Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 15 December 2020

Result

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Chelsea

Premier League · Tuesday 15 December 2020, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Chelsea: match report

Wolverhampton Wanderers defeated Chelsea 2-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 15 December 2020. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Olivier Giroud opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goals came from Daniel Podence (66') and Pedro Neto (90+5'). Chelsea scored through Olivier Giroud (49').

Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 13th on 17 points from 12 and Chelsea 5th on 22 points from 12. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Chelsea 4th with 67.

Wolverhampton Wanderers lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Pedro Neto of Wolverhampton Wanderers (8.2), ahead of Daniel Podence (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers wins, 1 draw and 7 for Chelsea.

Going into the match Wolverhampton Wanderers's last five read L-L-W-D-L and Chelsea's L-W-D-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 49'Goal · Olivier GiroudChelsea · 0-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Mason MountChelsea
  • 66'Goal · Daniel PodenceWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 77'Yellow card · Daniel PodenceWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 85'Yellow card · N'Golo KantéChelsea
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Nélson SemedoWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 90+5'Goal · Pedro NetoWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Wolverhampton Wanderers 2, draws 1, Chelsea 7.

Team news

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Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (3-4-1-2)

Rui Patrício, Willy Boly, Conor Coady, Romain Saïss, Nélson Semedo, Leander Dendoncker, Rúben Neves, Marçal, Daniel Podence, Fábio Silva, Pedro Neto

Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)

Edouard Mendy, Reece James, Kurt Zouma, Thiago Silva, Ben Chilwell, Kai Havertz, N'Golo Kanté, Mason Mount, Timo Werner, Olivier Giroud, Christian Pulisic