Chelsea and Leeds United will face off on Saturday the 11th of December at 3:00 pm in the 16th week of the Premier League. The match is going to take place in London at the Stamford Bridge. The encounter will be officiated by Chris Kavanagh.
Chelsea occupies the 3rd position in the standings with 33 points. It comes from a 3-2 loss against West Ham United in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 10 times, draw 3 times, and lost twice.
Leeds United occupies the 15th position in the standings with 16 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against Brentford in its last match in the Premier League. So far, 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. James, H. Ziyech, K. Havertz and R. Lukaku Menama.
If the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Chelsea would be 27.78.
There are doubts about the presence of J. Frello Filho and R. Loftus-Cheek.
T. Chalobah, B. Chilwell, N. Kanté 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, M. Klich, D. James, R. Dias Belloli and T. Roberts.
In case that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Leeds United would be 26.45.
Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera will probably not be able to employ P. Struijk and R. Moreno Machado because of injury.
L. Cooper, K. Phillips and P. Bamford will definitely miss the match.