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Leeds United v Chelsea
Leeds United
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3–1
Premier League
03/12/2025
Elland Road
Chelsea
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All-time record vs Chelsea
113
Played
41
Won
31
Drawn
41
Lost
+3
GD
36%
Win %
Home record at Elland Road
53
Played
30
Won
15
Drawn
8
Lost
+53
GD
57%
Win %
DateGroundScoreCompetition
28/02/2024 Stamford Bridge 3–2 L FA Cup, 5th Round ↗
04/03/2023 Stamford Bridge 1–0 L Premier League ↗
21/08/2022 Elland Road 3–0 W Premier League ↗
11/05/2022 Elland Road 0–3 L Premier League ↗
11/12/2021 Stamford Bridge 3–2 L Premier League ↗
All-time top scorers vs Chelsea
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1 Peter Lorimer 7
2 Mick Jones 6
3 Arthur Hydes 5
4 Tom Jennings 4
5 Tony Yeboah 3
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Substitutes
44 Gruev
19 Okafor
24 Justin
10 Piroe
23 Bornauw
Unused Substitutes
26 Darlow
20 Harrison
11 Aaronson
29 Gnonto
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Re: Leeds United v Chelsea Match Thread

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Good cover by Bijol
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Re: Leeds United v Chelsea Match Thread

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In to em Leeds, Chelski are rattled at the back
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Offside wouldn't have counted had DCL done better
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DCL awful there but offside anyway
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We can't sit this deep for 70 minutes
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Awful shot by Tanaka, needs to find his shooting boots again
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Can’t keep missing these chances
“ If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise don’t even start “ Charles Bukowski.
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Ao had time there
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Stach again, does remind me a lot of Gary Mac. Tanaka mis hits the shot
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Poor by Tanaka with Bogle free
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Re: Leeds United v Chelsea Match Thread

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I know we are far from getting points in this match and may not get any but the signings do start to make sense when you see them playing in this formation
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A lot of slipping going on by Leeds players.
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YorkshireSquare wrote: ↑Wed Dec 03, 2025 8:37 pm We can't sit this deep for 70 minutes
Looking ominous
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Seen enough to know imo this is how we should have been playing all season

Please keep it up

Starting to get a bit deep though
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The problem with this formation, though it seems to fit our players better, is that once we get pinned back and clear it, there's no midfield to collect the knock downs from the forwards or worse still it just goes back to a Chelski player.
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Nmecha down

Looks like hamstring
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Bijol will come good I've been saying..... Hopefully this is the match that he gains some confidence.

Look a lot better in this formation just feel we're lacking that bit of prem nous when we get in good situations.... Nmecha through dallys on the ball gets tackled.... Tanaka two good chances from the edge of the box, weak off target efforts.....

We'll tire which is what I'm worried about with the lack of sub's we have of quality on the bench..... Getting pushed back a bit as you would expect but just seem to drop off a bit.

But to be positive this seems to be the formation we can cause problems with and have some defensive cover. Crowding out the central areas.....
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Nmecha down with an apparent hamstring problem? Shocking!! :shock:
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Lumiukko wrote: ↑Wed Dec 03, 2025 8:43 pm The problem with this formation, though it seems to fit our players better, is that once we get pinned back and clear it, there's no midfield to collect the knock downs from the forwards or worse still it just goes back to a Chelski player.

Isn't that Tanaka and Nmecha's job in this system?
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ElKapitan wrote: ↑Wed Dec 03, 2025 8:45 pm Bijol will come good I've been saying..... Hopefully this is the match that he gains some confidence.

He's slow but a decent defender, this system suits him better
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