Chelsea supporters put their faith in manager F. Lampard to deliver victory against Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 26.July
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stamford Bridge (41798 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Chelsea - Wolverhampton Wanderers!

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premier League. That game was an away game at Liverpool, so at least Chelsea are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

For Wolves most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Chelsea form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier League, Chelsea have managed 10 wins, 3 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 18 games. After failing to beat Manchester United here at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.

Chelsea faced defeat in their previous match, away at Liverpool (3-5). In the game before, an away victory in the FA Cup match versus Manchester United with a 3-1 scoreline.

As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Chelsea handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, one draw and two defeats.

Chelsea have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stamford Bridge with 28 goals in 18 league matches. Chelsea have only conceded 16 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers form and stats

The visitors are W7-D7-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.

Wolves won their last game, 2-0 versus Crystal Palace played at home. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Burnley.

We have checked recent matches where Wolves have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were zero victories, one draw and three defeats.

Wolves have scored 24 goals on their travels this season, from 18 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Wolves have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Wolverhampton Wanderers - Chelsea 2-5, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Chelsea seven wins, one draw and Wolverhampton Wanderers two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Wolverhampton WanderersR. Jiménez Rodríguez
R. Jiménez Rodríguez
17 goals
ChelseaK. Bakumo-Abraham
K. Bakumo-Abraham
15 goals
ChelseaW. Borges da Silva
W. Borges da Silva
9 goals

Chelsea missing players

Wolverhampton Wanderers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Chelsea Wolverhampton Wanderers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 4 Played P 4 18 37
19 10 1 Won W 1 7 15
6 3 1 Drew D 2 7 14
12 5 2 Lost L 1 4 8
67 28 4 Scored S 2 24 51
54 16 6 Conceded C 1 19 38
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 89% 89%
86% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 72% 78%
68% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 39% 38%
38% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 16%
19% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 14%
59% 39% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 61% 57%
22% 39% 0% Clean Sheets C S 75% 28% 35%
19% 22% 25% Failed to Score F T 75% 22% 19%
 
6.6 7.4 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.7 5.1
3.5 3.4 6 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 5 3.9
1.6 1.6 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.7 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
609 316 56 Total Shots T S 39 216 450
215 112 16 Shots on Target S O 9 74 152
31% 25% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 32% 34%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Chelsea has the fewest matches under the total-line (14)
  • Chelsea has the most matches over the total-line (22)
  • Chelsea have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Chelsea haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14)
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers has the fewest dropped points from leading position (4)
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers has the most points from losing position (21)
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 37 31 3 3 82 32 19 18 1 0 52 16 18 13 2 3 30 16 50 96
2 Manchester City 37 25 3 9 97 35 18 14 2 2 52 13 19 11 1 7 45 22 62 78
3 Manchester United 37 17 12 8 64 36 19 10 7 2 40 17 18 7 5 6 24 19 28 63
4 Chelsea 37 19 6 12 67 54 18 10 3 5 28 16 19 9 3 7 39 38 13 63
5 Leicester City 37 18 8 11 67 39 18 11 4 3 35 15 19 7 4 8 32 24 28 62
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 37 15 14 8 51 38 19 8 7 4 27 19 18 7 7 4 24 19 13 59
7 Tottenham Hotspur 37 16 10 11 60 46 19 12 3 4 36 17 18 4 7 7 24 29 14 58
8 Sheffield United 37 14 12 11 38 36 19 10 3 6 24 15 18 4 9 5 14 21 2 54
9 Burnley 37 15 9 13 42 48 18 8 4 6 23 21 19 7 5 7 19 27 -6 54
10 Arsenal 37 13 14 10 53 46 18 9 6 3 33 22 19 4 8 7 20 24 7 53
11 Everton 37 13 10 14 43 53 18 8 7 3 23 18 19 5 3 11 20 35 -10 49
12 Southampton 37 14 7 16 48 59 18 5 3 10 18 34 19 9 4 6 30 25 -11 49
13 Newcastle United 37 11 11 15 37 55 18 6 8 4 19 18 19 5 3 11 18 37 -18 44
14 Crystal Palace 37 11 9 17 30 49 18 6 4 8 14 19 19 5 5 9 16 30 -19 42
15 West Ham United 37 10 8 19 48 61 18 6 3 9 29 32 19 4 5 10 19 29 -13 38
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 37 8 14 15 37 53 19 5 7 7 20 27 18 3 7 8 17 26 -16 38
17 Aston Villa 37 9 7 21 40 66 19 7 3 9 22 30 18 2 4 12 18 36 -26 34
18 Watford 37 8 10 19 34 61 19 6 6 7 22 27 18 2 4 12 12 34 -27 34
19 AFC Bournemouth 37 8 7 22 37 64 19 5 6 8 22 30 18 3 1 14 15 34 -27 31
20 Norwich City 37 5 6 26 26 70 19 4 3 12 19 37 18 1 3 14 7 33 -44 21

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 37 31 3 3 82 32 19 18 1 0 52 16 18 13 2 3 30 16 50 96
2 Manchester City 37 25 3 9 97 35 18 14 2 2 52 13 19 11 1 7 45 22 62 78
3 Manchester United 37 17 12 8 64 36 19 10 7 2 40 17 18 7 5 6 24 19 28 63
4 Chelsea 37 19 6 12 67 54 18 10 3 5 28 16 19 9 3 7 39 38 13 63
5 Leicester City 37 18 8 11 67 39 18 11 4 3 35 15 19 7 4 8 32 24 28 62
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 37 15 14 8 51 38 19 8 7 4 27 19 18 7 7 4 24 19 13 59
7 Tottenham Hotspur 37 16 10 11 60 46 19 12 3 4 36 17 18 4 7 7 24 29 14 58
8 Sheffield United 37 14 12 11 38 36 19 10 3 6 24 15 18 4 9 5 14 21 2 54
9 Burnley 37 15 9 13 42 48 18 8 4 6 23 21 19 7 5 7 19 27 -6 54
10 Arsenal 37 13 14 10 53 46 18 9 6 3 33 22 19 4 8 7 20 24 7 53
11 Everton 37 13 10 14 43 53 18 8 7 3 23 18 19 5 3 11 20 35 -10 49
12 Southampton 37 14 7 16 48 59 18 5 3 10 18 34 19 9 4 6 30 25 -11 49
13 Newcastle United 37 11 11 15 37 55 18 6 8 4 19 18 19 5 3 11 18 37 -18 44
14 Crystal Palace 37 11 9 17 30 49 18 6 4 8 14 19 19 5 5 9 16 30 -19 42
15 West Ham United 37 10 8 19 48 61 18 6 3 9 29 32 19 4 5 10 19 29 -13 38
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 37 8 14 15 37 53 19 5 7 7 20 27 18 3 7 8 17 26 -16 38
17 Aston Villa 37 9 7 21 40 66 19 7 3 9 22 30 18 2 4 12 18 36 -26 34
18 Watford 37 8 10 19 34 61 19 6 6 7 22 27 18 2 4 12 12 34 -27 34
19 AFC Bournemouth 37 8 7 22 37 64 19 5 6 8 22 30 18 3 1 14 15 34 -27 31
20 Norwich City 37 5 6 26 26 70 19 4 3 12 19 37 18 1 3 14 7 33 -44 21

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.