Chelsea vs Wolves Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Enzo Maresca is suddenly under a bit of pressure, not for his job but Chelsea could really do with a victory and a performance to turn their form around. After a brief honeymoon period, Vitor Pereira is now realising the task that faces him at struggling Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Kick-off date/time: Monday 20th January, 2025: UK – 8:00pm / US ET – 3:00pm / US PT – 12:00pm
How to watch on TV: UK – Sky Sports / US – USA Network
How to watch online: UK – Sky Go / US – Telemundo
Chelsea Team News: Key doubts
Enzo Maresca had to deal with key absentees from training on Friday such as Levi Colwill, Romeo Lavia, Enzo Fernandez and Cole Palmer so that quartet are all major doubts for this weekend.
Trevoh Chalobah was recalled earlier this week and could be involved amid reported interest in fellow defenders Axel Disasi and Tosin Adarabioyo. Reece James has returned to being fully fit for the Blues.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Sanchez; James, Chalobah, Adarabioyo, Cucurella; Caicedo, Fernandez; Neto, Felix, Sancho; Jackson
Unavailable: Badiashile (Injured), Fofana (Injured), Dewsbury-Hall (Injured), Mudryk (Disciplinary), Kellyman (Injured)
Questionable: Colwill (Injured), Lavia (Injured), Fernandez (Injured), Palmer (Injured)
Wolves Team News: Toti remains unavailable
In his pre-match press conference, Vitor Pereira has confirmed that defender Toti will remain unavailable for this weekend as it has come too early for the Portuguese centre-back to be involved.
They remain without fellow defender Yerson Mosquera as well as Austria international striker Sasa Kalajdzic, who is dealing with an ACL injury. Boubacar Traore is also out but Matheus Cunha is expected to be available after missing training this week due to illness.
Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Sa; Doherty, Bueno, Agbadou; R. Gomes, Andre, J. Gomes, Ait-Nouri; Cunha, Guedes; Strand Larsen
Unavailable: Toti (Fitness), Mosquera (Injured), Gonzalez (Injured), Kalajdzic (Injured)
Questionable: Traore (Fitness), Cunha (Illness)
Chelsea vs Wolves Prediction
Chelsea took the lead against AFC Bournemouth in midweek before then needing a second-half stoppage-time free-kick scored by Reece James to salvage a point in a 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge. That means the Blues, after seemingly being close to a title race about a month ago, have now collected just three points from their last five Premier League matches. They face a Wolverhampton Wanderers side that took seven points from Vitor Pereira’s first three matches in charge but the midlanders have now suffered back-to-back 3-0 defeats to Nottingham Forest and Newcastle United respectively. Despite their poor form, this is a game Chelsea should really get themselves back on track with a comfortable victory.
Chelsea vs Wolves Tip: Chelsea to win -1 handicap
