Chelsea vs Leeds Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 28th February 2024

When Leeds come to Stamford Bridge for the FA Cup match on Wednesday, Chelsea will be looking to make amends for their devastating defeat at the hands of Liverpool in the final on Sunday.

With both injuries, a huge recent disappointment and tired legs, Chelsea could have a mountain to climb against Leeds. The visitors arrive here from a massive win against Leicester on Friday.

The Blues show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches, as they scored 2.1 goals on average per match. That makes a total of 21 goals, whilst they allowed nine goals against, for an average of 0.9 per outing. They pulled off five clean sheets.

Leeds travel to their next away match on Wednesday having performed a tolerable average of 1.8 goals in ten matches. They scored a total of 18 goals, whilst shipping 15 goals against. An average of 1.5 goals against a game. They hung on to one clean sheet in this streak.

This is the first time Chelsea squares up against Leeds in the FA Cup in the 21st century.

Chelsea vs Leeds Prediction

Chelsea Form

The Chelsea team look in good shape before their match against Leeds, as they seek to remain unbeaten. Firstly, they beat Crystal Palace 1-3, then they held Manchester City to a 1-1 draw. Their last outing resulted in a hard fought 0-0 draw Liverpool. Chelsea won four of their last six FA Cup matches on home soil, while drawing once and losing once. They conceded eight and scored 18 goals.

Leeds Form

Leeds look fabulous with three wins on the trot, starting off against Swansea, who were defeated by 0-4. Then, Plymouth got outclassed in a 0-2 win, before beating Leicester by 3-1. Leeds won three of a possible six away matches in the FA Cup, as well as playing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored 12 while also conceding eight times.

Anything but a home win would be a stunning result, and we back Chelsea not to be stunned, just like we back numerous goals to be scored when they face Leeds.

Chelsea vs Leeds Squads

Chelsea Squad

The 51-year-old manager of Chelsea, Mauricio Pochettino, will select the lineup against Leeds from the players listed below:

Petrovic, Bergstroem, Bettinelli, Sanchez, Gilchrist, Disasi, Chilwell, Badiashile, Colwill, Sarr, Gusto, Cucurella, James, Silva, Chalobah, Fofana, Chukwuemeka, Casadei, Palmer, Gallagher, de Souza, Fernandez, Ugochukwu, Caicedo, Mudryk, Madueke, Lavia, Nkunku, Moreira, Jackson, Sterling.

Leeds Squad

Here is the full team squad of Leeds. The 47 year-old Daniel Farke will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Archie Gray, Charlie Cresswell, Connor Roberts, Crysencio Summerville, Dani van den Heuvel, Daniel James, Ethan Ampadu, Georginio Rutter, Glen Kamara, Ilia Gruev, Illan Meslier, Jaidon Anthony, Jamie Shackleton, Joe Gelhardt, Joe Rodon, Joel Piroe, Junior Firpo, Karl Darlow, Kristoffer Klaesson, Lee Erwin, Liam Cooper, Mateo Fernandez, Pascal Struijk, Patrick Bamford, Sam Byram, Stuart Dallas, Wilfried Gnonto.

Chelsea vs Leeds Team News

The injured and absent list looks to be stretched wide for Chelsea, as they prepare to meet Leeds, since seven could be missing.

Benoit Badiashile, Romeo Lavia, Lesley Ugochukwu, Marc Cucurella, Robert Sanchez, Reece James and Wesley Fofana are missing from the squad, Chelsea will field against Leedson Wednesday.

Leeds are juggling with four absent players on on Wednesday when travelling to Chelsea.

Leeds need to do without Jamie Shackleton, Karl Darlow, Pascal Struijk and Stuart Dallas, who are not fit enough to travel to Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea vs Leeds Lineups

Chelsea vs Leeds H2H

Chelsea picked up seven wins in their previous ten matches against Leeds, while the latter claimed one win in these, with the remaining finishing a draw. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 3/1.

Chelsea vs Leeds Betting Tips

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Enzo Fernandez, who is performing well for Chelsea. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent FA Cup outings. He'll be out to add more goals against Leeds.The visitors will be looking to Patrick Bamford to find the net once again, after managing three FA Cup goals for Leeds in recent matches.

Chelsea claimed a modest six wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in two of the games, whilst losing two. Leeds won seven of their last 10 games away, drew zero and lost three of the games in this run. Chelsea managed to open the scoring in no less than seven of their previous 10 league games on home soil. The visitors from Leeds have been equally ready from the first whistle, scoring the opener in seven of their last 10 away games.

Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Chelsea’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.7 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Leeds, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 2.4 times goals per game.