Comeback Win
Chelsea
Chelsea went behind and turned the match around.
- Final score
- 6–3
League Cup · Round of 32Chelsea
Cole Palmer 53', 55'
Pedro Neto 60'
Danny Welbeck 65', 90+4'
Valentin Barco 80'
6 – 3
FT
HT 0–1
Leeds
Tarik Muharemovic 23'
Brenden Aaronson 48'
Dominic Calvert-Lewin 75'
League Cup
Round of 32Chelsea6–3Leeds
9
Shots in the box
15
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture. Shots in the box is the closest measure the feed provides.
23′48′53′55′60′65′75′80′94′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture. The timeline above shows the goals and cards recorded by the match feed.
Match report
Chelsea 6-3 Leeds
Chelsea were far too strong for Leeds 6-3 at Stamford Bridge in League Cup. Muharemovic opened the scoring for Leeds on 23', Aaronson made it 2-0 to Leeds on 48', Palmer pulled one back for Chelsea on 53' from the penalty spot, Palmer added his second on 55', Neto put Chelsea back in front on 60', Welbeck made it 4-2 to Chelsea on 65', Calvert-Lewin pulled one back for Leeds on 75' and Barco made it 5-3 to Chelsea on 80', before 1 further goal.
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture, so the closest read on chance quality is where the shots came from: Chelsea took 9 of their 16 attempts inside the box, Leeds 15 of 18.
Chelsea had to come from behind to get there, which is the detail the scoreline hides.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Leeds graded out for box occupation — 15 of 18 shots in the box.
V. Barco came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.8 for Chelsea from 1 goal, 1 assist and 1 key pass.
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
49%Possession51%
16Shots18
What the numbers say
3 readsBox Occupation
Leeds
Leeds kept getting bodies into the area — 83% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 15 of 18
- Share
- 83%
Late Drama
Both teams
The game was still moving in the closing minutes — Chelsea scored on 94′.
- Goals after 80′
- 2
- Last goal
- 94′
Timeline
⚽23'
Tarik Muharemovic — assist: Harry Wilson
Reece James ↑ Reggie Watson ↓
🔄45'
Morgan Rogers ↑ Malo Gusto ↓
🔄45'
Cole Palmer ↑ Jamie Gittens ↓
🔄45'
Pedro Neto ↑ Estêvão Willian Almeida de Oliveira Gonçalves ↓
🔄45'
Reggie Watson
Foul
🟨45+1'
Half-time
⚽48'
Brenden Aaronson — assist: Lukas Nmecha
Cole Palmer (Pen)
⚽53'
Cole Palmer — assist: Morgan Rogers
⚽55'
Pedro Neto — assist: Morgan Rogers
⚽60'
Danny Welbeck — assist: Morgan Rogers
⚽65'
🔄66'
Anton Stach ↑ Daniel James ↓
🔄66'
Dominic Calvert-Lewin ↑ Lukas Nmecha ↓
🔄67'
Noah Okafor ↑ Brenden Aaronson ↓
🔄67'
Ao Tanaka ↑ Sean Longstaff ↓
⚽75'
Dominic Calvert-Lewin — assist: Noah Okafor
Wesley Fofana ↑ Levi Colwill ↓
🔄76'
🔄78'
Gabriel Gudmundsson ↑ Melvin Bard ↓
Valentin Barco
⚽80'
Xabier Alonso Olano
Dissent
🟨82'
Danny Welbeck — assist: Valentin Barco
⚽90+4'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueStamford Bridge, London
RefereeJ. Gillett
CompetitionLeague Cup
Season2026
RoundRound of 32
StatusMatch Finished