Betting prediction and preview: Chelsea fancied to be better team when visiting Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 19.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Molineux Stadium (30852 seats)

It's only four days and nights since Wolverhampton Wanderers fought Brighton & Hove Albion and the score was 1-0. How will it end versus Chelsea?

Insights:
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Premier League
  • Chelsea have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Premier League

It's no vacation for neither Wolves nor Chelsea as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers form and stats

3-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Wolverhampton Wanderers so far this season.

It's back home for Wolves, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Brighton & Hove Albion away with the result 1-0. Saïss found the net in that victory. Saïss, defender, was given a rating of 8.23/10 in that game, top of the team. Saïss scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and won 2 of 4 duels.

Prior to that, an away loss at Manchester City.

Wolves aren't scoring a lot here at Molineux Stadium in the league, with only 5 goals from 8 games. Wolves are not conceding a lot of goals here at Molineux Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.

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Chelsea form and stats

Chelsea's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Chelsea collect 19 points from their 8 away matches in the Premier League. 6 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat).

Chelsea delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Everton (placed 14th) in their previous match; a Premier League game. Midfielder James was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.12. James served one assist, hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 52 successful passes (of 58 total).

A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Leeds United.

Chelsea have another fixture away from home in just three nights, a Carabao Cup match versus Brentford. A strenuous diary for the visiting team!

Chelsea have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 17 goals from 8 away matches. Chelsea are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Wolves two wins, two draws and Chelsea six victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ChelseaM. Mount
M. Mount
7 goals
WolvesH. Hwang
H. Hwang
4 goals
ChelseaR. James
R. James
4 goals

Wolverhampton Wanderers missing players

Chelsea missing players

Wolverhampton Wanderers Chelsea
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 3 8 17
7 3 1 Won W 3 6 11
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 4
7 4 2 Lost L 0 1 2
13 5 1 Scored S 7 17 39
14 7 2 Conceded C 0 5 12
88% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
41% 38% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 88% 88%
18% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 62% 59%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 24%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 18%
24% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 47%
35% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 100% 62% 47%
53% 62% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 6%
 
4.3 4 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.4 6.4
5.5 4.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 5.1 4.5
1.9 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.2 12.6 11 Shots (avg) S ( 13.7 14.6 16.5
3.3 3.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 5.6 6.2
23% 19% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 38% 37%
 
12.5 10.2 12 Shots against (avg) S A 9.3 11.1 9.4
4.5 3.8 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.4 3.6
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Chelsea have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Chelsea have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Chelsea have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Chelsea have scored more than double the goals of Wolverhampton Wanderers.
  • Chelsea have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Premier League
  • Chelsea haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Premier League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 17 13 2 2 40 9 9 7 1 1 25 3 8 6 1 1 15 6 31 41
2 Liverpool 17 12 4 1 48 13 9 6 3 0 22 6 8 6 1 1 26 7 35 40
3 Chelsea 17 11 4 2 39 12 9 5 3 1 22 7 8 6 1 1 17 5 27 37
4 Arsenal 17 9 2 6 23 22 9 7 1 1 17 6 8 2 1 5 6 16 1 29
5 West Ham United 17 8 4 5 28 21 8 4 2 2 16 12 9 4 2 3 12 9 7 28
6 Manchester United 16 8 3 5 26 24 8 4 1 3 14 13 8 4 2 2 12 11 2 27
7 Tottenham Hotspur 14 8 1 5 16 17 8 6 0 2 11 8 6 2 1 3 5 9 -1 25
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 17 7 3 7 13 14 8 3 1 4 5 7 9 4 2 3 8 7 -1 24
9 Leicester City 16 6 4 6 27 27 8 4 1 3 15 12 8 2 3 3 12 15 0 22
10 Aston Villa 17 7 1 9 23 25 8 4 1 3 14 11 9 3 0 6 9 14 -2 22
11 Crystal Palace 17 4 8 5 24 24 9 3 5 1 15 9 8 1 3 4 9 15 0 20
12 Brentford 16 5 5 6 21 22 8 3 1 4 10 10 8 2 4 2 11 12 -1 20
13 Brighton & Hove Albion 16 4 8 4 14 17 8 2 3 3 6 9 8 2 5 1 8 8 -3 20
14 Everton 17 5 4 8 21 29 8 4 1 3 13 13 9 1 3 5 8 16 -8 19
15 Southampton 17 3 8 6 16 26 8 2 5 1 8 7 9 1 3 5 8 19 -10 17
16 Leeds United 17 3 7 7 17 32 8 2 4 2 9 11 9 1 3 5 8 21 -15 16
17 Watford 16 4 1 11 21 31 8 2 1 5 10 17 8 2 0 6 11 14 -10 13
18 Burnley 15 1 8 6 14 21 7 1 4 2 8 8 8 0 4 4 6 13 -7 11
19 Newcastle United 17 1 7 9 18 37 8 1 4 3 12 17 9 0 3 6 6 20 -19 10
20 Norwich City 17 2 4 11 8 34 9 1 2 6 5 14 8 1 2 5 3 20 -26 10

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