English Premier League

FT Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Chelsea DWWWD 1
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Leeds United WLLLL 3
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LEE213
Elland Road · 36,767 att. · Peacock

Match Report

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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.

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Team Stats

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

Highlights

01:16 Chelsea's title hopes take hit with shock loss to Leeds Watch on ESPN 01:02 Enzo Maresca: Leeds deserved all three points against us Watch on ESPN 01:52 Why do Chelsea struggle against the smaller clubs? Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

CHE leads series 4-1

Lineups

LEE · 3-5-2

  1. 1Lucas PerriG
  2. 15Jaka BijolCD
  3. 5Pascal StruijkCD-L
  4. 6Joe RodonCD-R
  5. 18Anton StachCM-L
  6. 22Ao TanakaCM-R
  7. 4Ethan AmpaduAM
  8. 3Gabriel GudmundssonLM
  9. 2Jayden BogleRM
  10. 14Lukas NmechaCF-L
  11. 9Dominic Calvert-LewinCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Sebastiaan BornauwSUB
  2. 10Joël PiroeSUB
  3. 44Ilia GruevSUB
  4. 20Jack HarrisonSUB
  5. 24James JustinSUB
  6. 11Brenden AaronsonSUB
  7. 26Karl DarlowSUB
  8. 19Noah OkaforSUB
  9. 29Wilfried GnontoSUB

CHE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Robert SánchezG
  2. 5Benoît BadiashileCD-L
  3. 4Tosin AdarabioyoCD-R
  4. 3Marc CucurellaLB
  5. 23Trevoh ChalobahRB
  6. 20João PedroAM
  7. 17Andrey SantosLM
  8. 8Enzo FernándezRM
  9. 9Liam DelapF
  10. 11Jamie GittensAM-L
  11. 41EstêvãoAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 24Reece JamesSUB
  2. 12Filip JørgensenSUB
  3. 10Cole PalmerSUB
  4. 7Pedro NetoSUB
  5. 38Marc GuiuSUB
  6. 21Jorrel HatoSUB
  7. 27Malo GustoSUB
  8. 34Josh AcheampongSUB
  9. 49Alejandro GarnachoSUB

Timeline

  1. 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.
  2. 35' Anton Stach (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 39' Estêvão (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 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.
  5. 45' Substitution, Chelsea. Pedro Neto replaces Estêvão.
  6. 45' Substitution, Chelsea. Malo Gusto replaces Benoît Badiashile.
  7. 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.
  8. 61' Substitution, Chelsea. Cole Palmer replaces Liam Delap.
  9. 61' Substitution, Chelsea. Alejandro Garnacho replaces Jamie Gittens.
  10. 67' Substitution, Leeds United. Noah Okafor replaces Lukas Nmecha.
  11. 67' Substitution, Leeds United. Ilia Gruev replaces Ao Tanaka.
  12. 72' Goal! Leeds United 3, Chelsea 1. Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Leeds United) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
  13. 77' Substitution, Chelsea. Marc Guiu replaces Andrey Santos.
  14. 86' Substitution, Leeds United. Joël Piroe replaces Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
  15. 87' Substitution, Leeds United. James Justin replaces Jayden Bogle.
  16. 90'+4' Substitution, Leeds United. Sebastiaan Bornauw replaces Gabriel Gudmundsson.

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