Wolverhampton Wanderers overcomes Chelsea 4-2. HIGHLIGHTS

LONDON. Wolverhampton Wanderers defeats Chelsea 4-2.

February 5, 2024

LONDON. Wolverhampton Wanderers tops Chelsea 4-2. Chelsea was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (64%).

The match was played at the Stamford Bridge stadium in London on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. In front of 39,628 spectators. The referee was Tim Robinson who had the assistance of Lee Betts and Akil Howson. The 4th official was James Linington. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 12.76 degrees Celsius or 54.97 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.

Match Statistics

Chelsea

2 - 4

Wolverhampton Wanderers

! 64 Ball Possession 36

Shots

15 Total 14
6 On Target 7
7 Off Target 4
2 Shots blocked 3

136 Attack 65
68 Dangerous attack 31
125 Ball safe 117

0 Penalties 1
10 Corners 1

Fouls

13 Total 11
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Chelsea had a strong ball possession 64% while Wolverhampton Wanderers was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Chelsea was more pushing with 68 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyhow, Wolverhampton Wanderers was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.

Chelsea shot 15 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Wolverhampton Wanderers shot 14 times, 7 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Chelsea received 3 yellow cards (Ben Chilwell, Malo Gusto and Moisés Caicedo). Talking about the opposition, Wolverhampton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards (Pedro Neto and Nélson Semedo).

Match Timeline

Cole Palmer(goal)Moisés Caicedo

19'

22'

Matheus Cunha(goal)João Gomes

Malo Gusto- Yellow

31'

39'

Nélson Semedo- Yellow

41'

Pedro Neto- Yellow

Axel Disasi (own-goal)

43'

Moisés Caicedo- Yellow

56'

63'

Matheus Cunha(goal)Pedro Neto

Nicolas Jackson- sub ->Moisés Caicedo

63'

72'

Jean-Ricner Bellegarde- sub ->Pedro Neto

Carney Chukwuemeka- sub ->Christopher Nkunku

72'

Thomas Doyle- sub ->Pablo Sarabia

Mykhaylo Mudryk- sub ->Raheem Sterling

72'

Ben Chilwell- Yellow

78'

Benoît Badiashile- sub ->Ben Chilwell

81'

Alfie Gilchrist- sub ->Malo Gusto

81'

82'

Matheus Cunha(penalty)

Thiago Silva(goal)Mykhaylo Mudryk

86'

87'

Hugo Bueno- sub ->Rayan Aït-Nouri

90'

Matt Doherty- sub ->João Gomes

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Brighton & Hove Albion

AFC Bournemouth

Crystal Palace

Wolverhampton Wanderers

After playing this contest, Chelsea stays with 31 points to remain in the 11th place. Regarding the opposition, Wolverhampton Wanderers will has 32 points to hold in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Chelsea will play away with Crystal Palace on the 10th of February with a 18-4 head to head record in favor of Chelsea (0 draws).

Wolverhampton Wanderers will host Brentford on the 10th of February with a 8-4 head to head record in favor of Wolverhampton Wanderers (5 draws).

Chelsea – Formation

Chelsea

Djordje Petrovic 28.Serbia

6.8

Axel Disasi 2.France

6.4

Thiago Silva 6.Brazil

7.7

86'

Ben Chilwell 21.England

7.5

81'

78'

Malo Gusto 27.France

5.4

81'

31'

Raheem Sterling 7.England

6.3

72'

Enzo Fernández 8.Argentina

7.5

Christopher Nkunku 18.France

6.8

72'

Cole Palmer 20.England

7.5

19'

Conor Gallagher 23.England

6.8

Moisés Caicedo 25.Ecuador

7.1

63'

56'

Substitutes

Marcus Bettinelli 13.England

Lucas Bergström 47.Finland

Alfie Gilchrist 42.England

6.4

81'

Benoît Badiashile 5.France

6.6

81'

Carney Chukwuemeka 17.England

6.8

72'

Cesare Casadei 31.Italy

Mykhaylo Mudryk 10.Ukraine

7.0

72'

Noni Madueke 11.England

Nicolas Jackson 15.Senegal

6.3

63'

Chelsea started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero decided to play with the following team: Djordje Petrovic (6.8), Malo Gusto (5.4), Axel Disasi (6.4), Thiago Silva (7.7), Ben Chilwell (7.5), Moisés Caicedo (7.1), Enzo Fernández (7.5), Cole Palmer (7.5), Conor Gallagher (6.8), Raheem Sterling (6.3) and Christopher Nkunku (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Benoît Badiashile (6.6), Mykhaylo Mudryk (7.0), Noni Madueke, Marcus Bettinelli, Nicolas Jackson (6.3), Carney Chukwuemeka (6.8), Cesare Casadei, Alfie Gilchrist (6.4) and Lucas Bergström.

Substitutions

Chelsea made 5 changes: Ben Chilwell for Benoît Badiashile (81′), Malo Gusto for Alfie Gilchrist (81′), Christopher Nkunku for Carney Chukwuemeka (72′), Raheem Sterling for Mykhaylo Mudryk (72′) and Moisés Caicedo for Nicolas Jackson (63′).

Player of the match: Thiago Silva

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Chelsea was Thiago Silva.

His rating is 7.7 with 1 goal, 82 passes (94% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 7.

Wolverhampton Wanderers – Formation

Wolverhampton Wanderers

José Sá 1.Portugal

6.3

Craig Dawson 15.England

7.3

Max Kilman 23.England

7.1

Toti 24.Portugal

6.8

João Gomes 8.Brazil

7.5

90'

Rayan Aït-Nouri 3.Algeria

7.5

87'

Mario Lemina 5.Gabon

7.0

J. Pied 8.France

Matheus Cunha 12.Brazil

10.2

22', 63', 82'

Pablo Sarabia 21.Spain

7.0

72'

Nélson Semedo 22.Portugal

6.7

39'

Pedro Neto 7.Portugal

7.5

72'

41'

Substitutes

Daniel Bentley 25.England

Matt Doherty 2.Republic of Ireland

6.8

90'

Santiago Bueno 4.Uruguay

Hugo Bueno 17.Spain

7.0

87'

Thomas Doyle 20.England

6.8

72'

Jean-Ricner Bellegarde 27.France

6.4

72'

H. Griffiths 42.England

T. Chirewa 62.England

N. Fraser 63.England

Wolverhampton Wanderers started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Gary O’Neil played with: Jérémy Pied, José Sá (6.3), Max Kilman (7.1), Craig Dawson (7.3), Toti (6.8), Nélson Semedo (6.7), Mario Lemina (7.0), João Gomes (7.5), Rayan Aït-Nouri (7.5), Pablo Sarabia (7.0) and Matheus Cunha (10.2), Pedro Neto (7.5).

These were the players on the bench: Matt Doherty (6.8), Santiago Bueno, Hugo Bueno (7.0), Tommy Doyle (6.8), Daniel Bentley, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (6.4), Harvey Griffiths, Tawanda Chirewa and Nathan Fraser.

Substitutions

Wolverhampton Wanderers made 4 changes: João Gomes for Matt Doherty (90′), Pablo Sarabia for Tommy Doyle (72′), Rayan Aït-Nouri for Hugo Bueno (87′) and Pedro Neto for Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (72′).