Chelsea 3-2 Leeds United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 11 December 2021
Result
Chelsea 3-2 Leeds United
Premier League · Saturday 11 December 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Chelsea 3-2 Leeds United: match report
Chelsea beat Leeds United 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 11 December 2021. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Raphinha opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Mason Mount (42'), Jorginho (58', penalty) and Jorginho (90+4', penalty). Leeds United scored through Raphinha (28', penalty) and Joe Gelhardt (83').
Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards; Leeds United received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 3rd on 33 points from 15 and Leeds United 15th on 16 points from 15. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 74 points, and Leeds United 17th with 38.
Chelsea lined up in a 3-4-3 and Leeds United in a 3-3-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jorginho of Chelsea (8.5), ahead of Mason Mount (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Chelsea wins, 4 draws and 2 for Leeds United.
Key events
- 28'Penalty goal · Raphinha
- 34'Yellow card · Reece James
- 42'Yellow card · Junior Firpo
- 42'Goal · Mason Mount
- 53'Yellow card · Jamie Shackleton
- 58'Penalty goal · Jorginho
- 59'Yellow card · Mason Mount
- 69'Yellow card · Mateusz Klich
- 83'Goal · Joe Gelhardt
- 90+3'Yellow card · Illan Meslier
- 90+4'Penalty goal · Jorginho
- 90+6'Yellow card · Diego Llorente
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Patrick Bamford
- Liam Cooper
- Ian Poveda
- Mateo Kovacic
- Kurt Zouma
- Robin Koch
- Pascal Struijk
- Kalvin Phillips
- N'Golo Kanté
- Danny Drinkwater
- Rodrigo
Chelsea line-up (3-4-3)
Edouard Mendy, César Azpilicueta, Thiago Silva, Antonio Rüdiger, Reece James, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Jorginho, Marcos Alonso, Mason Mount, Kai Havertz, Timo Werner
Leeds United expected line-up (3-3-3-1)
Luke Ayling, Diego Llorente, Jack Harrison, Stuart Dallas, Ezgjan Alioski, Raphinha, Mateusz Klich, Kalvin Phillips