face at Stamford Bridge within the this night, with th win since mid-December.
Enzo Maresca’s facet final gained towards Brentford on 15 December, and have since misplaced to Ipswich and Fulham whereas These outcomes have seen them slip into sixth forward of kick-off, although they will instantly transfer again into the highest 4 with a win tonight.
On the different finish of the desk, Wolves sit precariously in seventeenth, out of the relegation zone on objective distinction alone. New supervisor Vitor Pereira has managed to regular the ship considerably, however he is aware of his facet want to choose up factors rapidly if they’re to remain out of attain of the underside three.
The midlands facet haven’t gained within the league since Boxing Day and have a horrible run of fixtures on the horizon with Arsenal, Aston Villa and Liverpool to return.
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Enzo Maresca’s facet sit sixth, however final gained a league match in mid-December
Wolves are solely outdoors of the relegation zone on objective distinction
Chelsea XI: Sanchez; James, Tosin, Chalobah, Cucurella; Caicedo, Dewsbury-Corridor; Madueke, Palmer, Neto; Jackson
Wolves XI: Sa; Semedo, Doherty, Bueno, Agbadou, Ait-Nouri; Joao Gomes, Andre, Sarabia; Strand Larsen, Cunha
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A powerful begin
19:15 , Mike Jones
Wolves earned seven factors from their opening three matches underneath Vitor Pereira however have subsequently suffered successive 3-0 league defeats.
Can they get again to successful methods tonight?
Chelsea want to enhance at Stamford Bridge
19:10 , Mike Jones
Simply 43% of Chelsea’s factors this season have come at dwelling (16 of 37), which is the bottom proportion within the prime flight.
One cause for that would be the truth they’ve stored only one clear sheet at dwelling within the league.
Can they shut out Wolves tonight?
Blues’ dangerous kind
19:05 , Mike Jones
Chelsea are winless in 5 leagues video games (three attracts, two defeats), instantly following a run of 5 straight victories.
Reece James on ‘positives’ of Bournemouth draw
19:00 , Mike Jones
Chelsea captain Reece James got here off the bench to earn Chelsea some extent in a 2-2 draw towards Bournemouth and says the group might have gained all three.
“It was disappointing to solely take some extent from the sport,” mentioned James, who made his first league look since November within the match.
“We have been dominating a lot of the recreation and we must always have walked away with three factors.
“Collectively as a group we had possibilities within the first half and typically in video games if you don’t take the probabilities, the sport goes on and so they managed to get two objectives.
“There are positives to take. The quantity of possibilities we created for instance. Anybody can beat anybody, we simply must put this recreation behind us now and take it recreation by recreation.”
There are positives – Reece James upbeat regardless of Chelsea’s winless run extending
18:55 , Mike Jones
mentioned there are positives to be taken by Chelsea after his stoppage-time free-kick salvaged a 2-2 draw towards Bournemouth.
Enzo Maresca’s facet are actually 5 video games with out a win within the regardless of their captain’s dramatic late intervention at .
That run has seen them drop from second place in direction of the top of December, after they have been thought of the facet probably to problem leaders Liverpool, to fourth and vulnerable to dropping out of the Champions League locations.
Wolves line-ups to tackle Chelsea
18:50 , Mike Jones
Wolves XI: Sa; Semedo, Doherty, Bueno, Agbadou, Ait-Nouri; Joao Gomes, Andre, Sarabia; Strand Larsen, Cunha
Chelsea vs Wolves
18:50 , Mike Jones
Chelsea ended a run of three straight league defeats towards Wolves by successful this season’s reverse fixture 6-2 at Molineux in August.
After a 4-2 victory at Stamford Bridge final season, Wolves are aiming to safe back-to-back league wins at Chelsea for the primary time since February 1964.
Chelsea line-up to face Wolves
18:46 , Mike Jones
Chelsea XI: Sanchez; James, Tosin, Chalobah, Cucurella; Caicedo, Dewsbury-Corridor; Madueke, Palmer, Neto; Jackson
‘They’re a group with id’
18:40 , Mike Jones
Vitor Pereira spoke about what he’s anticipating when Wolves tackle Chelsea this night.
He mentioned: “They’re a group that possibly 5 video games away was a group to win the league. Now, as a result of they aren’t getting the outcomes, they’ve the identical gamers, the identical supervisor, prime gamers a prime supervisor.
“They’re a group that has id as a group, they play within the fashion the place they’ve a mannequin recreation, and we should go there with our id and the issues that we attempt to work each day, attempting to extend each day.
“I am not a coach that if I lose a recreation, I might change my thoughts. I’m a coach to create an id, to extend the extent, to extend the extent to play in the identical fashion, in the best way to have intentions. We go to face Chelsea, attempting to play our recreation.
“After all, within the different facet, we’ll face a group with high quality, with prime gamers, and towards prime gamers, you can not take into account the areas and the time to play in the best way that they like.”
Pereira’s group information replace
18:35 , Mike Jones
The officers line-ups will likely be dropping shorting however right here’s the Wolves supervisor talking about potential absentees final Friday.
Vitor Pereira mentioned: “At present he [Cunha] was out of the coaching as a result of he’s bought a flu. He’s a bit sick, however I hope tomorrow he will likely be on the pitch, and possibly if he’s on the pitch coaching, it’s a risk to play the following recreation.
“Semedo is coaching and Toti is recovering. He’s recovering properly and I consider [he will return] in a single week – possibly, I am not a health care provider. However Toti is recovering properly, Bouba [Traore] is working with us now after the damage within the knee and Sasa [Kalajdzic] is working with the medical division.”
Semedo on Wolves’ defensive points
18:30 , Mike Jones
Wolves defender Nelson Semedo says the group have already improved underneath new boss Vitor Pereira however they know they must cease conceding objectives.
Semedo mentioned: “We’ve got to attempt to concede much less objectives or strive to not concede objectives in any respect.
“We all know that it’s robust if you concede a objective, particularly away towards these groups it’s actually onerous, however we’re working onerous with Vitor and the workers to make the issues higher.
“We’re already seeing enhancements from all people, so that is what now we have to maintain doing.”
18:25 , Mike Jones
Talking after Wolves’ defeat to Newcastle, Nelson Semedo mentioned his group don’t have any time to really feel sorry for themselves.
“Powerful night for us. Shedding is at all times dangerous, however we performed towards group. We had our possibilities as properly,” the defender defined.
“We created a few possibilities that we didn’t rating. Afterwards, now we have to appropriate some errors that we had, however now we have no time to waste. We’ve got an enormous recreation on Monday, and now we have to recuperate and get recreation prepared.
“The group from the final month that you’ve got been seeing is a totally completely different group.
“We did good video games, good wins, away and residential video games. That is us.
“At present was not our day, however now we have no time to waste, an enormous recreation to organize for on Monday, so we go ahead. I’ve to concentrate on my group and put together the fellows. Maintain the constructive vitality and transfer on and transfer on. That is the one approach.”
We’re not embarrassed – Enzo Maresca defends Chelsea gamers over ref exchanges
18:20 , Mike Jones
Chelsea head coach rejected strategies his group must be embarrassed by makes an attempt to affect referees and known as out key choices which have gone towards his facet.
Defender was concerned in an incident with Bournemouth’s throughout final Tuesday’s 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge during which the Cherries participant narrowly prevented being dismissed.
Brooks appeared to tug Cucurella’s hair and despatched the Spain worldwide falling to the bottom, albeit theatrically, the identical offence for which Southampton’s Jack Stephens was despatched off towards the Blues earlier within the season.
Maresca’s damage updates
18:15 , Mike Jones
Will Cole Palmer play for Chelsea? That is still to be seen after the midfielder failed to coach with the group on Friday.
Enzo Maresca gave a replace for among the gamers who’re uncertain for tonight’s match saying:
“We have been with out Cole [for training], he was not within the session. Levi [Colwill] was additionally not within the session, Enzo [Fernandez] wasn’t within the session, and Romeo [Lavia] wasn’t within the session. So now we have three or 4 gamers who’re doubts for Monday’s recreation.
“Cole had a kick within the ankle within the first half [against Bournemouth]. He didn’t practice and we don’t know if we’ll practice tomorrow or in two days. It’s the identical state of affairs with Enzo, Levi and Romeo.”
Reece James’ minutes will likely be managed
18:10 , Mike Jones
Reece James made his first league look since November within the draw with Bournemouth after recovering from damage and Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca says the captain will likely be managed to make sure he doesn’t get injured once more.
“For positive he’s essential, but additionally on this second he may be much more essential,” Maresca mentioned throughout his pre-match press convention.
“Reece is a vital participant for us and probably the most essential as a result of he’s our captain and since we all know how good he’s. Since we began he hasn’t at all times been match, however he’s higher now and with him again we’re glad.
“For Reece, it’s not about if he scores objectives or what number of minutes. It’s about managing his state of affairs. So we are going to see.
“For positive, if he has performed 45 minutes it means he may be prepared [for Wolves], however what we don’t need with Reece is that we go once more and he has an damage once more. We don’t need that.
“Since we began, we are attempting to assist him and we’re doing precisely the identical at this second.”
Maresca on his facet coping with a dip in kind
18:05 , Mike Jones
Chelsea haven’t gained in 5 league video games however supervisor Enzo Marseca says this second is a studying curve for his younger facet.
“They’re not youngsters,” the supervisor instructed the media earlier than tonight’s match.
“They’re 20-year-old gamers most of them. They must cope with that. If some second like this occurs, it’s not simply us, it’s all of the golf equipment. They’ve all had some moments like this, besides Liverpool.
“It’s simply the way you embrace that second and also you attempt to react and attempt to begin once more to win video games.
“It’s a brand new state of affairs for them, they reside now and doubtless the following time it occurs they will reside it in a greater approach.”
Enzo Maresca says his younger Chelsea gamers ‘will not be youngsters’
18:00 , Mike Jones
Chelsea head coach mentioned his younger facet “will not be youngsters” as he known as on them to embrace the problem of ending a five-game winless run.
have sunk to fifth within the since they final gained a recreation on December 15 as their transient problem to leaders crumbled.
Maresca has at all times maintained his group – who’ve the youngest common age within the league at slightly below 24 – will not be able to compete for the title, even after they went on a successful spree earlier than Christmas that took them to inside two factors of the summit.
Chelsea vs Wolves prediction
17:55 , Mike Jones
Regardless of a winless run within the Premier League now spanning 5 matches, Enzo Maresca’s facet will take confidence from current performances and may have sufficient firepower to get previous the Wolves defence.
Whether or not the guests can steal a objective or two on the different finish stays to be seen but when they will it’ll be a detailed contest. If not, Chelsea ought to run out comfy winners.
Chelsea 2-0 Wolves.
Early group information for Wolves
17:50 , Mike Jones
Mario Lemina has apologised to Vitor Pereira and mentioned he’s keen to play having requested to not be thought of final week as hypothesis grows over his future. He could miss out anyway.
Predicted Wolves XI: Sa; Doherty, Bueno, Agbadou; R Gomes, Andre, J Gomes, Ait-Nouri; Hwang, Cunha; Larsen.
Early Chelsea group information
17:45 , Chris Wilson
Levi Colwill is a doubt for Chelsea, who’re additionally with out defenders Benoit Badiashile and Wesley Fofana.
Trevoh Chalobah has been recalled from his mortgage at Crystal Palace to bolster Enzo Maresca’s choices within the again 4.
Enzo Fernandez and Cole Palmer ought to overcome points to start out.
Predicted Chelsea XI: Sanchez; Caicedo, Tosin, Colwill, Cucurella; Fernandez, Lavia; Madueke, Palmer, Sancho; Jackson.
How can I watch it?
17:40 , Mike Jones
Viewers in the UK can watch the match reside on Sky Sports activities Fundamental Occasion and Sky Sports activities Premier League, with protection on the channels from 6.30pm.
A reside stream will likely be accessible through Sky Go.
When is Chelsea vs Wolves
17:35 , Chris Wilson
Chelsea vs Wolves is because of kick off at 8pm GMT on Monday 20 January at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea vs Wolves
17:30 , Mike Jones
will hope to get their stuttering marketing campaign going once more as they welcome struggling to Stamford Bridge.
Hopes of a title push have light in current weeks with ’s facet desperately in need of kind in a run of 5 video games with out a win.
They’ll climb again into the highest 4 with a house victory over a visiting group trying to get again on monitor themselves.
The instant upturn in fortunes caused by ’s arrival has been dropped at an finish by back-to-back 3-0 defeats, leaving Wolves stage on factors with 18th-placed Ipswich.
Chelsea vs Wolves LIVE
14:11 , Chris Wilson
Good night and welcome to The Unbiased’s protection of tonight’s match between Chelsea and Wolves within the Premier League.
Chelsea are searching their first win for the reason that center of December, whereas Wolves want any factors they will get as they attempt to stave off relegation.
We’ll have all the most recent updates proper right here.