Chelsea vs Wolverhampton Prediction 20 January 2025

🔊 What are the chances for the "Wolves" to deliver a painful bite to the London team? In the 22nd round of the EPL, Chelsea will face Wolverhampton. The hosts approach the match as favorites, despite dropping points in their last five league games. This is explained by the not-so-great performance from the "Wolves" in the 2024/25 season, but they sometimes manage to take points even from big teams. Let's try to assess the prospects of both sides for success and provide an appropriate prediction.

📊 H2H

Some might find it surprising, but in the head-to-head meetings between the teams, there is an advantage in favor of Wolverhampton. The "Wolves" managed to win four out of ten encounters with Chelsea, suffering three defeats. In five of their last six matches, at least three goals were scored, and in the previous two cases, the teams collectively scored as many as 14 goals. Therefore, a bet on Total goals over 3.5 looks quite promising.

🔵 Chelsea

The slump of the Londoners has dragged on significantly, and they are struggling to get back on the winning track. In their last five EPL rounds, they have only garnered three points, and the situation could have been even worse. In the last round, Chelsea barely scraped a draw against Bournemouth (2-2), equalizing only at the end of the match. Currently, the team has slipped to fifth place, and returning to the top-4 might prove to be an insurmountable task for Maresca's squad.

The club's injury list hasn't changed much recently, but there is still danger. Due to injuries, defenders Badiashile and Fofana, midfielder Dewsbury-Hall, and forward Kellyman cannot play. Casadei and Chilwell are suspended from the squad, and Mudryk is disqualified. But Chelsea's problem isn't just this: the condition of midfielders Palmer and Fernandez remains uncertain, and without their leaders, the Londoners may completely "sink."

🐺 Wolverhampton

The "Wolves" are having a worse season than usual, often losing matches without much fight. And rare victories, even if they were spectacular, do not allow them to improve their situation. Currently, Wolverhampton is floundering near the relegation zone, sharing 17th-18th place with Ipswich. The team's defense is regularly ridiculed, not surprisingly conceding 48 goals in 21 rounds of the English championship.

However, Wolverhampton shouldn't have significant squad problems. The players' physical condition isn't particularly lacking, with only three players in the infirmary: midfielder Mosquera and forwards Gonzalez and Kalajdzic.

⚽️ Goal Prediction

Wolverhampton concedes so much that Chelsea will have a good chance to enjoy themselves. Even if Palmer doesn't play in this game, the Londoners have enough quality attackers to punish their opponent's sluggishness a couple of times. In this case, we suggest betting on Chelsea's Individual Total Goals Over 1.5.

🚩 Corner Prediction

On average, Chelsea takes seven corners per game while allowing significantly fewer at their own goal (3.3). Moreover, in this respect, the Londoners have outperformed their opponents in their last five home matches by at least two corners. Therefore, our editorial team suggests betting on Chelsea's Victory in Corners with a Handicap (-2.5).

📝 Match Prediction

Chelsea has surprisingly performed poorly recently. And Wolverhampton certainly won't gift the "Blues" three points, as hinted by the history of head-to-head meetings between these clubs. So it's safe to assume another unsuccessful match for the home team. We believe that the upcoming encounter might end in a 2-2 draw.

A distinctive feature of recent confrontations between these teams has been high scoring. And this season, they haven't been too reliable in defense either. The "Blues" and "Wolves" might put on a beautiful goal-scoring shootout to delight fans of sparkling football. As a key bet, we advise choosing Total Goals Over 3.5.