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Prediction:\u00a0<\/strong>Chelsea win<\/p>\n Best Odds:\u00a0<\/strong>8\/15<\/p>\n Bookmaker:\u00a0<\/strong>888sport<\/p>\n The Premier League continues to roll on through the month of August with a parade of exciting fixtures waiting for us in what serves as just the third set of games so far this season. We\u2019ve already seen a whole lot of exciting developments in English football\u2019s top flight and this weekend, we hope for even more \u2013 especially at Elland Road where Leeds United will play host to Chelsea.<\/p>\n Leeds United managed to stave off the threat of relegation last season and as such, there are plenty of expectations on their shoulders regarding their ability to become a consistent presence in the top flight once again. They\u2019re always going to be fun to watch as a result of the philosophy that was introduced a few years back, and we expect them to surprise quite a few people between now and May.<\/p>\n Team News<\/strong><\/p>\n Whereas Bamford and Cooper will be assessed before game day, the following players have been ruled out through injury: Firpo, Dallas and Ayling.<\/p>\n There\u2019s a big argument to be made that Chelsea are the third best club in English football but when you take a look at the bigger picture, that\u2019s a strange limbo for them to be in. They\u2019re not quite good enough to push for the title but they\u2019re settled in the top four race, meaning that in all likelihood, they should be able to pursue other trophy ventures without too much risk. Then again, football is rarely so simple.<\/p>\n Team News<\/strong><\/p>\n Kovacic and Kante have been ruled out of this one with Loftus-Cheek being tipped to feature heavily after a strong outing against Tottenham.<\/p>\n This is going to be an absolute dog fight between two clubs that, for better or worse, are always going to hate each other on some level. Marsch and Tuchel have both been involved in touchline disputes so far this season so expect to see that trend continue, and on the pitch, there\u2019s probably going to be a lot of controversy, ending with Chelsea\u2019s quality taking over to give them a narrow 2-1 win.<\/p>\n Prediction:\u00a0<\/strong>Chelsea win<\/p>\n Best Odds:\u00a0<\/strong>8\/15<\/p>\n Bookmaker:\u00a0<\/strong>888sport<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Prediction:\u00a0Chelsea win Best Odds:\u00a08\/15 Bookmaker:\u00a0888sport The Premier League continues to roll on through the month of August with a parade of exciting fixtures waiting for us in what serves as just the third set of games so far this season. We\u2019ve already seen a whole lot of exciting developments in English football\u2019s top flight and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1068156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1183801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-premier-league"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1183801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183801\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1183801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1183801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1183801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Leeds<\/h3>\n
Chelsea<\/h3>\n
Factors to Consider<\/h3>\n
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Conclusion<\/h3>\n