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Gallagher chance, Cucurella battle - The Chelsea starting XI Thomas Tuchel should pick vs Leeds

Chelsea travel to Elland Road to face Leeds United on Sunday and Thomas Tuchel will be hoping to see a performance that builds upon the Blues' efforts against Spurs and can earn three points. The west London side had a sluggish pre-season and laboured to an opening day win over Everton, but despite only drawing with the Lilywhites, seemed to step up a gear in their performance.

The Blues will have to continue their good form without N'Golo Kante, who suffered an injury in the game against Spurs and is now set to be out for several weeks, while Mateo Kovacic and Armando Broja have also been ruled out of the clash.

Chelsea were able to come away 3-0 victors at Elland Road in May thanks to goals from Mason Mount, Christian Pulisic and Romelu Lukaku in an established performance during a period where Tuchel's side struggled towards the end of last season. However, while Leeds are winless in seven Premier League matches against Chelsea, the Blues have never won consecutive away games against the Yorkshire side.

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