Chelsea 3-1 Leeds United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 5 December 2020

Result

Chelsea 3-1 Leeds United

Premier League · Saturday 5 December 2020, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Chelsea 3-1 Leeds United: match report

Chelsea defeated Leeds United 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 December 2020. It was 1-1 at half-time.

P. Bamford opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Olivier Giroud (27'), Kurt Zouma (61') and Christian Pulisic (90+3'). Leeds United scored through P. Bamford (4').

Discipline: Chelsea received no yellow cards; Leeds United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 3rd on 19 points from 10 and Leeds United 12th on 14 points from 10. Chelsea went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and Leeds United 9th with 59.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Leeds United in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mason Mount of Chelsea (8.5), ahead of Kalvin Phillips (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Chelsea wins, 3 draws and 2 for Leeds United.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · P. BamfordLeeds United · 0-1
  • 27'Goal · Olivier GiroudChelsea · 1-1
  • 61'Goal · Kurt ZoumaChelsea · 2-1
  • 74'Yellow card · Diego LlorenteLeeds United
  • 90+3'Goal · Christian PulisicChelsea · 3-1
  • 90+5'Yellow card · RaphinhaLeeds United

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Chelsea 4, draws 3, Leeds United 2.

Team news

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Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)

Edouard Mendy, Reece James, Kurt Zouma, Thiago Silva, Ben Chilwell, Kai Havertz, N'Golo Kanté, Mason Mount, Hakim Ziyech, Olivier Giroud, Timo Werner

Leeds United line-up (4-4-1-1)

Illan Meslier, Luke Ayling, Robin Koch, Liam Cooper, Ezgjan Alioski, Raphinha, Stuart Dallas, Kalvin Phillips, Jack Harrison, Mateusz Klich, Patrick Bamford