{"id":1617,"date":"2026-04-28T06:23:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T06:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=1617"},"modified":"2026-04-28T06:23:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T06:23:02","slug":"chelsea-retain-fa-cup-hoodoo-over-old-rivals-leeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=1617","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea retain FA Cup hoodoo over old rivals Leeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_65\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong>Chelsea are through to the FA Cup final after beating rivals Leeds United at Wembley this afternoon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Enzo Fernandez scored the winner as Chelsea secured a 1-0 win to book their place in next month\u2019s final against Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p>The win continues Chelsea\u2019s hoodoo over Leeds in the competition. The rivalry between the sides was built during regular cup clashes in the sixties and seventies, culminating in two unforgettable FA Cup final games in 1970.<\/p>\n<p>After a thrilling first final at Wembley ended 2-2, Chelsea won 2-1 after extra-time in a replay held at Old Trafford. The clash is best remembered for the brutality of the games, as both sides battled it out for cup success.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea\u2019s win in the 2025-26 semi-finals means the Blues have now progressed past Leeds in all seven FA Cup ties between the teams.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Chelsea head-to-head record vs Leeds in FA Cup<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>16 Jan 1937 \u2013 Chelsea 4-0 Leeds<\/li>\n<li>23 Feb 1952 \u2013 Leeds 1-1 Chelsea<\/li>\n<li>27 Feb 1952 \u2013 Chelsea 1-1 Leeds<\/li>\n<li>3 Mar 1952 \u2013 Leeds 1-5 Chelsea<\/li>\n<li>12 Feb 1966 \u2013 Chelsea 1-0 Leeds<\/li>\n<li>29 Apr 1967 \u2013 Chelsea 1-0 Leeds<\/li>\n<li>11 Apr 1970 \u2013 Chelsea 2-2 Leeds<\/li>\n<li>29 Apr 1970 \u2013 Leeds 1-2 Chelsea<\/li>\n<li>2 Feb 2024 \u2013 Chelsea 3-2 Leeds<\/li>\n<li>26 Apr 2026 \u2013 Chelsea 1-0 Leeds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Read \u2013\u00a0Manchester City to face Chelsea in 2026 FA Cup final<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>See more \u2013\u00a0Premier League Team of the Week \u2013 Kinsky, Bowen, Jesus<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Follow the Football Faithful on Social Media:<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Facebook\u00a0|\u00a0Instagram\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FootyFaithful_\">Twitter<\/a> | YouTube | TikTok<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea are through to the FA Cup final after beating rivals Leeds United at Wembley&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}