English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 5, 2020
Leeds United WLLDW 1
–
Chelsea WWWDW 3
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LEE101
CHE123
Stamford Bridge · 2,000 att.

Match Report

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Chelsea top Premier League after Pulisic seals comeback win against Leeds

Chelsea went top of the Premier League after Olivier Giroud, Kurt Zouma and substitute Christian Pulisic sealed a 3-1 comeback win against Leeds.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
8
7
Saves
2
54.2
Possession
45.8
8
SHOTS
23
3
ON GOAL
11
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
395
Accurate Passes
318
481
Passes
408
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
8
14
Crosses
15
0.1
Cross %
0.5
49
Long Balls
43
22
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
5
18
Effective Tackles
10
30
Tackles
20
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
6
Interceptions
14
19
Effective Clearances
19
19
Clearances
19

Head to Head

CHE leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

CHE · 4-3-3

  1. 16Édouard MendyG
  2. 6Thiago SilvaCD-L
  3. 15Kurt ZoumaCD-R
  4. 21Ben ChilwellLB
  5. 24Reece JamesRB
  6. 7N'Golo KantéCM
  7. 19Mason MountLM
  8. 29Kai HavertzRM
  9. 18Olivier GiroudF
  10. 11Timo WernerLF
  11. 22Hakim ZiyechRF

Substitutes

  1. 9Tammy AbrahamSUB
  2. 1Kepa ArrizabalagaSUB
  3. 5JorginhoSUB
  4. 28César AzpilicuetaSUB
  5. 17Mateo KovacicSUB
  6. 10Christian PulisicSUB
  7. 2Antonio RüdigerSUB

LEE · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Illan MeslierG
  2. 6Liam CooperCD-L
  3. 5Robin KochCD-R
  4. 10Ezgjan AlioskiLB
  5. 2Luke AylingRB
  6. 23Kalvin PhillipsCM-L
  7. 15Stuart DallasCM-R
  8. 22Jack HarrisonLM
  9. 18RaphinhaRM
  10. 9Patrick BamfordF
  11. 43Mateusz KlichRCF

Substitutes

  1. 21Pascal StruijkSUB
  2. 14Diego LlorenteSUB
  3. 13Kiko CasillaSUB
  4. 20RodrigoSUB
  5. 11Tyler RobertsSUB
  6. 17Hélder CostaSUB
  7. 7Ian Poveda-OcampoSUB

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal! Chelsea 0, Leeds United 1. Patrick Bamford (Leeds United) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kalvin Phillips with a through ball.
  2. 9' Substitution, Leeds United. Diego Llorente replaces Robin Koch because of an injury.
  3. 27' Goal! Chelsea 1, Leeds United 1. Olivier Giroud (Chelsea) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Reece James with a cross.
  4. 30' Substitution, Chelsea. Christian Pulisic replaces Hakim Ziyech because of an injury.
  5. 57' Substitution, Leeds United. Ian Poveda-Ocampo replaces Jack Harrison.
  6. 61' Goal! Chelsea 2, Leeds United 1. Kurt Zouma (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mason Mount with a cross following a corner.
  7. 67' Substitution, Chelsea. Mateo Kovacic replaces Kai Havertz.
  8. 69' Substitution, Leeds United. Rodrigo replaces Ezgjan Alioski.
  9. 74' Diego Llorente (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 79' Substitution, Chelsea. Tammy Abraham replaces Olivier Giroud.
  11. 90'+3' Goal! Chelsea 3, Leeds United 1. Christian Pulisic (Chelsea) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Timo Werner following a fast break.
  12. 90'+5' Raphinha (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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