Leeds United 0 Chelsea 3: Reaction and recap, Dan James sent off, Jack Harrison injured
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Jesse Marsch's Whites are approaching their third-last game of the Premier League season in the bottom three following Sunday's 2-1 defeat at Arsenal on a day when relegation rivals Everton won at Leicester City by the same score.
Leeds are third-bottom and level on points with fourth-bottom Burnley, both sides having three games left but the Clarets have a far superior goal difference.
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Hide AdUnited are one point behind the fifth-bottom Toffees who have an extra game remaining and Frank Lampard's side are away at already-relegated Watford tonight in a 7.45pm kick-off tonight.
Burnley, though, do not play until Sunday's lunchtime kick-off at Tottenham Hotspur meaning even a point against Thomas Tuchel's Blues this evening would haul the Whites out of the bottom three.
Chelsea sit third in the table but the Blues are yet to seal a top-four finish to guarantee Champions League football for next term and the Stamford Bridge outfit face Liverpool on Saturday early evening in the FA Cup final.
Our live blog below will bring you all the pre-match build-up followed by confirmed XIs and then live match updates and analysis from Elland Road.
Leeds United 0 Chelsea 3 recap
Key Events
- 7.30pm kick-off at Elland Road
- A point would take third-bottom Leeds out of the drop zone
- Four changes as Bate, Cooper, Rodrigo and Struijk start
Beautiful.....but a positive result would be even prettier. Leeds United v Chelsea. Good evening from a sunny Elland Road.
Last Time Out: Chelsea 3-2 Leeds United
Joe Gelhardt’s maiden Premier League goal looked to have salvaged a point at Stamford Bridge back in December. But, a stoppage time penalty - dubiously awarded - for the hosts snatched away a share of the spoils in West London.
Managerial change at the bottom.
Roy Hodgson will be replaced by Forest Green Rovers’ Rob Edwards at the end of the season.
The Hornets still have three games to play with Hodgson at the helm. First up tonight: Everton at Vicarage Road.
The ‘Big Six'
Leeds United’s record against the ‘Top Six’ this season: Played 11, Lost 11
A run which needs to change this evening.
Teams arriving
Team coaches pulling in, players disembarking and checking out the turf.
We’re less than half an hour away from team news at Elland Road.
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