Chelsea v Leeds: Premier League – live! | Football

Olivier Giroud, who scored f-o-u-r goals in Seville in the week, makes his first Premier League start of the season. Leeds are unchanged from the team that won so well at Everton last Saturday.

Chelsea (4-3-3) Mendy; James, Zouma, Thiago, Chilwell; Havertz, Kante, Mount; Ziyech, Giroud, Werner.
Substitutes: Kepa, Rudiger, Azpilicueta, Jorginho, Pulisic, Abraham, Kovacic.

Leeds (4-1-4-1) Meslier; Ayling, Koch, Cooper, Alioski; Phillips; Raphinha, Klich, Dallas, Harrison; Bamford.
Substitutes: Casilla, Llorente, Struijk, Poveda-Ocampo, Roberts, Helder Costa, Rodrigo.

Referee Kevin Friend.

I spy with my little eye, a very tasty Saturday-night fixture. This is the first Premier League meeting between Chelsea and Leeds since 2004, yet it comes with a decent backstory. The fun and games between Frank Lampard and Marcelo Bielsa two seasons ago, when Lampard was at Derby, will give tonight’s game an extra edge. The return of supporters to Stamford Bridge for the first time since March won’t hurt either.

A win would put Chelsea top overnight, but Leeds’ intrepid freewheelers will test their new, dramatically improved defence. At the other end, Bielsa’s man-markers will do well to cope with the speed and individual skill of Chelsea’s forward. Chelsea have been involved in a couple of bore draws this season; this, surely, will not be dull.

Kick off 8pm.