Wolves welcome Chelsea to Molineux in the opening match of the first midweek round of 2020-21 Premier League season, exclusively live on Amazon Prime.
Wolves can temporarily go ninth with victory whilst Chelsea will go top with a win ahead of Wednesday’s action.
Team News
Joao Moutinho is suspended for Wolves after being sent off in Saturday’s defeat to Aston Villa.
Raul Jimenez (head) and Jonny (knee) remain absent as Nuno Espirito Santo prepares to rotate his squad.
Chelsea could welcome Christian Pulisic back after the American sat out Saturday’s loss at Everton with a minor knock to his hamstring.
Hakim Ziyech and Callum Hudson-Odoi remain absent with hamstring injuries.
Stat Attack
- Wolves have taken four points from their last five Premier League meetings against Chelsea (W1, D1, L3).
- Chelsea have lost two of six previous Premier League trips to Molineux (W4, L2).
- Blues’ Mason Mount scored in both meetings against Wolves last season (W2).
- Wolves haven’t lost three consecutive league games since late October-November 2018 in their first season back in the top flight.
- No Chelsea defender has registered more shots on target this season than Kurt Zouma with seven shots upon goal, of which four were converted into goals.
Prediction
Wolves were unlucky to not walk away from Saturday’s entertaining encounter against Aston Villa because they were overall the better team but just lacked that finishing touch, which is a definite must in this game otherwise Chelsea will punish a series of missed chances.
Frank Lampard’s Blues however were simply outplayed at Everton despite producing another strong performance with Edouard Mendy at fault for the loss through his silly foul, which is something that they will come back from stronger heading into this encounter.
Either way, this should be a cracking match between two attacking teams because Wolves do need to start beating more of the bigger teams if want to boost their hopes of European qualification, whereas Chelsea can go top and ensure Saturday’s result was a blip but clinical finishing could well be decisive to the result here
Prediction: Wolves 0-1 Chelsea
Result: Wolves 2-1 Chelsea