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Chelsea

6 — 3 Sep 10, 2026 · 12:45 AM IST

Leeds United

EFL Cup · Round 3

Venue Stamford Bridge, London

Referee Jarred Gillett

Attendance 35,696

Player of the Match Morgan Rogers 9.3 45' played

Match Events

24' Away ⚽ Tarik Muharemović — 0-1

31' Home Reggie Watson

HT

46' Home ↔ Reece James → Jamie Gittens

46' Home ↔ Morgan Rogers → Estêvão

46' Home ↔ Cole Palmer → Reggie Watson

46' Home ↔ Pedro Neto → Malo Gusto

48' Away ⚽ Brenden Aaronson — 0-2

53' Home ⚽ Cole Palmer — 1-2

55' Home ⚽ Cole Palmer — 2-2

60' Home ⚽ Pedro Neto — 3-2

65' Home ⚽ Danny Welbeck — 4-2

66' Away ↔ Anton Stach → Lukas Nmecha

66' Away ↔ Dominic Calvert-Lewin → Daniel James

67' Away ↔ Ao Tanaka → Brenden Aaronson

67' Away ↔ Noah Okafor → Sean Longstaff

75' Away ⚽ Dominic Calvert-Lewin — 4-3

76' Home ↔ Wesley Fofana → Levi Colwill

78' Away ↔ Gabriel Gudmundsson → Melvin Bard

80' Home ⚽ Valentín Barco — 5-3

90 + 4' Home ⚽ Danny Welbeck — 6-3

FT

Match Stats

50 50

Ball possession

2.36 2.70

Expected goals (xG)

16 18

Total shots

8 6

Shots on target

22 36

Touches in opposition box

5 5

Big chances

1 3

Big chances missed

392 (81%) 399 (82%)

Accurate passes

1 0

Yellow cards

3 5

Corners

Lineups

Chelsea (3-4-2-1)

Coach: Xabi Alonso

Starting XI

39 Mike Penders 6.8

34 Josh Acheampong 6.5

5 Maxence Lacroix 6

6 Levi Colwill 5.8

27 Malo Gusto 6.5

31 Reggie Watson 6.7

4 Valentín Barco 8.8

29 Pep Chavarría 7.2

41 Estêvão 6.8

11 Jamie Gittens 7

18 Danny Welbeck 8.8

Substitutes

24 Reece James 6.6

10 Cole Palmer 9

17 Morgan Rogers 9.3

7 Pedro Neto 7.7

3 Wesley Fofana 6.3

1 Emiliano Martínez

21 Jorrel Hato

23 Geovany Quenda

9 João Pedro

Leeds United (5-4-1)

Coach: Daniel Farke

Starting XI

16 Michael Zetterer 4

24 James Justin 5.7

15 Jaka Bijol 5.5

5 Tarik Muharemović 6.4

7 Daniel James 5.3

26 Melvin Bard 6.7

10 Harry Wilson 7.3

4 Ethan Ampadu 7.1

8 Sean Longstaff 5.8

11 Brenden Aaronson 7.7

14 Lukas Nmecha 7.1

Substitutes

18 Anton Stach 7

9 Dominic Calvert-Lewin 7.4

22 Ao Tanaka 5.9

19 Noah Okafor 6.8

3 Gabriel Gudmundsson 6.2

1 James Trafford

30 Nico Elvedi

2 Jayden Bogle

23 Jean-Mattéo Bahoya