Chelsea vs Wolves predictions: Can the Blues capitalize on Wolves' off-field uncertainty?

Chelsea vs Wolves: Key Statistics

• Chelsea expected to win comfortably as Enzo Maresca's side win Opta supercomputerPre-game 73.2% simulation.
• Wolverhampton Wanderers have just two points from 10 Premier League games This season's games (D2 L8). Each Premier League team Relegated by two points or less at this stage.
• Going into MD11, Chelsea had only spent 14.4% of the Premier League season in a losing position, with only Crystal Palace (14.2%) spending a lower percentage of their games in losing. In contrast, rivals Wolves have spent 59.1% of their losing matches the most of any team.

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca says his young Chelsea side have "grown up" after they almost gave up a three-goal lead. Liam Delap, who beat Wolves in the EFL Cup just over a week ago, received the club's sixth red card in nine games when he came off the bench for the match.

In their next match, the Blues fielded one of their greatest matches to date and most mature performances under the Italian coach, limiting Tottenham Hotspur to only 0.10 expected goals (xG) while scoring a total of 3.68 points themselves.

Their midfield trio of Reece James Moises, Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez ruled the game with quality technical play Smooth movement in possession, starring Caicedo Defensive viewpoints as well, stripping two players of power before assisting João Pedro's winner.

This midfield can undoubtedly go head-to-head with the best teams in the world, and the team's performance as a whole demonstrates that there's a lot of potential on this side when Maresca's approach clicks.

After that win, they played out a frustrating draw with UEFA's Qarabag FK in Azerbaijan for the Champions League, but given that they rolled out a drastically altered lineup and had to deal with a four-hour time difference, a reapproval could have probably been avoided.

They now face Wolves again, this time in the Premier League League, but they have changed a lot in the middle of the rivalry.

Wolves' 3-0 loss away to Fulham last weekend left them behind in the Premier League with just two points from 10 games.

Every Premier League team that scored two points or less at this stage was subsequently relegated - Manchester City in the 1995-96 season (2), Sunderland in 2016-17 (2), Sheffield United in 2020-21 (1) and Norwich in the 2023-24 season (1) and 2021-22 season ( 2).

Following Pereira's sacking, the club also opted to depose their head of professional soccer, Domenico Teti, and off-field uncertainty is unlikely to help boost their strengths Poor performance on the field.

Wolverhampton Wanderers have spent 59.1% of game time in the Premier League Losing match form is the most in the division.

In comparison, Chelsea are just 14.4% games behind, the second lowest figure of any team behind Crystal Crystal Palace (14.2%).

Wolves' winless streak actually extends beyond this season; they have gone 14 Premier League matches without a win (D3 L11), winning six beforehand in a row. Only once have they played 15 top-flight matches without relegation between those matches without a win, doing so between January and August 1970 (16).

One avenue of attack for Wolves in this match could be from set pieces. Chelsea have conceded 6.1 xG from set pieces (excluding penalties) the most in the Premier League this season side.

But Chelsea are dangerous themselves. They have The second most goals from set pieces (excluding penalties) in the Premier League this season (8), behind Arsenal (10).

Wolves tend to offer a lot of dead-ball chances Opponents - only Fulham (140) have conceded more fouls in games this season in the Premier League than they have (134).

With Draper still returning to health, João Pedro will be expected to lead again.

His next match will be his 100th in the competition, becoming the 31st Brazilian to reach that total - the only non-British countries with more are France (59), the Republic of Ireland (56) and Spain (40).

He has been involved in six goals in his last nine Premier League appearances for Chelsea (three goals, three assists).

Chelsea will remain without long-term absentees Cole Palmer and Levi Colville, while Pedro Neto is at risk of missing out against his old club after missing the game against Qarabag due to a "minor problem".

Romeo Lavia was forced off with a quadriceps injury just after playing eight minutes against Calabagh, although Caicedo filled in and should have been rested.

Emmanuel Agbadu was sent off in the Wolves game against Fulham and is now is therefore suspended for this game, while the club will also be without Matt Doherty and Rodrigo Gomez.

Chelsea vs Wolveshead-to-head

After three consecutive Premier League defeats Wolves have a double over Chelsea between April 2023 and February 2024 Last season's total was 9-3

Wolves have won just one of their 11 Premier League away games against Chelsea (D3 L7), winning 4-2 in February 2024.

Chelsea have scored five or more goals in four different Premier League matches against Wolves, including a 6-2 win over Molineux last season. No team the Blues have played has done so much against the competition, while this is also the game in which Wolves have conceded five or more goals More goals scored against opponents.

Chelsea vs Wolves Predictions

Chelsea is considered by Opta as the favorite in this game supercomputerThe Wolf won 73.2% in 10,000 sims. The Wolf produced a shocking win in 11.3% of sims, while the tie was 15.5%.