Form, statistics
In the previous round, Leeds United won against Nottingham Forest 3-1. This is their 4th victory in the last 7 home matches. Currently, they have 29 points and are ranked 16th in the standings. With their current fairly good form, Leeds is confident to visit Chelsea's stadium.
In the first leg, Leeds beat Chelsea 3-1. Since the memorable encounter under the lights of Elland Road, Daniel Farke's team has only lost two matches in eleven matches in all competitions.
Meanwhile, Chelsea is ranked fifth in the Premier League, 14 points ahead of Leeds United after a positive transformation under the leadership of new coach Liam Rosenior, who was appointed a month ago.
Under the guidance of former coaches of Hull City and Strasbourg, Chelsea has won seven of their last 9 matches, including a victory over Italian champions Napoli in the UEFA Champions League, thereby advancing to the round of 16 after winning 16 points after 8 matches in the group stage.
Despite experiencing a difficult period at the end of last year when they only won 1 out of 8 matches in the Premier League, Chelsea is still a strong team at home. Their only two defeats at Stamford Bridge since October 2025 were against league leaders Arsenal and third-placed Aston Villa.
For decades, there have been many memorable, often fiery encounters between Leeds and Chelsea starting from their first meeting in 1927.
Leeds and Chelsea have met 104 times, of which Leeds won 39 matches and drew 28 matches. The most memorable in recent times, in addition to the match in December 2025, is the Leeds United 3-0 defeat Chelsea in 2022, with an opening goal by Brenden Aaronson.
Force information
On the Leeds side, coach Farke said that he expects to have a squad similar to the most recent match, except Pascal Struijk is having a minor problem with his hip and his ability to play is still uncertain.
Besides Struijk, Anton Stach is still sidelined, but good news has come when the German coach admitted that defender Bijol is ready to play, along with Calvert-Lewin and Gruev who are also likely to play.
On Chelsea's side, coach Liam Rosenior said that Reece James is having health problems and his ability to play against Leeds is still uncertain. According to this strategist, James has recovered from his injury but felt unwell in the training session on February 9.
Reece has fully recovered from his injury. The small problem is that he feels unwell today. This is not a conspiracy at all, but the truth. Hopefully he will be healthy enough to participate in the match against Leeds," Rosenior said.
In addition, the Chelsea coach also updated the situation of Cole Palmer, Andrey Santos, Tosin Adarabioyo and Romeo Lavia.
He said: "Cole will play. Andrey Santos has trained fully, he is a warrior and completely fine. He sprained his ankle in the match against Wolves, it wasn't a good tackle but he will be fine for the match against Leeds.
Tosin is in good form, he has been training today and it's great to have him participate with the whole team. Romeo, we have a very detailed plan for him and he has been on the training ground with us for the past two days, that's really great.
The Chelsea vs Leeds United match will take place at 2:30 AM on February 12.
