Wolves meet Chelsea at Molineux as both team chase a first league win of the season.
Victory would see either Wolves or Chelsea get off the mark in the league table, having both lost their opening matches.
Team News
Wolves have no fresh injury concerns following their 2-0 opening loss at Arsenal.
Nelson Semedo (suspension), Sasa Kalajdzic, Enso Gonzalez (both ACL) and Leon Chiwome (ankle) are ruled out.
Chelsea could be without Cole Palmer after he suffered a knock in their 2-0 Play-Off First Leg win over Servette in UEFA Conference League
When is Kick-Off?
Wolves host Chelsea at Molineux on Sunday 25 August at 2pm BST, untelevised live in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Wolves have lost one of their last eight league meetings against Chelsea (W4, D3, L1).
- Chelsea have won one of their last six visits to Wolves (W1, D1, L4).
- Victory would see Wolves win four consecutive league games against Chelsea for the first time since a five-match streak from November 1938 – September 1947.
- Rodrigo Gomes produced more crosses than any other Wolves player in their opening defeat at Arsenal.
- Chelsea have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 15 away games in the top-flight (W6, D3, L6).
Prediction
Wolves were never really going to get anything at Arsenal so for me, this is where their season truly starts because they did a great job defensively to frustrate the Gunners but didn’t take their chances enough when on the attack.
Chelsea meanwhile clinically beat Servette on Thursday evening so can afford to focus a bit more on this game ahead of the second leg, so I do expect a strong performance despite having not dominated Servette.
Molineux though hasn’t exactly been the strongest away ground for Chelsea in recent seasons, and with Wolves surely viewing this as a season starter I can see a tough draw coming unless one team are super clinical.
Prediction: Wolves 1-1 Chelsea
Result: Wolves 2-6 Chelsea
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