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WOLVERHAMPTON. Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Chelsea to win 2-1. A goal from C. Nkunku was decisive in the 90min. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Wolverhampton Wanderers to strike first with a goal of Mario Lemina at the 51′. Then Matt Doherty scored again for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 90′ minute. Eventually, Christopher Nkunku reduced the distance for Chelsea (90′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Chelsea was surely better in terms of ball possession (69%).
The match was played at the Molineux Stadium stadium in Wolverhampton on Sunday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was David Coote who had the assistance of Tim Wood and Mark Scholes. The 4th official was Tony Harrington. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 12.74 degrees Celsius or 54.93 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.
Match Statistics
- ! 31 Ball Possession 69
Shots
- 14 Total 16
- 6 On Target 5
- 3 Off Target 4
- 5 Shots blocked 7
- 70 Attack 113
- 43 Dangerous attack 63
- 58 Ball safe 98
- 9 Free Kicks 14
- 0 Penalties 0
- 10 Corners 6
Fouls
- 11 Total 9
- 3 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Chelsea had a strong ball possession 69% while Wolverhampton Wanderers was struggling with a 31% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Chelsea was more pushing with 63 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, Wolverhampton Wanderers managed to find the solution to win this contest.
Wolverhampton Wanderers shot 14 times, 6 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Chelsea shot 16 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Wolverhampton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards (Matheus Cunha, Hugo Bueno and Mario Lemina). On the other side, Chelsea received 6 yellow cards (Raheem Sterling, Marcus Bettinelli, Nicolas Jackson, Malo Gusto, Cole Palmer and Conor Gallagher).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Wolverhampton Wanderers has 22 points like Chelsea and AFC Bournemouth to sit in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Chelsea will stays with 22 points like Wolverhampton Wanderers and AFC Bournemouth to sit in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Wolverhampton Wanderers will play away with Brentford on the 27th of December with a 7-4 head to head statistic in favor of Wolverhampton Wanderers (3 draws).
Chelsea will host Crystal Palace on the 27th of December with a 17-4 head to head record in favor of Chelsea (0 draws).
Wolverhampton Wanderers – Formation
Wolverhampton Wanderers
70'
27'
51'
Wolverhampton Wanderers started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Gary O’Neil decided to play with the following team: José Sá , Max Kilman , Craig Dawson , Toti , Nélson Semedo , Mario Lemina , Jérémy Pied, João Gomes , Rayan Aït-Nouri , Hee-chan Hwang , Pablo Sarabia and Matheus Cunha .
The home team had on the bench: Matt Doherty , Santiago Bueno , Hugo Bueno , Sasa Kalajdzic, Tommy Doyle , Daniel Bentley, Ty Barnett, Tawanda Chirewa and Owen Hesketh.
Wolverhampton Wanderers could not rely on the presence of Santiago Bueno (injured).
Substitutions
Wolverhampton Wanderers made 4 changes: Craig Dawson for Santiago Bueno (70′), Matheus Cunha for Matt Doherty (86′), Rayan Aït-Nouri for Hugo Bueno (87′) and Pablo Sarabia for Tommy Doyle (75′).
Player of the match: Mario Lemina
The most impressive player for Wolverhampton Wanderers was Mario Lemina.
His rating is with 1 goal, 37 passes (73% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 10.
Chelsea – Formation
Chelsea
Chelsea started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero played with: Djordje Petrovic , Malo Gusto , Axel Disasi , Thiago Silva , Levi Colwill , Moisés Caicedo, Lesley Ugochukwu , Conor Gallagher , Cole Palmer , Nicolas Jackson , Raheem Sterling and Armando Broja .
They had on the bench: Benoît Badiashile , Mykhaylo Mudryk , Noni Madueke , Marcus Bettinelli, Christopher Nkunku , I. Maatsen , Roméo Lavia, Lucas Bergström and Alex Matos.
Chelsea could not rely on the presence of Christopher Nkunku (injured).
Substitutions
Chelsea made 5 changes: Lesley Ugochukwu for Christopher Nkunku (58′), Armando Broja for Mykhaylo Mudryk (59′), Levi Colwill for I. Maatsen (79′), Malo Gusto for Benoît Badiashile (80′) and Nicolas Jackson for Noni Madueke (80′).
Player of the match: Christopher Nkunku
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Chelsea was Christopher Nkunku.
His rating is with 1 goal, 17 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes. He performed 1 cross.
His performance was exceptional also because he commenced the match from the bench before entering in the 58′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
