Chelsea will aim to avoid a third game without victory in all competitions when they welcome Leeds United to Stamford Bridge for Saturday's Premier League battle.

The Blues have now slipped to third in the table, while Marcelo Bielsa's side sit six points above the relegation zone in 15th, and here Sports Mole rounds up the team news for both clubs.

CHELSEA vs. LEEDS UNITED

CHELSEA

Out: Ben Chilwell (ACL), N'Golo Kante (knee), Mateo Kovacic (COVID-19), Trevoh Chalobah (thigh)

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Mendy; Azpilicueta, Silva, Rudiger; James, Jorginho, Loftus-Cheek, Alonso; Mount, Werner; Lukaku

LEEDS UNITED

Out: Rodrigo (heel), Kalvin Phillips (thigh), Liam Cooper (thigh), Patrick Bamford (thigh), Robin Koch (illness)
Doubtful: Pascal Struijk (hip)

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Meslier; Dallas, Ayling, Llorente, Struijk, Firpo; Raphinha, Klich, Forshaw, James; Roberts

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Liverpool	12	10	1	1	24	8	16	31
2	Manchester City Man City	12	7	2	3	22	17	5	23
3	Chelsea	12	6	4	2	23	14	9	22
4	Arsenal	12	6	4	2	21	12	9	22
5	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	12	6	4	2	21	16	5	22
6	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	12	6	1	5	27	13	14	19
7	Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest	12	5	4	3	15	13	2	19
8	Aston Villa	12	5	4	3	19	19	0	19
9	Newcastle United Newcastle	11	5	3	3	13	11	2	18
10	Fulham	12	5	3	4	17	17	0	18
11	Brentford	12	5	2	5	22	22	0	17
12	Manchester United Man Utd	12	4	4	4	13	13	0	16
13	Bournemouth	12	4	3	5	16	17	-1	15
14	West Ham United West Ham	11	3	3	5	13	19	-6	12
15	Everton	12	2	5	5	10	17	-7	11
16	Leicester City Leicester	12	2	4	6	15	23	-8	10
17	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	12	2	3	7	20	28	-8	9
18	Ipswich Town Ipswich	12	1	6	5	13	23	-10	9
19	Crystal Palace	12	1	5	6	10	17	-7	8
20	Southampton	12	1	1	10	9	24	-15	4