Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 24 December 2023

Result

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Chelsea

Premier League · Sunday 24 December 2023, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Wolverhampton Wanderers · Chelsea · Premier League predictions

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Chelsea: match report

Wolverhampton Wanderers won against Chelsea 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 24 December 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

Mario Lemina opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goals came from Mario Lemina (51') and Matt Doherty (90+3'). Chelsea scored through Christopher Nkunku (90+6').

Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards; Chelsea received 6 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 15th on 19 points from 17 and Chelsea 11th on 22 points from 17. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 15th with 46 points, and Chelsea 6th with 63.

Wolverhampton Wanderers lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mario Lemina of Wolverhampton Wanderers (8.0), ahead of Christopher Nkunku (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers wins, 4 draws and 3 for Chelsea.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

27'Yellow card · Mario LeminaWolverhampton Wanderers
30'Yellow card · Conor GallagherChelsea
51'Goal · Mario LeminaWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-0
56'Yellow card · Cole PalmerChelsea
60'Yellow card · Malo GustoChelsea
62'Yellow card · Nicolas JacksonChelsea
64'Yellow card · Matheus CunhaWolverhampton Wanderers
90+3'Goal · Matt DohertyWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-0
90+6'Goal · Christopher NkunkuChelsea · 2-1
90+9'Yellow card · Raheem SterlingChelsea
90+10'Yellow card · Hugo BuenoWolverhampton Wanderers
90+11'Yellow card · Marcus BettinelliChelsea

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Wolverhampton Wanderers 3, draws 4, Chelsea 3.

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 ChelseaPremier League · 8 Apr 2023
Chelsea 3-0 Wolverhampton WanderersPremier League · 8 Oct 2022
Chelsea 2-2 Wolverhampton WanderersPremier League · 7 May 2022
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-0 ChelseaPremier League · 19 Dec 2021
Chelsea 0-0 Wolverhampton WanderersPremier League · 27 Jan 2021
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 ChelseaPremier League · 15 Dec 2020

Team news

Unavailable

Wesley FofanaChelsea · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)
Trevoh ChalobahChelsea · injury (Thigh Problems)
Ben ChilwellChelsea · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Carney ChukwuemekaChelsea · injury (Knee Injury)
Reece JamesChelsea · injury (Surgery)
Marc CucurellaChelsea · injury (Ankle Surgery)
Robert SánchezChelsea · injury (Knee Injury)
M. CaicedoChelsea · injury (Fever)
Pedro NetoWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Enzo FernándezChelsea · injury (Unknown Injury)
Jonny OttoWolverhampton Wanderers · suspension (Suspended)

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

José Sá, Maximilian Kilman, Craig Dawson, Toti, Nélson Semedo, Mario Lemina, João Gomes, Rayan Aït-Nouri, Hee-chan Hwang, Pablo Sarabia, Matheus Cunha

Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)

Djordje Petrovic, Malo Gusto, Axel Disasi, Thiago Silva, Levi Colwill, Lesley Ugochukwu, Conor Gallagher, Cole Palmer, Nicolas Jackson, Raheem Sterling, Armando Broja