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Wolverhampton 2-1 Chelsea - December 24, 2023 / Premier League 2023/2024

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Premier League 2023/2024 - Journée 18

Molineux Ground - Wolverhampton - England

December 24, 2023 - 13:00

31 641

Wolverhampton

2 - 1

Chelsea

Assist by Pablo Sarabia (header) Mario Lemina

51'

(right foot) Matt Doherty

90+3'

90+6'

Christopher Nkunku (header) Assist by Raheem Sterling

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27' - Yellow card Mario Lemina27

30' - Yellow card Conor Gallagher

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51' - Goal Mario Lemina51

56' - Yellow card Cole Palmer

58' - Substitution Lesley Ugochukwuis substituted by Christopher Nkunku

59' - Substitution Armando Brojais substituted by Mykhaylo Mudryk

60' - Yellow card Malo Gusto

62' - Yellow card Nicolas Jackson

64' - Yellow card Matheus Cunha64

70' - Substitution Craig Dawsonis substituted by Santiago Bueno70

75' - Substitution Pablo Sarabiais substituted by Tommy Doyle75

79' - Substitution Levi Colwillis substituted by Ian Maatsen

80' - Substitution Malo Gustois substituted by Benoît Badiashile photo Noni Madueke

80' - Substitution Nicolas Jacksonis substituted by Noni Madueke

86' - Substitution Matheus Cunhais substituted by Matt Doherty86

87' - Substitution Rayan Aït-Nouriis substituted by Hugo Bueno87

93' - Goal Matt Doherty93

96' - Goal Christopher Nkunku

99' - Yellow card Raheem Sterling

100' - Yellow card Hugo Bueno100

101

101' - Yellow card Marcus Bettinelli

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Wolverhampton

2 - 1

Chelsea

Wolverhampton Chelsea

Team line-ups

Wolverhampton

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

12Cunha8664

Matheus Cunha

Brazil

B.date27/05/1999

Age24 years

H1m84

positionSecond striker

21Sarabia75

Pablo Sarabia

Spain

B.date11/05/1992

Age31 years

H1m74

positionRight Winger

11Hwang

Hee-chan Hwang

South Korea

B.date26/01/1996

Age27 years

H1m77

positionStriker

3Aït-Nouri87

Rayan Aït-Nouri

Algeria

B.date06/06/2001

Age22 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

8João Gomes

João Gomes

Brazil

B.date12/02/2001

Age22 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

5Lemina5127

Mario Lemina

Gabon

B.date01/09/1993

Age30 years

H1m84

positionDefensive Midfielder

22Semedo

Nélson Semedo

Portugal

B.date16/11/1993

Age30 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

24Gomes

Tote Gomes

Portugal

B.date16/01/1999

Age24 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

15Dawson70

Craig Dawson

England

B.date06/05/1990

Age33 years

H1m89

positionRight central defender

23Kilman

Max Kilman

England

B.date23/05/1997

Age26 years

H1m92

positionLeft full-back

1José Sá

José Sá

Portugal

B.date17/01/1993

Age30 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	José Sá		30	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Craig Dawson	70	33	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	M	Rayan Aït-Nouri	87	22	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Max Kilman		26	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Tote Gomes		24	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Nélson Semedo		30	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Mario Lemina	5127	30	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	João Gomes		22	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Pablo Sarabia	75	31	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Matheus Cunha	8664	24	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Hee-chan Hwang		27	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Chelsea

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

19Broja59

Armando Broja

Albania

B.date10/09/2001

Age22 years

H1m83

positionCentre forward

7Sterling99

Raheem Sterling

England

B.date08/12/1994

Age29 years

H1m70

positionRight Winger

15Jackson8062

Nicolas Jackson

Senegal

B.date20/06/2001

Age22 years

H1m86

positionCentre forward

20Palmer56

Cole Palmer

England

B.date06/05/2002

Age21 years

H1m89

positionOffensive Midfielder

23Gallagher30

Conor Gallagher

England

B.date06/02/2000

Age23 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

16Ugochukwu58

Lesley Ugochukwu

France

B.date26/03/2004

Age19 years

H1m88

positionCentre Midfield

26Colwill79

Levi Colwill

England

B.date26/02/2003

Age20 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

6Thiago Silva

Thiago Silva

Brazil

B.date22/09/1984

Age39 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

2Disasi

Axel Disasi

France

B.date11/03/1998

Age25 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

27Gusto8060

Malo Gusto

France

B.date19/05/2003

Age20 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

28Petrovic

Djordje Petrovic

Serbia

B.date08/10/1999

Age24 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
28	G	Djordje Petrovic		24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Levi Colwill	79	20	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Thiago Silva		39	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Axel Disasi		25	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Malo Gusto	8060	20	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Conor Gallagher	30	23	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Lesley Ugochukwu	58	19	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Cole Palmer	56	21	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Armando Broja	59	22	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Nicolas Jackson	8062	22	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Raheem Sterling	99	29	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
25	G	Daniel Bentley		30
4	D	Santiago Bueno	70	25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Hugo Bueno	87100	21	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Matt Doherty	9386	31	316	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Tommy Doyle	75	22	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
79	M	Owen Hesketh		21
62	M	Tawanda Chirewa		20
45	F	Ty Barnett		18
18	F	Sasa Kalajdzic		26

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
47	G	Lucas Bergström		21
13	G	Marcus Bettinelli	101	31
5	D	Benoît Badiashile	80	22	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	D	Ian Maatsen	79	21	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
45	M	Romeo Lavia		19
52	M	Alex Matos		19
10	M	Mykhaylo Mudryk	59	22	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Noni Madueke	80	21	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Christopher Nkunku	9658	26	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

José Sá

Daniel Bentley

OUT

Rayan Aït-Nouri

Jeanricner Bellegarde

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Lesley Ugochukwu

Moises Caicedo

OUT

Malo Gusto

Benoît Badiashile

OUT

Armando Broja

Enzo Fernandez

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gary O'Neil

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

32 %

O'Neil vs Chelsea

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 24, 2023

O'Neil vs Pochettino

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 24, 2023

Manager

Age

Match num

Mauricio Pochettino

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Pochettino vs Wolverhampton

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 24, 2023

Pochettino vs O'Neil

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 24, 2023

Referee

David Coote

10 victories	7 draws	7 losses	Wolverhampton24 matches	General total	Chelsea13 matches	7 victories	2 draws	4 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Wolverhampton2 matches	Season total	Chelsea2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 27, 2024					Latest figure on February 28, 2024

4th official

Tony Harrington

1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Wolverhampton2 matches	General total	Chelsea2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Wolverhampton2 matches	Season total	Chelsea2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on December 24, 2023					Latest figure on December 24, 2023

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Raheem Sterling played his game number 10 vs Wolverhampton in Premier League

It's the first time Mario Lemina scores 1 goal vs Chelsea in his professional career

Tote Gomes played his game number 100 in his professional career

Read the next 5 key stats

General ranking

	9	Brighton & Hove	27 pts	18 rd
	10	Chelsea	22 pts	18 rd
+3	11	Wolverhampton	22 pts	18 rd
-1	12	Bournemouth	22 pts	17 rd
-1	13	Fulham	21 pts	18 rd

General ranking

	8	Manchester United	28 pts	18 rd
	9	Brighton & Hove	27 pts	18 rd
	10	Chelsea	22 pts	18 rd
+3	11	Wolverhampton	22 pts	18 rd
-1	12	Bournemouth	22 pts	17 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWolverhampton 2-1 Manchester City30/09/2023

DWolverhampton 1-1 Aston Villa08/10/2023

DWolverhampton 2-2 Newcastle United28/10/2023

VWolverhampton 2-1 Tottenham11/11/2023

VWolverhampton 1-0 Burnley05/12/2023

DWolverhampton 1-1 Nottingham Forest09/12/2023

Overall

VWolverhampton 2-1 Tottenham11/11/2023

LFulham 3-2 Wolverhampton27/11/2023

LArsenal 2-1 Wolverhampton02/12/2023

VWolverhampton 1-0 Burnley05/12/2023

DWolverhampton 1-1 Nottingham Forest09/12/2023

LWest Ham 3-0 Wolverhampton17/12/2023

Current form

Away

VFulham 0-2 Chelsea02/10/2023

VBurnley 1-4 Chelsea07/10/2023

VTottenham 1-4 Chelsea06/11/2023

LNewcastle United 4-1 Chelsea25/11/2023

LManchester United 2-1 Chelsea06/12/2023

LEverton 2-0 Chelsea10/12/2023

Overall

LNewcastle United 4-1 Chelsea25/11/2023

VChelsea 3-2 Brighton & Hove03/12/2023

LManchester United 2-1 Chelsea06/12/2023

LEverton 2-0 Chelsea10/12/2023

VChelsea 2-0 Sheffield United16/12/2023

DChelsea 1-1 Newcastle United19/12/2023

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	6	0
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	16	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	3	1
Drawless streak	6	0
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	5	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

14	General ranking (Competition total)	10
13	General ranking (Home / Away)	12
90	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	66
14	FBDB index ranking (National)	12

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	17
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
5	Victories (Competition total)	6
3	Victories (Home / Away)	3
4	Draws (Competition total)	4
3	Draws (Home / Away)	1
8	Losses (Competition total)	7
2	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

21	Goals scored (Competition total)	28
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
29	Goals conceded (Competition total)	26
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
1.24	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.65
1.38	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.63
1.71	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.53
1.63	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.63

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	9
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	4-1 (2 times)

Bookings

45	Yellow cards (Competition total)	51
20	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	28
3	Red cards (Competition total)	3
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Hee-chan Hwang	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Nicolas Jackson
Hee-chan Hwang	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Nicolas Jackson
Hee-chan Hwang	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Cole Palmer
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Cole Palmer
Pedro Neto	7 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	4 assists	Conor Gallagher
Pablo Sarabia	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Conor Gallagher
Matheus Cunha	5 goals, 3 assists during the last 14 matches	The fittest player	6 goals, 3 assists during the last 10 matches	Cole Palmer

Historical head to head

Home

56 matches

25 v

13 d

18 l

104 gf

79 ga

Away

57 matches

15 v

17 d

25 l

78 gf

116 ga

Total

113 matches

40 v

30 d

43 l

182 gf

195 ga

Historical head to head

Home

57 matches

25 v

17 d

15 l

116 gf

78 ga

Away

56 matches

18 v

13 d

25 l

79 gf

104 ga

Total

113 matches

43 v

30 d

40 l

195 gf

182 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 1	September 26, 1953
Home	8 - 1	September 26, 1953

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	September 25, 2012
Away	5 - 0	September 20, 2003

Latest head to head

April 08, 2023 - Premier League 2022/2023

Wolverhampton

1 - 0

Chelsea

October 08, 2022 - Premier League 2022/2023

Chelsea

3 - 0

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

May 07, 2022 - Premier League 2021/2022

Chelsea

2 - 2

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

December 19, 2021 - Premier League 2021/2022

Wolverhampton

0 - 0

Chelsea

January 27, 2021 - Premier League 2020/2021

Chelsea

0 - 0

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

John Richards	7 goals	1973 - 1979
Jimmy Murray	5 goals	1960 - 1960
Jim McCalliog	4 goals	1970 - 1973
Raymond Crawford	4 goals	1963 - 1964
Hugh Curran	4 goals	1969 - 1969
Frank Wignall	3 goals	1968 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/12/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Wolverhampton

Jimmy Greaves	9 goals	1958 - 1960
Barry Bridges	5 goals	1962 - 1964
Peter Osgood	5 goals	1968 - 1973
Robert Tambling	5 goals	1962 - 1968
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	4 goals	2003 - 2004
Tommy Langley	4 goals	1977 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/12/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Derek Parkin	19 matches	1968 - 1979
John McAlle	17 matches	1968 - 1979
David Wagstaffe	13 matches	1968 - 1975
Michael A Bailey	13 matches	1968 - 1975
Phil Parkes	12 matches	1968 - 1974
Frank Munro	12 matches	1969 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/12/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wolverhampton

Ron Harris	20 matches	1963 - 1979
Peter Bonetti	19 matches	1960 - 1978
John Hollins	17 matches	1964 - 1975
David Webb	13 matches	1968 - 1973
John Mortimore	12 matches	1957 - 1964
Peter Osgood	12 matches	1968 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/12/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Jim McCalliog

173 matches

13 matches

1964 - 1974

Michael Mancienne

60 matches

6 matches

2008 - 2011

Michael Gilkes

36 matches

1 match

1992 - 1999

Diego Costa

25 matches

120 matches

2014 - 2023

Jim Barron

8 matches

1 match

1963 - 1965

Carlton Cole

7 matches

35 matches

2002 - 2006

Total : 7 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1931. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Diego Costa

25 matches

120 matches

2014 - 2023

Carlton Cole

7 matches

35 matches

2002 - 2006

Jim McCalliog

173 matches

13 matches

1964 - 1974

Michael Mancienne

60 matches

6 matches

2008 - 2011

Michael Gilkes

36 matches

1 match

1992 - 1999

Jim Barron

8 matches

1 match

1963 - 1965

Total : 7 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1931. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 21, 2023

Crystal Palace

1 1

Brighton & Hove

Line-ups available

December 22, 2023

Aston Villa

1 1

Sheffield United

Line-ups available

December 23, 2023

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Video availableLine-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

February 20, 2024

Manchester City

1 0

Brentford

Video availableLine-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Arsenal	40	18	12	4	2	36	16	+20
2	Liverpool	39	18	11	6	1	37	16	+21
3	Aston Villa	39	18	12	3	3	38	22	+16
4	Tottenham	36	18	11	3	4	37	24	+13
5	Manchester City	34	17	10	4	3	40	20	+20
6	West Ham	30	18	9	3	6	31	30	+1
7	Newcastle United	29	18	9	2	7	36	22	+14
8	Manchester United	28	18	9	1	8	18	23	-5
9	Brighton & Hove	27	18	7	6	5	34	31	+3
10	Chelsea	22	18	6	4	8	29	28	+1
+311	Wolverhampton	22	18	6	4	8	23	30	-7
-112	Bournemouth	22	17	6	4	7	24	32	-8
-113	Fulham	21	18	6	3	9	26	31	-5
-114	Brentford	19	17	5	4	8	24	24	0
15	Crystal Palace	18	18	4	6	8	18	26	-8
16	Everton	16	18	8	2	8	23	22	+1
17	Nottingham Forest	13	18	3	4	11	19	34	-15
18	Burnley	13	18	4	1	13	19	36	-17
19	Luton Town	12	17	3	3	11	18	32	-14
20	Sheffield United	9	18	2	3	13	13	44	-31

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Wolverhampton 2-1 Chelsea - December 24, 2023 / Premier League 2023/2024

Wolverhampton

2 - 1

Chelsea

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

O'Neil vs Chelsea

O'Neil vs Pochettino

Manager

Pochettino vs Wolverhampton

Pochettino vs O'Neil

Referee

4th official

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Wolverhampton

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Players with most games played vs Wolverhampton

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking