Chelsea v Leeds predictions: Tuchel's Blues should get back on track

Free football tips, best bets and analysis for Chelsea v Leeds in the Premier League on Saturday.

When to bet

3pm Saturday

Best bet

Chelsea-Chelsea double result
2pts 17-20 Coral, Ladbrokes

Team news

Chelsea
Mateo Kovacic is out with Covid-19 while N'Golo Kante and Trevoh Chalobah will also be missing, but Jorginho has recovered from a back issue.

Leeds
Kalvin Phillips, Liam Cooper and Patrick Bamford are set to miss out and Rodrigo is also struggling.

Match preview

It is not quite the case that Chelsea are this week's Premier League crisis club but manager Thomas Tuchel will want his players back up to speed after a disappointing few days.

The Blues fell to a 3-2 defeat to London rivals West Ham and then made their quest to retain their Champions League crown more difficult by allowing Juventus to gazump them in the final group standings.

A visit from Leeds should give Chelsea a good opportunity to push on in the league, mainly because the Yorkshire outfit head to Stamford Bridge without key players.

The Whites have scored in five of seven league games on the road, but have posted just one win at bottom-of-the-table Norwich, so it is difficult to see them getting something.

Chelsea have a habit of breaking through before the interval and they should be able to build on a good start against their depleted opponents.

Key stat

Chelsea have scored a first-half goal in 11 of their last 14 matches.

Inside info

Chelsea

Penalty taker Jorginho
Free-kick wizard Marcos Alonso
Set-piece aerial threat Antonio Rudiger
Card magnet Antonio Rudiger

Leeds

Penalty taker Raphinha
Free-kick wizardRaphinha
Set-piece aerial threatDiego Llorente
Card magnetTyler Roberts

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