With the Premier League reaching its 26th round of fixtures for this season, Chelsea are in fifth place on 43 points, four points behind third-placed Aston Villa and one behind Manchester United in fourth. Leeds, with 29 points, are two places and six points above the relegation zone.

Head-to-head

Chelsea are seeking a seventh consecutive home league win against Leeds United for the first time in our history. Leeds' last league win at Stamford Bridge was in December 1999, when a 2-0 victory put them top of the Premier League table. The Blues finished the game with 10 men when Frank Leboeuf was sent off after 68 minutes.

Leeds won this season’s reverse fixture 3-1, at Elland Road in December, with Pedro Neto scoring our goal in the second half.

Leeds are looking for a league double against the Blues for the first time since 1991/92, when they went on to be Division One champions. They are hoping to become just the second promoted side to complete the Premier League double over Chelsea, after Charlton Athletic in 2000/01.

Head-to-head (all competitions)

Played 110
Won 39
Drawn 30
Lost 41

Last five meetings at Stamford Bridge

15 May 2004 Premier League W 1-0 Gronkjaer
5 December 2020 Premier League W 3-1 Giroud, Zouma, Pulisic
11 December 2021 Premier League W 3-2 Mount, Jorginho 2 pens
4 March 2023 Premier League W 1-0 Fofana
28 February 2024 FA Cup W 3-2 Jackson, Mudryk, Gallagher

Biggest win for each team:

Leeds United 7-0 Chelsea 1967/68 Division One
Chelsea 7-1 Leeds United 1934/35 Division One
Leeds' biggest win at Stamford Bridge was 5-2 in 1969/70 in Division One

Chelsea stats

Chelsea are looking to win five consecutive Premier League games for the first time since December 2024, as well as aiming for three consecutive home wins in the competition for the first time since last May.

Chelsea have lost just four of our past 73 home Premier League games against newly promoted sides (Bournemouth in 2015, West Bromwich Albion in 2021, Brentford in 2022 and Sunderland this season). We have won 55 and drawn 14 of the others.

Cole Palmer is the first Chelsea player to score four Premier League hat-tricks, moving ahead of Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard (all with three). He is also the first player in Premier League history to score three hat-tricks in the first half of a match - Everton at home and Brighton & Hove Albion at home in 2024, before Wolverhampton Wanderers away on Saturday.

Liam Rosenior is looking to join Craig Shakespeare (Leicester City, 2017) as the only English head coaches to win each of their first five Premier League games.

Chelsea won our first two home Premier League games under Liam Rosenior. He is aiming to be the first Blues head coach since Maurizio Sarri in 2018 to win his first three at Stamford Bridge.

The win at Wolves meant Rosenior became the fifth Blues head coach to win his first four league matches at the helm, after Jose Mourinho in 2004/05, Guus Hiddink in 2008/09, Carlo Ancelotti in 2009/10 and Sarri in 2018/19.

Chelsea have not lost a Premier League game at Stamford Bridge on a Tuesday since January 2002 (4-2 to Southampton), going unbeaten in 17 since then (11 wins, six draws).

Joao Pedro has been involved in four goals in his past four home Premier League appearances for Chelsea (three goals, one assist).

Only Arsenal (13) and Manchester City (10) have kept more clean sheets in the Premier League than Chelsea’s nine this season.

Premier League scorers
Joao Pedro 9, Fernandez 8 (2 pens), Palmer 7 (4 pens), Neto 5, Caicedo 3, Chalobah 3, Gusto 2, Estevao 2, James 2, Acheampong 1, Cucurella 1, Delap 1, Garnacho 1

Premier League assists
James 4, Joao Pedro 4, Cucurella 3, Garnacho 3, Neto 3, Estevao 2, Fernandez 2, Gittens 2, Gusto 2, Caicedo 1, Fofana 1, Guiu 1, Sanchez 1

Most Premier League minutes played
Chalobah 2,102, Sanchez 2,075, Fernandez 2,058, Neto 1,965, Cucurella 1,844, Joao Pedro 1, 810, Caicedo 1,686, James 1,537, Gusto 1,394, Fofana 943

Milestones

Palmer made his 100th start for Chelsea at the weekend and his second penalty took him to 50 goals for the club, joining 40 other Chelsea players who have reached that milestone.

Enzo Fernandez’s next Premier League start will be his 100th in the competition for the Blues.

Leeds United stats

This season’s Premier League stats

Most minutes played: Gudmundsson 2,014, Rodon 2,010, Struijk 1,988, Ampadu 1,953, Bogle 1,935
Most goals: Calvert-Lewin 10, Nmecha 5, Aaronson 4, Okafor 3, Stach 3
Most assists: Aaronson 3, Gruev 3, Stach 3, Longstaff 2
Most duels won: Gudmundsson 139, Struijk 117, Calvert-Lewin 114, Ampadu 111
Clean sheets: Perri 3
Most fouls conceded: Ampadu 28, Calvert-Lewin 27, Stach 27, Gudmundsson 25
Most yellow cards: Ampadu 7, Bogle 4, Gudmundsson 3, Okafor 3, Stack 3, Struijk 3

Having lost eight of their opening 13 Premier League games this season (three wins, two draws), Leeds have lost two of the subsequent 12 matches in the competition since the start of December (four wins, six draws).

Leeds United have won two of their past 25 away Premier League matches (six draws, 17 defeats), but have only lost one of their past five away games in the competition, drawing the other four.

The Whites have earned 76 per cent of their Premier League points this season at Elland Road, the highest proportion at home of any side in the division. They have amassed seven points from their 12 games on the road this season. Their one away win came at Wolves in September.

Leeds have not won any of their past seven midweek away games in the Premier League (three draws, four defeats), with the Whites conceding 24 goals in those matches (3.4 per game).

Leeds and Chelsea have dropped 15 points from winning positions this season, only Newcastle United (19), Bournemouth and West Ham United (both 18) have dropped more.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored his 10th Premier League goal this season against Nottingham Forest on Friday. The last Englishman to score 10 league goals in their first season with Leeds United was Matt Smith in 2013/14 (12 in the Championship).

Daniel Farke’s management record vs Chelsea

Won: 1
Drawn: 2
Lost: 4

Last five Leeds results

Derby County (FA Cup, a) W 3-1
Fulham (h) W 1-0
Everton (a) D 1-1
Arsenal (h) L 4-0
Nottingham Forest (h) W 3-1

Last Premier League line-up

Leeds United 3-1 Nottingham Forest
Friday 6 February
Team (3-4-2-1): Darlow; Justin, Rodon, Struijk; Bogle (Bornauw 90+6), Ampadu (c), Gruev, Gudmundsson; Aaronson (James 78), Okafor (Longstaff 82); Calvert-Lewin
Scorers: Bogle 26, Okafor 30, Calvert-Lewin 49
Booked: Okafor 61

Discipline

There are no suspensions.

Players who accumulate 10 yellow cards in Premier League matches up to and including our 32nd fixture will serve a two-match suspension in the competition.

Chelsea Premier League yellow cards
Caicedo 7, Fernandez 6, Cucurella 5, James 4, Santos 4, Chalobah 3, Estevao 3, Joao Pedro 3, Sanchez 3, Badiashile 2, Delap 2, Fofana 2, Hato 2, Neto 2, Palmer 2, Tosin 2, Garnacho 1, Guiu 1, Gusto 1

Match officials

Referee: Rob Jones
Assistants: Wade Smith, Nick Greenhalgh
Fourth official: Tony Harrington
VAR: John Brooks
Assistant VAR: Simon Bennett

Rob Jones is officiating his second Chelsea match this season, having previously refereed our home win over Fulham in August.