Chelsea vs Wolves

Timo Werner with an early shot! Pulisic goes for goal, it's mis-cued, and Werner gets a decent touch on it to send it towards goal. Strong save by Sa; ...

Although still mathematically not yet relegated, as Hodgson conceded, in all likelihood they will be down by the end of Saturday’s game. It will not be the same when he walks away from Watford. And Hodgson admitted there may well be some bemusement in the stands at his return in charge of someone else. It lasted just eight months: after walking away for the final time from Crystal Palace last May, he was back in the dugout at Watford in January. This week, at the age of 74, he once again declared his intention to pack it all in. But there is another curtain closing at the other end of the table. The situation is coming from big knockout matches, a busy schedule and going back to the league to play for points. It surely effects the team but I cannot say to which degree. With four games left, Arsenal (63) and Tottenham Hotspur (61) are closing in as the three teams vie for two Champions League spots. Chelsea have looked a bit predictable at times and been somewhat sluggish. Zaha netted off the bench at Southampton last weekend and earns a recall alongside Jack Butland, Will Hughes, Michael Olise and Odsonne Edouard. Chelsea are really on the ropes here! He could've pulled the trigger earlier, but he tries to chop back inside again and he only wins a corner.

Chelsea welcome Wolves at Stamford Bridge this afternoon as they look to end their Premier League slump.Thomas Tuchel's side have only won two of thei.

- Wolves are winless in their last eight away league games against Chelsea (D3 L5), since a 2-1 win in March 1979. - Only bottom side Norwich (19) have failed to score in more different Premier League games than Wolves (16) this season. In fact, the Blues have conceded before half-time in just one of their last 13 Premier League games, doing so twice in their eventual 4-2 defeat to Arsenal. They’ve not lost four consecutive league games without scoring a single goal since March-April 1970 in the top-flight. - Mason Mount is Chelsea’s highest scorer (10) and assister (9) in the Premier League this season, with only Mohamed Salah registering double figures for both goals and assists so far this term. And it doesn’t matter if we are in a race for top four, the last four games is not enough.

Chelsea hosts Wolves in a pivotal Premier League clash, here is how The Pride of London team sees the contest playing out.

The season after season battle that the media has to try and do the Blues down is relentless. Wolves is a stubborn—albeit struggling—side currently, but so are the Blues. I’m going to go with my colleague, Kevin, and predict Big Rom to be the match winner and restore the passion of the Stamford Bridge faithful. It will be a difficult game, partly because it’s Wolves and partly because every game for Chelsea is a difficult game at this moment in time. Chelsea has struggled against Wolves, and this stubborn side has the potential to even cause an upset. After struggling against a struggling Everton, it would be “a Chelsea thing” to also struggle against Wolves due to self-inflicted issues. Wolves proved a struggle earlier in the campaign, but that was on a rainy, foggy day in Wolverhampton with an exhausted and depleted squad.

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It's been quite a day for the hosts. Wissa then seized on the loose ball and picked out the bottom corner. Boly stepped in to intercept, however. Sa got down to make the save, though. If that was on target, it likely would have beaten the goalkeeper all ends up. The focus has turned to their attempts to seal a spot in the Champions League for next season, and the happier supporters have turned up in their droves. Toney was able to take down a corner on his chest, move to the byline and then cross into the penalty area. Moutinho clipped one into the penalty area, Silva deflected the ball slightly, and Saiss was unable to readjust on the fly to guide a header on target. Sa looked to be odds-on to gobble the ball up but he made a mess of the situation, leaving Lukaku with the ball at a tight angle. Buendia's strike from the middle of the area took a wicked deflection and was diverted out of the grasp of the flailing Pope. Moutinho came away with the ball from a 50/50 in the centre of the park, and Boly played through Ait-Nouri. Lukaku was able to hold off Saiss on the edge of the box, and was felled.

Chelsea face Wolves this afternoon as they bid to arrest a poor run of form and make sure of a top-four spot in the Premier League.

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Incidentally, Tuchel's first game was also a home game against Wolves. That ended 0-0, so let's try to do better this time around. Lukaku and Pulisic both start ...

Chelsea have not yet made completely sure of Champions League football for next season. Their lead over fifth-placed Tottenham stands at five points, but there ...

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Thomas Tuchel has made three changes following our defeat at Everton last weekend and a full week to prepare for today's game.

Christian Pulisic replaces Mason Mount in the attack where he is joined by Timo Werner. The referee is Peter Bankes. The defence is unchanged.

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Buendía threads a beautiful ball through to Ings and the striker makes no mistake! What a start! Lukaku's 13th goal of the season. Bad giveaway from Wolves leads to a Pulisic assist and Lukaku finish from just outside the box. #CRYWAT https://t.co/xltX9OBXLq pic.twitter.com/2o7QAlJM0F May 7, 2022 In the 97th minute, it's Conor Coady of all people! The last few weeks haven't been good enough but we stood up to it and today was a good performance. We love playing for our football club every single day so it was more about performance - we've spoken about that. It is about enjoying tonight; it puts us closer to where we want to be." "There should be a freshness about us because we only play once a week; the lads have prepared well. We've been indifferent at home, so we know what we need to work on. We have been a really strong away team.

Todd Boehly is set to be in attendance at Stamford Bridge on Saturday afternoon when Chelsea face Wolves in the Premier League.

It will be the first time he attends a game since the purchase agreement was signed. More details will be provided at that time." "Of the total investment being made, £2.5 billion will be applied to purchase the shares in the Club and such proceeds will be deposited into a frozen UK bank account with the intention to donate 100% to charitable causes as confirmed by Roman Abramovich. UK Government approval will be required for the proceeds to be transferred from the frozen UK bank account.

Chelsea welcome Wolves to Stamford Bridge on Saturday looking to get back on track in the Premier League with a win and secure third place.

"I am expecting this to be a much easier afternoon for the Blues, however. "Wolves are in poor form though. Spurs and in particular, Arsenal, aren’t far off them now and Chelsea will be looking over their shoulders.

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It doesn't affect me, but the news is positive and we need it to be resolved." On Lukaku, Tuchel said: "It was a good performance but for sure this is not the time to praise individual players. I don't know if that was the right decision from me but it was a lack of discipline and execution of the match plan. "I don't think the ownership is a reason for a lack of focus. "I reminded the team to execute the match plan with more precision and we did this to go 2-0 up but then we took more risks. "It is not about dropping too low but about the ball structure and losing it in key positions. Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel: "Of course [it feels like a defeat]. We started both halves very well and controlled the match with a very offensive approach to this game today with a 5-3-2 formation. But it was in between those two chances that Chelsea thought they had found the breakthrough - and Lukaku really ought to have made no mistake. The German was frank, telling his players to "be more exhausted after games" having seen a drop-off in physical input during recent defeats to Arsenal and Everton. In came Romelu Lukaku and Chrsitian Pulisic to the three-pronged attack. Chiquinho just runs at people and causes problems and we know about the quality of Trincao's finishing.The subs were massive for us in getting the point." We've been to Man Utd and Tottenham and won but we feel we should have had all three here but for a mad five minutes.

Todd Boehly is in attendance today, hours after official confirmation from Chelsea that his consortium have agreed a £4.25billion deal to purchase the club from ...

takes a deflection and just wide of the post. Poor ball into the box though. Trincao has been superb since coming on - so composed in the box, looks set to get his second.... 70 mins: Sa makes a bit of a mess of a ball over the top, Werner can get on the end of it. Timo Werner did have the ball in the net for the Blues after a smart finish, only for the referee’s whistle to go for the slightest of shoves on Saiss from the German. Romain Saiss should have put Wolves ahead when unmarked in the box from a free-kick, but sent his header into the ground and over the bar.