystal Palace 35 10 14 11 46 42 18 6 8 4 26 17 17 4 6 7 20 25 4 44
11 Aston Villa 34 13 4 17 47 47 16 6 3 7 26 25 18 7 1 10 21 22 0 43
12 Brentford 36 12 7 17 44 52 18 7 3 8 21 19 18 5 4 9 23 33 -8 43
13 Newcastle United 36 11 10 15 40 61 18 7 6 5 24 27 18 4 4 10 16 34 -21 43
14 Leicester City 34 11 9 14 49 56 17 8 4 5 27 22 17 3 5 9 22 34 -7 42
15 Southampton 36 9 13 14 41 61 18 6 7 5 22 22 18 3 6 9 19 39 -20 40
16 Everton 34 10 5 19 37 56 17 8 2 7 22 20 17 2 3 12 15 36 -19 35
17 Burnley 35 7 13 15 32 49 18 5 6 7 17 23 17 2 7 8 15 26 -17 34
18 Leeds United 35 8 10 17 39 74 17 4 5 8 18 34 18 4 5 9 21 40 -35 34
19 Watford 35 6 4 25 32 70 17 2 1 14 16 41 18 4 3 11 16 29 -38 22
20 Norwich City 35 5 6 24 22 75 18 3 3 12 12 38 17 2 3 12 10 37 -53 21

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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.