Chelsea must shake off their midweek disappointment when they welcome bottom-of-the-table Wolverhampton Wanderers to Stamford Bridge on Saturday night.
The Blues have blown hot and cold as of late, with the very best and worst of Enzo Maresca’s Blues manifesting in recent outings. After outclassing Tottenham Hotspur in N17 last weekend, Chelsea subsequently produced a woeful defensive display and drew 2–2 with Qarabag in Azerbaijan.
That result leaves Chelsea with an uphill battle to qualify automatically for the Champions League round of 16.
Domestically, last week’s victory helped them up to seventh in the league table, with the top half currently tightly packed.
Wolves can only dream of such lofty heights. Managerless and without a Premier League victory this season, their outlook is bleak.
The Vitor Pereira era drew to a close with a 3–0 defeat at Fulham last weekend, and their failed approaches for former boss Gary O’Neil and Middlesbrough manager Rob Edwards mean youth team coaches James Collins and Richard Walker will take charge of the visitors in west London.
Here’s’s guide to Saturday’s game.
