Chelsea vs Leeds Predictions

• Chelsea have won seven of their nine matches under Liam Rosenior
• The Blues have not lost to Leeds at Stamford Bridge since December 1999
• Leeds have only collected seven of their 29 points this season on the road

Rosenior’s Blues showing consistency

Liam Rosenior has been getting a consistent tune out of Chelsea following his arrival as head coach last month, winning seven of his nine games in charge, including all four fixtures in the Premier League.

The Blues are also scoring plenty of goals under their new boss, netting at least twice in seven of those nine games, most recently putting three past Wolves on Saturday.

That should mean confidence is high heading into this midweek clash with Leeds, and Chelsea do have an impressive home record against the Whites, as they are unbeaten in the last seven league meetings between the sides at Stamford Bridge, winning the six most recent of those.

Points still hard to come by for Leeds on the road

Despite their poor record at Stamford Bridge, Leeds are unlikely to make things easy for Chelsea, as the Whites are a much improved side of late, losing only two of their last 13 matches across all competitions.

That impressive run began with a 3-1 victory over Chelsea at Elland Road in early December and Leeds have picked up 22 of their 29 points this season at their West Yorkshire base.

On their travels, however, Daniel Farke’s side have found success much harder to come by, as only the bottom two – Burnley and Wolves – have picked up fewer points on their travels..

Leeds’ last win at Stamford Bridge came in December 1999 and their wait for another success could well continue, but fresh from putting three past Nottingham Forest on Friday night and with Chelsea having conceded in each of their last five games, the visitors can at least get on the scoresheet.

Pedro a man in form

Cole Palmer was Chelsea’s hero against Wolves on Saturday, netting a hat-trick at Molineux, but forward Joao Pedro also had a big role to play, as he won two penalties for his side.

Pedro is Chelsea’s leading scorer this season, netting nine goals in the Premier League and 12 in total across all competitions, while he has four goal involvements across his last four top-flight appearances and that is not even including the penalties he won on Saturday.

The Brazilian has never scored in three previous appearances against Leeds, but that could be about to change this midweek.