Chelsea need to finish their depressing run of 5 Premier League matches with out victory after they host Wolverhampton Wanderers on Monday night.
The Blues have stumbled to attracts or defeats in fixtures with Everton, Fulham, Ipswich City, Crystal Palace and Bournemouth, with the transient title contenders now seeking to maintain on to their spot within the Champions League qualification spots.
Whereas Chelsea are enduring a tough patch, they’ll take solace from their most up-to-date assembly with Wolves. Having suffered three straight defeats to the Midlands aspect, Noni Madueke’s hat-trick impressed the Blues to a 6-2 win at Molineux again in August.
The six-goal defeat got here underneath Gary O’Neil and new supervisor Vitor Pereira will likely be eager to enhance upon that consequence and efficiency on Monday night. Two losses on the bounce imply that Wolves are nonetheless frantically battling relegation, however they’ve proven indicators of life underneath the Portuguese coach.
Right here is 90min’s preview of the conflict.
Chelsea vs Wolves head-to-head file (final 5 video games)
Present type (all competitions)
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Chelsea |
Wolves |
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Chelsea 2-2 Bournemouth – 14/01/25 |
Newcastle 3-0 Wolves – 15/01/25 |
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Chelsea 5-0 Morecambe – 11/01/25 |
Bristol Metropolis 1-2 Wolves – 11/01/25 |
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Crystal Palace 1-1 Chelsea – 04/01/25 |
Wolves 0-3 Nottingham Forest – 06/01/25 |
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Ipswich 2-0 Chelsea – 30/12/24 |
Tottenham 2-2 Wolves – 29/12/24 |
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Chelsea 1-2 Fulham – 26/12/24 |
Wolves 2-0 Man Utd – 26/12/24 |
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Nation |
TV channel/dwell stream |
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United Kingdom |
Sky Sports activities Primary Occasion, Sky Sports activities Premier League, Sky Extremely HD, Sky GO, Sky GO Additional, NOW TV |
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United States |
fuboTV, nbcsports.com, NBC Sports activities App, UNIVERSO NOW, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo, USA Community, UNIVERSO |
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Canada |
fuboTV Canada, Fubo Sports activities Community Canada |
Enzo Maresca has revealed that talisman Cole Palmer is one in every of a number of doubts forward of Monday’s fixture. The attacking midfielder, alongside Levi Colwill, Romeo Lavia and Enzo Fernandez, did not prepare on Friday and will likely be assessed nearer to kick-off.
The Blues are nonetheless with out long-term absentees Wesley Fofana and Benoit Badiashile in defence, the previous more likely to miss the remainder of the season, and Kiernan Dewsbury-Corridor can also be lacking within the engine room.
Mykhailo Mudryk stays suspended after failing a medication take a look at.
Chelsea predicted lineup vs Wolves (4-2-3-1): Sanchez; James, Chalobah, Colwill, Cucurella; Caicedo, Fernandez; Neto, Palmer, Sancho; Jackson.
The excellent news for Pereira was that Matheus Cunha returned from suspension in opposition to Newcastle, even when the Wolves star was unable to stop his aspect from falling to a 3-0 defeat at St James’ Park.
In worse information, Wolves stay with out a host of gamers for the journey to Stamford Bridge, with Toti Gomes and Yerson Mosquera lacking in defence. The latter will miss the rest of the season.
Enzo Gonzalez and Sasa Kalajdzic are long-term absentees, whereas Boubacar Traore is but to make his comeback regardless of nearing a first-team return.
Wolves predicted lineup vs Chelsea (3-4-3): Sa; Doherty, S. Bueno, Agbadou; Semedo, Andre, J. Gomes, Ait-Nouri; Guedes, Cunha; Strand Larsen.
Chelsea have confirmed unpredictable in current weeks, failing to win 5 on the spin regardless of heading into every encounter as favourites. They are going to be anticipated to triumph on Monday night as nicely, though their dwelling file shouldn’t be significantly inspiring (W4, D4, L2).
Nonetheless, their defensive points and potential absentees heading into the conflict might show affluent for his or her guests, who’ve attacking threats of their very own within the type of the returning Cunha and highly effective striker Jorgen Strand Larsen.
It would seemingly be an entertaining affair, with Chelsea maybe sneaking an essential victory.
