Chelsea Vs. Wolves: Preview, Predictions And Lineups

Chelsea must shingle disconnected their midweek disappointment erstwhile they invited bottom-of-the-table Wolverhampton Wanderers to Stamford Bridge connected Saturday night.

The Blues person blown basking and acold arsenic of late, pinch nan very champion and worst of Enzo Maresca’s Blues manifesting successful caller outings. After outclassing Tottenham Hotspur successful N17 past weekend, Chelsea subsequently produced a woeful protect show and drew 2–2 pinch Qarabag successful Azerbaijan.

That consequence leaves Chelsea pinch an uphill conflict to suffice automatically for nan Champions League information of 16.

Domestically, past week’s triumph helped them up to seventh successful nan convention table, pinch nan apical half presently tightly packed.

Wolves tin only dream of specified lofty heights. Managerless and without a Premier League triumph this season, their outlook is bleak.

The Vitor Pereira era drew to a adjacent pinch a 3–0 conclusion astatine Fulham past weekend, and their grounded approaches for erstwhile leader Gary O’Neil and Middlesbrough head Rob Edwards mean younker squad coaches James Collins and Richard Walker will return complaint of nan visitors successful westbound London.

Here’s Sports Illustrated’s guideline to Saturday’s game.

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Roméo Lavia is injured again. / Heuler Andrey/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images

Roméo Lavia pulled up again pinch an wounded connected Wednesday night, and nan perpetually unavailable midfielder will beryllium retired of action this weekend.

There are besides doubts complete Pedro Neto’s fittingness arsenic his erstwhile nine visits Stamford Bridge. Maresca has said a determination has not yet been made arsenic to whether nan winger will play connected Saturday.

Cole Palmer is continuing his betterment from a groin injury, while Levi Colwill and Dário Essugo are semipermanent absentees. Benoît Badiashile is besides sidelined.

Wesley Fofana and Trevoh Chalobah should return to Chelsea’s defence, while Enzo Fernández and Moisés Caicedo will travel backmost into nan motor room. The second played astir of Wednesday’s crippled anyhow because of Lavia’s injury.

Chelsea Predicted Lineup vs. Wolves

Maresca will make plentifulness of changes from their midweek disappointment. / FotMo

Chelsea predicted lineup vs. Wolves (4-2-3-1): Sánchez; Gusto, Fofana, Chalobah, Cucurella; James, Caicedo; Estêvão, Fernández, Garnacho; Pedro.

There are improbable to beryllium wholesale changes from nan interim managers contempt Wolves’ woeful commencement to nan season, but they will person to head without nan suspended Emmanuel Agbadou, who was sent disconnected successful past week’s defeat.

João Gomes will travel successful for nan Ivorian and perchance partner Marshall Munetsi successful midfield.

Matt Doherty and Rodrigo Gomes are believed to beryllium nan visitors’ only different 2 absences, pinch nan brace missing retired done injury.

Jørgen Strand Larsen is nan man they’ll move to to assistance them retired of nan mire, while Jhon Arias is an awesome counter-attacking threat who could origin Chelsea problems.

Wolves Predicted Lineup vs. Chelsea

There are improbable to beryllium drastic changes from nan interim managers. / FotMo

Wolves predicted lineup vs. Chelsea (3-4-2-1): Johnstone; Krejčí, S. Bueno, Toti; Tchatchoua, Munetsi, J. Gomes, H. Bueno; Arias, Bellegarde; Strand Larsen.

A heavy rotated Chelsea precocious won a back-and-forth Carabao Cup necktie astatine Molineux 4–3, pinch nan Blues’ squad group to look wholly different this weekend.

They’re returning from Azerbaijan, truthful we possibly shouldn’t expect a capacity akin to last week’s triumph successful northbound London, but it’s difficult to ideate a Wolves squad presently without a clear guidance rocking up to nan Bridge and stunning Maresca’s side.

Pereira’s exit whitethorn connection nan visitors bump, which intends they should debar a battering.

Prediction: Chelsea 3–1 Wolves

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