20/09/2026
Crystal Palace are playing Leeds Utd this afternoon at Elland Road match kicking off at 14:00 BST.
The Match is live on Sky Sport & BBC Radio 5 Live will be broadcasting a live commentary on the link below (UK only)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/ck20lg72qlj8t
Leeds Utd Starting XI: Trafford, Muharemovic, Elvedi, Justin, Gudmundsson, Tanaka, Ampadu, Stach, Bogle, Okafor, Calvert-Lewin
Subs: Aaronson, Bahoya, Bard, Bijol, Gruev, James. Longstaff, Nmecha, Zetterer.
Crystal Palace Starting XI: Benítez (GK), Tomiyasu, Richards, Canvot, Khalaili, Timber, Wharton, Mitchell, Pino, Kamada, Strand Larsen.
Subs: Matthews (GK), Mingueza, Chilwell, Lerma, Doucouré, McNeil, Osorio, Sarr, Nketiah.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Adam Herczeg.
Assistants: Tim Wood, Simon Long.
Fourth official: Farai Hallam.
VAR: Paul Tierney.
Assistant VAR: Wade Smith.
Recent league form (Last four games)
Leeds Utd
Wins: 2
Draws: 2
Defeats: 0
Crystal Palace
Wins: 1
Draws: 0
Defeats: 3
Last time out in premier league
Leeds Utd 4-1 Newcastle Utd
Crystal Palace 2-3 Ipswich Town
Current League Position (match week 4):
Leeds Utd: 3rd
Crystal Palace: 16th
Odds subject to change
Leeds Utd to win: 7/10
Draw: 11/4
Crystal Palace to win: 18/5
Head-to-head league record:
Leeds Utd wins: 25
Crystal Palace wins: 18
Draws: 17
The last time we played Leeds Utd at Elland Roadin the premier League was Saturday 20th December 2025 the attendance was 36,334
The Score was Leeds Utd 4-1 Crystal Palace
Goal scorers
Leeds Utd: Calvert-Lewin 38' , 45'+4', Ampadu 60', Stach 90'+11'
Palace: Devenny 90'+2' (Pen)
Match Facts
● Leeds have won four of their last six Premier League home games against Crystal Palace, losing the others in August 1997 (0-2) and April 2023 (1-5).
● Crystal Palace have lost just one of their last five Premier League games against Leeds (W2 D2), though it was in this exact fixture last season (1-4).
● Leeds have eight points from four Premier League games this season, their best start since 2001-02 under David O'Leary (also W2 D2). Should Leeds beat Crystal Palace, it would be their joint best start to a Premier League season after five games, having won 11 in that 2001-02 campaign.
● Crystal Palace have conceded two or more goals in each of their last 10 Premier League matches - only Fulham have ever had a longer run in the competition's history, going 13 games in a row from January to April 2019.
● Since December 2025, Leeds have won the fifth-most points in the Premier League (44), behind Arsenal (67), Man City (65), Man Utd (54) and Liverpool (45), losing just five of 29 matches (W10 D14).
● Crystal Palace have faced the most xG (8.15), conceded the most goals (11), faced the joint most shots on target (26) and allowed their opponents the most touches in their own box (164) in the Premier League so far this season.
● Since the start of February, Leeds winger Noah Okafor has been involved in eight goals in 11 Premier League appearances (7 goals, 1 assist) and has the best minutes per goal or assist ratio of any player to play 500+ minutes in that time (one every 79 minutes).
● Dominic Calvert-Lewin has scored in each of his last five home Premier League appearances, only the second Leeds player to achieve that after Mark Viduka between March and August 2003. The last Englishman to score in six consecutive home top-flight appearances for Leeds was Arthur Hydes between October & December 1932.
● Crystal Palace striker Jørgen Strand Larsen has scored in 16 Premier League matches, but he has ended on the losing side in eight of those (50%). He's one of three players to score in 15+ games and lose as many as half of those, after Danny Dichio (lost 9/17, 53%) and Heidar Helguson (lost 13/26, 50%).
● Across the last two Premier League matchdays, Crystal Palace's Quinten Timber has the best duel success rate of any player to contest more than 20, winning 16 of his 22 in his two games for Palace so far (73%).
