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EFL Cup · Round of 32
CHEChelsea
6:3
LEELeeds
Cole Palmer 53' (pen)
Cole Palmer 55'
Pedro Neto 60'
Danny Welbeck 65'
Valentín Barco 80'
Danny Welbeck 90+4'
HT 0:1
Tarik Muharemović 23'
Brenden Aaronson 48'
Dominic Calvert-Lewin 75'
Wed, 9 Sept 2026, 20:00 (UK) · Stamford Bridge, London

Chelsea came from two goals down to beat Leeds, scoring all six of their goals after the break.

Player of the matchValentín Barco9.4Decisive moment55' Cole Palmer+1.0

Chelsea 6-3 Leeds: six second-half goals erase a two-goal deficit

AI-written review based on match data · How we make it

Key numbers

  • Down 0-2, six goals after the break
  • Shots on target 50% v 33%: sharper finishing
  • Rogers: three assists, four key passes

A two-goal hole filled after the break

Leeds were two up after 48 minutes, but Chelsea scored all six of their goals after the break to win 6-3 at Stamford Bridge. Leeds had averaged just 0.5 goals conceded across four matches this season, so this was a sharp departure from their norm.

Fewer shots, cleaner finishing

Leeds had more shots, 18 to 16, yet only 33% on target against Chelsea's 50%. Eight of their efforts were blocked, and although they shot mostly from inside the box, too many never reached the goalkeeper. Sharper finishing, rather than volume, looks to be what separated the sides.

Half-time changes lit the touchpaper

Chelsea made four changes at the interval, and every goal in the spell that followed involved one of the players who came on. Cole Palmer scored twice, Pedro Neto once, and Morgan Rogers set up three. Those are his only EFL Cup assists this season so far.

Equaliser and go-ahead goal weighed most

Palmer's equaliser and Neto's goal to make it 3-2 were worth +1.0 FN xPts each, the highest values of the match. Leeds pulled it back to 4-3 through Dominic Calvert-Lewin, but Valentín Barco restored the two-goal cushion five minutes later and Danny Welbeck added a sixth deep into stoppage time.

Player of the match
Valentín Barco 9.4Dominant

A goal and an assist, plus seven tackles and 12 of 15 duels won.

Barco's contribution was split between attack and defence: four shots, three interceptions and a block alongside the goal and assist. His 80th-minute goal restored a two-goal lead just after Leeds had made it 4-3, and he set up Welbeck's sixth deep into stoppage time. Winning those duels helped Chelsea protect the lead their half-time substitutes had built.

Game state

0-10-21-22-23-24-24-35-36-3
Chelsea ahead 30 min · level 28 min · Leeds ahead 32 min

FN xPts — what each moment was worth

How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.

23' Tarik Muharemović Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Harry Wilson +0.2 +0.8
48' Brenden Aaronson Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Lukas Nmecha +0.2 +0.7
53' Cole Palmer Pen goal +0.5
55' Cole Palmer Goal · scorer +0.7 · assist Morgan Rogers +0.3 +1.0
60' Pedro Neto Goal · scorer +0.7 · assist Morgan Rogers +0.3 +1.0
65' Danny Welbeck Goal · scorer +0.2 · assist Morgan Rogers +0.1 +0.3
75' Dominic Calvert-Lewin Goal · assist Noah Okafor +0.1
80' Valentín Barco Goal +0.2
90+4' Danny Welbeck Goal · assist Valentín Barco 0.0

Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.

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Match stats

ChelseaLeeds
49%Possession51%
16Shots18
8Shots on target6
50%Shots on target %33%
9Shots in box15
483Passes489
3Corners5
3Saves2
6Fouls10
1Yellow cards0
2Offsides1

The data provider has no xG (expected goals) for this match.

Compared with usual

Chelsea

4 matches this season, all competitions baseline
This matchAvg
Goals62.5
Conceded31.8
Shots1618.5
On target86
Shots faced1813
Possession49%43.8%
Passes483425.3
Corners35
Fouls610

Leeds

4 matches this season, all competitions baseline
This matchAvg
Goals31.3
Conceded60.5
Shots1811.5
On target63.8
Shots faced1615.5
Possession51%43.5%
Passes489349.3
Corners53.8
Fouls1011.8

Timeline

  • 23' Goal Tarik Muharemović competition goal #1 assist Harry Wilson
  • 45' Sub R. Watson → Reece James
  • 45' Sub Malo Gusto → Morgan Rogers
  • 45' Sub Jamie Gittens → Cole Palmer
  • 45' Sub Estêvão → Pedro Neto
  • 45+1' Yellow R. Watson
  • 48' Goal Brenden Aaronson competition goal #1 assist Lukas Nmecha
  • 53' Goal Cole Palmer (pen) competition goal #1
  • 55' Goal Cole Palmer competition goal #2 assist Morgan Rogers
  • 60' Goal Pedro Neto competition goal #1 assist Morgan Rogers
  • 65' Goal Danny Welbeck competition goal #2 assist Morgan Rogers
  • 66' Sub Daniel James → Anton Stach
  • 66' Sub Lukas Nmecha → Dominic Calvert-Lewin
  • 67' Sub Brenden Aaronson → Noah Okafor
  • 67' Sub Sean Longstaff → Ao Tanaka
  • 75' Goal Dominic Calvert-Lewin competition goal #1 assist Noah Okafor
  • 76' Sub Levi Colwill → Wesley Fofana
  • 78' Sub Melvin Bard → Gabriel Gudmundsson
  • 80' Goal Valentín Barco competition goal #1
  • 82' Yellow Xabier Alonso Olano (coaching staff)
  • 90+4' Goal Danny Welbeck competition goal #3 assist Valentín Barco

Category leaders

  • Key passesMorgan Rogers4
  • Duels wonValentín Barco12/15
  • DribblesMorgan Rogers3/5
  • Defensive actionsValentín Barco11
  • ShotsCole Palmer5 (on target 2)
  • Fouls wonValentín Barco4
#Chelsea#Leeds#EFL Cup#Valentín Barco#Cole Palmer#Comeback

This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.