Wolves – Chelsea Free Bettings Tips
Wolverhampton and Chelsea face at Molineux Stadium, in a match of the 18th round of the Premier League. The history of direct clashes played at this stadium indicates a balance between these two teams, as there were 2 wins for each team in the last 4 matches. However, in the last match at this stadium, in a match for the Premier League, in 15‑12‑2020, Wolverhampton Wanderers won by (2‑1). The goals of the match were scored by P. Neto (90′ ) and D. Podence (66′ ), for Wolverhampton, and by O. Giroud (49′ ), for Chelsea. The home/away condition deserves special attention, as although this is a match between 8th and 3rd in the general classification, in fact this is a clash between the 14th ranked in home games and the 3rd as a visitor.
Wolverhampton Analysis
The home team is currently in the 8th place, with 24 points won, after 7 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Manchester City, by (1‑0). In the last match, they won in an away match against Brighton & Hove Albion, by (0‑1). This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, as they have won 14 points away, where they have scored 8 goals and conceded 7, and 10 points at their stadium, with 5 goals scored and 7 conceded. In the last 8 home matches for the league, Wolverhampton has a record of 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses, having won 10 points out of 24 possible. In their home matches there are some frequent scorers: at half-time 0‑0 (4 out of 8 matches) and at the end of the 0‑1 match (3 out of 8 matches). In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, as 6 of their last 8 matches for the competition ended with Under 2.5 goals. In 17 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 8 times and have only turned the score around in one. In the last 20 home matches for all competitions there are 1 periods that stand out: they have scored 6 of their 17 goals between minutes (31’‑45′).
Wolverhampton Wanderers comes for this game with a victory, by 0-1, in the trip to Brighton, putting an end to the two consecutive setbacks in this Premier League: the only goal of the match was signed by Romain Saiss. Now, in this match against Chelsea, a very complicated opponent, coach Bruno Lage should opt for a more cautious strategy, looking for spaces to counterattack. Forward Hee-chan Hwang is one of the most important athletes in Wolverhampton’s tactical scheme, being the team’s top scorer with 4 goals scored. Outside this game are Pedro Neto, Jonny and Yerson Mosquera, all with physical problems.
Chelsea analysis
The away team is in the 3rd position, after 11 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses, having won 37 points. In the penultimate match, they won at home, against Leeds United, by (3‑2). This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, as they have won 19 points away and 18 at their stadium, with 22 goals scored and 7 goals conceded at home, against 17 goals scored and 5 conceded in away matches. Their last away match for this competition ended in a loss by (3‑2) against West Ham United. In the last 8 away league matches Chelsea has a record of 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, having won 19 points out of 24 possible. In their away league matches, the most frequent result at the end of the match was 0‑3 (3 out of 8 matches). Their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored at least one goal in the last 10 matches for this competition. There is a tendency for goals to be scored in their away matches, as 7 of the last 8 matches they played for this competition ended with Over 1.5 goals. This is a team that doesn’t usually find it difficult to open the scoreboard: they scored the first goal in 14 of the last 17 games for the Premier League, of those 14 they reached half-time with an advantage in 9 and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90′ in 10. There are 1 periods that stand out in the last 20 away matches for all competitions: they have conceded 7 of their 16 goals between minutes (31’‑45′).
Chelsea enters this match with a draw, in 1×1, against Everton, thus adding the second straight game without losing in this Premier League: the only goal of the team was signed by Mason Mount. In this game against Wolverhampton, coach Thomas Tuchel must maintain his standard tactical system, 3-4-3, favoring a more dominating style of play: Jorginho is largely responsible for creating and organizing the offensive sector. Attacking midfielder Mason Mount is this team’s top scorer with 7 goals conceded. For this game, the visiting coach is without Ben Chilwell and Mateo Kovacic, both with physical problems.
OVER 9.5 CORNERS– Odds: 1.85
