Chelsea want to finish their depressing run of 5 Premier League matches with out victory once 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 temporary title contenders now trying to maintain on to their spot within the Champions League qualification spots.
Whereas Chelsea are enduring a tough patch, they will 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 beneath Gary O’Neil and new supervisor Vitor Pereira will probably be eager to enhance upon that end result 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 beneath the Portuguese coach.
Right here is 90min’s preview of the conflict.
Chelsea vs Wolves head-to-head file (final 5 video games)
Present kind (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/reside stream |
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United Kingdom |
Sky Sports activities Predominant 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 among 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 probably 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 be lacking within the engine room.
Mykhailo Mudryk stays suspended after failing a medicine 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 towards 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 latest 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 effectively, though their residence file just isn’t 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’ll doubtless be an entertaining affair, with Chelsea maybe sneaking an essential victory.
Prediction: Chelsea 3-2 Wolves
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