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After losing three consecutive Premier League matches against Wolves between April 2023 and February 2024, Chelsea won both meetings last season by an aggregate score of 9-3.
Wolves have won just one of their 11 away matches in the Premier League against Chelsea (D3 L7), securing a 4-2 victory in February 2024.
Chelsea have scored 5+ goals in four different Premier League games against Wolves, including a 6-2 win at Molineux last season. Against this team, the Blues did more in the competition, while it is also the greatest number of Wolves having conceded 5+ against an opponent.
Wolves have picked up just two points from 10 Premier League games this season (D2 L8). All Premier League teams with two points or less at this stage have subsequently been relegated – Man City in 1995-96 (2), Sunderland in 2016-17 (2), Sheffield United in 2020-21 (1) and 2023-24 (1) and Norwich in 2021-22 (2).
Chelsea have spent just 14.4% of their Premier League matches this season in a losing match state, with only Crystal Palace (14.2%) spending a lower portion of their matches losing. In contrast, the Wolves’ opponents have spent 59.1% of their games losing, the most of any team.
Wolves have gone 14 Premier League matches without a win (D3, L11), having won six in a row previously. Only once did they go 15 top-flight matches without a win, without being relegated in the meantime, between January and August 1970 (16).
Enzo Maresca has faced teams with first names starting with ‘W’ 10 times in English football in all competitions with Leicester and Chelsea and he has won all 10 matches, seeing the Foxes and Blues score a total of 31 goals in those victories; they faced Watford (2), West Brom (2), West Ham (3) and Wolves (3).
Chelsea have conceded 6.1 xG from set pieces (excluding pens) in the Premier League this season, the most of any team. In contrast, they have faced just 62 shots in open play, with only Arsenal (53) conceding fewer in 2025-26.
Only Fulham (140) have conceded more fouls in the Premier League this season than Wolves (134), with midfielder João Gomes the third player in the division to have conceded the most fouls (21). Since his debut in February 2023, Gomes has committed the most fouls (174) and received the most yellow cards (28) in the competition.
João Pedro has been involved in six goals in his last nine Premier League appearances (3 goals, 3 assists) for Chelsea. His next match will be his 100th in the competition, becoming the 31st Brazilian to reach that total – the only non-British nations with more are France (59), the Republic of Ireland (56) and Spain (40).