Chelsea faces Leeds United tomorrow in opening of 26th round of English Premier League
\[Mon, 09 Feb 2026 22:16:51 +0300\]
London - Saba:Chelsea and Leeds United teams will meet tomorrow Tuesday evening in the opening match of the 26th round of the English Premier League football which also witnesses important matches for the teams competing for the title most notably the Arsenal match with Brentford and Manchester City with Fulham.Chelsea enters tomorrows match with 43 points in fifth place in the league standings and seeks to achieve victory and continue a series of victories achieved in past rounds having defeated Brentford Crystal Palace West Ham and Wolverhampton.In contrast Leeds United which is in sixteenth place with 29 points desires to pull off a surprise by defeating Chelsea and improving its position on the standings table.Leeds received a morale boost after its victory over Nottingham Forest in the last round revitalizing its hopes of staying in the competition.Manchester United visits West Ham United tomorrow in a match through which it seeks to achieve victory and confirm its desire to reach third place as it is in fourth place with 44 points.West Ham United occupies eighteenth place with 23 points where it is threatened with relegation and seeks consecutive victories to escape the bottom positions.In the exciting competition for the championship title Arsenal meets Brentford next Thursday in a match through which Arsenal seeks to achieve victory and continue its victories after defeating Leeds United and Sunderland in the last two rounds.Arsenal enters the match leading the league standings with 56 points with a 6point lead over Manchester City in second place with 13 rounds of competition remaining.In contrast Brentford in seventh place with 39 points looks forward to achieving victory during the good period it is going through in its journey in this seasons league having also won its last two away matches against Aston Villa and Newcastle.Manchester City second in the standings with 50 points the day after tomorrow Wednesday faces a difficult match against its guest Fulham tenth in the standings with 34 points entering the match after its important victory over its host Liverpool by two goals to one yesterday Sunday.In other matches Aston Villa third place with 47 points meets its guest Brighton fourteenth place with 31 points the day after tomorrow Wednesday which also witnesses a Liverpool and Sunderland match.Liverpool hopes to hold on to its chances of being in fourth place in the competition standings which qualifies for the Champions League next season.Liverpool occupies sixth place with 39 points with a threepoint difference from Sunderland ninth place.Tomorrow Everton meets Bournemouth and Tottenham meets Newcastle United while the day after tomorrow Nottingham Forest plays Wolverhampton and Crystal Palace plays Burnley