Chelsea 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 26 July 2020
Result
Chelsea 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Premier League · Sunday 26 July 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
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Chelsea 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report
Chelsea defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 July 2020. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Mason Mount opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Mason Mount (45+1') and Olivier Giroud (45+4'). Wolverhampton Wanderers did not score.
Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards; Wolverhampton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 4th on 63 points from 37 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 6th on 59 points from 37. Chelsea went on to finish that season 4th with 66 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 7th with 59.
Chelsea lined up in a 3-4-3 and Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Mason Mount of Chelsea (8.6), ahead of Mateo Kovacic (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Chelsea wins, 1 draw and 2 for Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read L-W-L-W-W and Wolverhampton Wanderers's W-D-W-L-L.
Key events
- 22'Yellow card · Diogo Jota
- 45+1'Goal · Mason Mount
- 45+1'Yellow card · Pedro Neto
- 45+3'Yellow card · Olivier Giroud
- 45+4'Goal · Olivier Giroud
- 83'Yellow card · Leander Dendoncker
- 90+2'Yellow card · César Azpilicueta
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea line-up (3-4-3)
Willy Caballero, César Azpilicueta, Kurt Zouma, Antonio Rüdiger, Reece James, Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic, Marcos Alonso, Mason Mount, Olivier Giroud, Christian Pulisic
Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (3-4-3)
Rui Patrício, Willy Boly, Conor Coady, Romain Saïss, Matt Doherty, Leander Dendoncker, Rúben Neves, Jonny Otto, Pedro Neto, Raúl Jiménez, Diogo Jota