Wolves vs Chelsea

15 December 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Stuart Attwell

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Daniel Podence 66’
  • Pedro Neto 90+5’
  • Olivier Giroud 49’

Match summary

Wolves came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Chelsea, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. It was goalless at half-time.

Olivier Giroud put Chelsea ahead in the 49th minute, set up by Ben Chilwell, Daniel Podence equalised from a corner in the 66th minute, set up by Owen Otasowie, and Pedro Neto won it in stoppage time, set up by Vitinha.

Chelsea can feel hard done by, creating 1.57 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Wolves's 0.68 from 12.

Match stats

Wolves Chelsea
12 Shots 13
4 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 6
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.68 xG 1.57
0.68 Non-penalty xG 1.57
4 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Wolves Chelsea
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
49’
Olivier Giroud
Assist: Ben Chilwell0-1 (Chelsea)
Daniel Podence
Assist: Owen Otasowie1-1 (Wolves)
66’
Pedro Neto
Assist: Vitinha2-1 (Wolves)
90+5’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Wolves
  • Nélson Semedo
  • Daniel Podence
Chelsea
  • N'Golo Kanté
  • Mason Mount

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.68 1.57 49’ Olivier Giroud (Chelsea), 0-1 49’ 66’ Daniel Podence (Wolves), 1-1 66’ 90+5’ Pedro Neto (Wolves), 2-1 90+5’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.68 1.57 49’ Olivier Giroud (Chelsea), 0-1 Giroud 49’ 66’ Daniel Podence (Wolves), 1-1 Podence 66’ 90+5’ Pedro Neto (Wolves), 2-1 Neto 90+5’
Wolves 0.68 xGChelsea 1.57 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Chelsea attacking Wolves attacking 
45’ Olivier Giroud (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.58 xG, off target 20’ Olivier Giroud (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.42 xG, off target 90+9’ Pedro Neto (Wolves), open play, 0.34 xG, off target 49’ Olivier Giroud (Chelsea), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 32’ Timo Werner (Chelsea), set piece, 0.10 xG, blocked 45’ Kurt Zouma (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.09 xG, hit the woodwork 15’ Timo Werner (Chelsea), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 90+5’ Pedro Neto (Wolves), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 77’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 66’ Daniel Podence (Wolves), from a corner, 0.04 xG, goal 76’ Reece James (Chelsea), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 90+8’ Timo Werner (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 4’ Romain Saiss (Wolves), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 83’ Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 22’ Pedro Neto (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 55’ Pedro Neto (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 31’ Nélson Semedo (Wolves), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ Reece James (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 4’ Nélson Semedo (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 79’ Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 19’ Kurt Zouma (Chelsea), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 23’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 52’ Reece James (Chelsea), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 7’ Conor Coady (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 49’ Owen Otasowie (Wolves), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 45’ Olivier Giroud (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.58 xG, off target 20’ Olivier Giroud (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.42 xG, off target 90+9’ Pedro Neto (Wolves), open play, 0.34 xG, off target 49’ Olivier Giroud (Chelsea), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 32’ Timo Werner (Chelsea), set piece, 0.10 xG, blocked 45’ Kurt Zouma (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.09 xG, hit the woodwork 15’ Timo Werner (Chelsea), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 90+5’ Pedro Neto (Wolves), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 77’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 66’ Daniel Podence (Wolves), from a corner, 0.04 xG, goal 76’ Reece James (Chelsea), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 90+8’ Timo Werner (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 4’ Romain Saiss (Wolves), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 83’ Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 22’ Pedro Neto (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 55’ Pedro Neto (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 31’ Nélson Semedo (Wolves), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ Reece James (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 4’ Nélson Semedo (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 79’ Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 19’ Kurt Zouma (Chelsea), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 23’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 52’ Reece James (Chelsea), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 7’ Conor Coady (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 49’ Owen Otasowie (Wolves), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Rui Patrício GK900 0.000.000
Willy Boly DEF900 0.000.000
Romain Saiss DEF901 0.040.000
Conor Coady DEF901 0.010.000
Nélson Semedo MID902 0.040.000
Rúben Neves MID901 0.010.031
Leander Dendoncker MID460 0.000.021
Fernando Marçal MID900 0.000.021
Daniel Podence MID9011 0.040.000
Pedro Neto FWD9014 0.470.042
Fabio Silva FWD610 0.000.031
Owen Otasowie Sub4411 0.010.392
Adama Traoré Sub291 0.070.000
Vitinha Sub110 0.000.071

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolves win 18% Avg odds 5.37
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.74
Chelsea win 57% Avg odds 1.69

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

Form going into the game

Wolves LDWLL
Chelsea WWDWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Chelsea 2-0 Wolves, 26 Jul 20 Next meeting: Chelsea 0-0 Wolves, 27 Jan 21  All Wolves vs Chelsea 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.