Team
news and stats ahead of Wolves vs Chelsea in the Premier League on Tuesday
evening (kick-off 6pm).
Team news
Joao Moutinho is banned for Wolves' visit of Chelsea on Tuesday. The
midfielder was dismissed for collecting two yellow cards in Saturday's 1-0
defeat to local rivals Aston Villa.
Raul Jimenez is continuing the early stages of his recovery from the
fractured skull he suffered last month and has been spending time with the
squad at the club's training ground, while Jonny (knee) remains out.
Christian Pulisic returns to the Chelsea squad. The American winger has been
sidelined by a hamstring problem but has trained well since the weekend and
is in contention to start should Frank Lampard decide to change the team
that lost at Everton on Saturday.
Fellow wingers Hakim Ziyech and Callum Hudson-Odoi both need more time to
recover from their hamstring injuries.
Opta stats
Only against Liverpool (10) have Wolves lost more Premier League games than
they have versus Chelsea (9), while they've conceded more goals against the
Blues than they have any other side in the competition (32).
Chelsea have only failed to score in one of their last 17 top-flight
meetings with Wolves, doing so in a 0-1 loss at Molineux in January 2011.
Since returning to the Premier League in 2018, Wolves have won six of their
eight home midweek games in the competition (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday),
losing the other two. One of those victories was a 2-1 win over Chelsea in
December 2018.
Chelsea have lost just one of their last 20 Premier League games played on a
Tuesday (W12 D7), with that defeat coming at Liverpool in May 2012 (1-4).
Wolves have lost their last two Premier League games and are looking to
avoid three consecutive defeats in the competition for the first time since
November 2018.
Chelsea are looking to avoid back-to-back Premier League defeats for the
first time since December 2019, the first of which was away at Everton.
Each of Chelsea's last seven away Premier League scorers at Molineux have
been English (Lampard, Loftus-Cheek, Tomori, Abraham x3, Mount), while none
of Wolves' four home goals against the Blues in the competition have been
scored by an Englishman (excl. own goals).
Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham has scored six goals in his four league
appearances against Wolves, netting a hat-trick in Chelsea's 5-2 win in this
exact fixture last season.
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