Chelsea vs Wolves

20 January 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Simon Hooper

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Tosin Adarabioyo 24’
  • Marc Cucurella 60’
  • Noni Madueke 65’
  • Matt Doherty 45+5’

Match summary

Chelsea beat Wolves 3-1. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Tosin Adarabioyo put Chelsea ahead from a corner in the 24th minute and Matt Doherty equalised from a corner in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Marc Cucurella put Chelsea back in front in the 60th minute, set up by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Noni Madueke made it 3-1 with a header in the 65th minute, set up by Trevoh Chalobah.

The chances backed that up: Chelsea created 3.21 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Wolves's 1.07 from 9.

Match stats

Chelsea Wolves
19 Shots 9
7 Shots on Target 4
3 Corners 6
4 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
3.15 xG 1.07
3.15 Non-penalty xG 1.07
10 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Chelsea Wolves
Kick-off
Tosin Adarabioyo1-0 (Chelsea)
24’
45+5’
Matt Doherty1-1 (Wolves)
Half-time1-1
Marc Cucurella
Assist: Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall2-1 (Chelsea)
60’
Noni Madueke
Assist: Trevoh Chalobah3-1 (Chelsea)
65’
Full-time3-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Chelsea
  • Robert Sánchez
  • Tosin Adarabioyo
  • Moisés Caicedo
  • Tyrique George
Wolves
  • Nélson Semedo
  • André

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.21 1.07 24’ Tosin Adarabioyo (Chelsea), 1-0 24’ 45+5’ Matt Doherty (Wolves), 1-1 45+5’ 60’ Marc Cucurella (Chelsea), 2-1 60’ 65’ Noni Madueke (Chelsea), 3-1 65’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.21 1.07 24’ Tosin Adarabioyo (Chelsea), 1-0 Adarabioyo 24’ 45+5’ Matt Doherty (Wolves), 1-1 Doherty 45+5’ 60’ Marc Cucurella (Chelsea), 2-1 Cucurella 60’ 65’ Noni Madueke (Chelsea), 3-1 Madueke 65’
Chelsea 3.21 xGWolves 1.07 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Wolves attacking Chelsea attacking 
65’ Noni Madueke (Chelsea), set piece, 0.92 xG, goal 50’ Matt Doherty (Wolves), from a corner, 0.69 xG, goal 60’ Marc Cucurella (Chelsea), open play, 0.63 xG, goal 24’ Tosin Adarabioyo (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.48 xG, goal 2’ Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.36 xG, saved 90+1’ Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 11’ Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Chelsea), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 12’ Cole Palmer (Chelsea), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 2’ Noni Madueke (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 49’ Noni Madueke (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 83’ Jørgen Strand Larsen (Wolves), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 90’ Jørgen Strand Larsen (Wolves), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 40’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 56’ Noni Madueke (Chelsea), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 44’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 52’ Cole Palmer (Chelsea), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 17’ Cole Palmer (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 65’ Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 2’ Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 22’ Reece James (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 44’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 22’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 83’ Gonçalo Guedes (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 24’ Reece James (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 3’ Noni Madueke (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 49’ Noni Madueke (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 79’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 33’ Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 65’ Noni Madueke (Chelsea), set piece, 0.92 xG, goal 50’ Matt Doherty (Wolves), from a corner, 0.69 xG, goal 60’ Marc Cucurella (Chelsea), open play, 0.63 xG, goal 24’ Tosin Adarabioyo (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.48 xG, goal 2’ Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.36 xG, saved 90+1’ Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 11’ Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Chelsea), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 12’ Cole Palmer (Chelsea), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 2’ Noni Madueke (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 83’ Jørgen Strand Larsen (Wolves), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 90’ Jørgen Strand Larsen (Wolves), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 49’ Noni Madueke (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 40’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 56’ Noni Madueke (Chelsea), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 44’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 52’ Cole Palmer (Chelsea), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 17’ Cole Palmer (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 65’ Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 2’ Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 22’ Reece James (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 44’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 22’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 83’ Gonçalo Guedes (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 24’ Reece James (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 3’ Noni Madueke (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 49’ Noni Madueke (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 79’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 33’ Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Robert Sánchez GK900 0.000.000
Reece James DEF842 0.060.112
Trevoh Chalobah DEF9012 0.091.282
Tosin Adarabioyo DEF9011 0.480.000
Marc Cucurella DEF9011 0.630.000
Moisés Caicedo MID901 0.010.000
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall MID8411 0.090.631
Noni Madueke MID9016 1.160.081
Cole Palmer MID903 0.190.082
Pedro Neto MID690 0.000.061
Nicolas Jackson FWD902 0.500.122
Jadon Sancho Sub210 0.000.141
Axel Disasi Sub60 0.000.000
Malo Gusto Sub60 0.000.000
João Félix Sub10 0.000.000
Tyrique George Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Chelsea win 67% Avg odds 1.43
Draw 19% Avg odds 5.16
Wolves win 14% Avg odds 6.64

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Chelsea DLLDD
Wolves WWDLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Wolves 2-6 Chelsea, 25 Aug 24 Next meeting: Chelsea 3-0 Wolves, 08 Nov 25  All Chelsea vs Wolves meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.