Chelsea and Leeds United are going to face off on Saturday the 11th of December at 3:00 pm in the 16th week of the Premier League. The match will take place in London at the Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea occupies the 3rd place in the table with 33 points. It comes from a 3-2 loss against West Ham United in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 10 times, draw 3 times, and lost twice.
Leeds United sits in the 15th position in the table with 16 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against Brentford in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won 3 times, draw 7 times, and lost 5 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Chelsea
Chelsea has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (12 times or 80.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (12 times), 3-5-2 (2 times) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Thomas Tuchel is expected to play against Leeds United with the following players: E. Mendy, T. da Silva, A. Rüdiger, A. Christensen, M. Alonso Mendoza, R. Loftus-Cheek, J. Frello Filho, R. James, M. Mount, H. Ziyech and R. Lukaku Menama.
Suppose that this will be the line-up, the average age of Chelsea would be 27.73.
Thomas Tuchel will probably not be able to employ N. Kanté and K. Havertz because of injury.
T. Chalobah, B. Chilwell and M. Kovačić will definitely miss the match.
Leeds United
Leeds United has mostly adopted the 4-1-4-1 line-up most used during the season (6 times or 40.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-1-4-1 (6 times), 3-3-3-1 (5 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times), 3-4-3 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera is expected to play against Chelsea with the following players: I. Meslier, L. Ayling, D. Llorente Ríos, H. Firpo Adames, S. Dallas, A. Forshaw, J. Harrison, D. James, R. Dias Belloli and P. Bamford.
Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Leeds United would be 26.60.
There are doubts about the presence of K. Phillips.
Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera will probably not be able to employ P. Struijk and M. Klich because of injury.
L. Cooper will definitely miss the match.
