Wolves v Chelsea - as it happened

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Wolves Chelsea, PL matchday 30, 8/4/2023, line-ups. BeSoccer
Wolves Chelsea, PL matchday 30, 8/4/2023, line-ups. BeSoccer
Join for live coverage of the mouth-watering Premier League tie between Wolves and Chelsea. It's new manager Frank Lampard's first game in charge of the Blues in his second spell at the side, and nothing but a win will do.
Goal

List of goalscorers

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  • 90'
    FT: Wolves 1-0 Chelsea. Home side with a professional performance to see out their first-half lead here, but the focus has to be on Chelsea who dominated possession but failed to produce any moment of magic to get themselves back into it. Not good from Lampard first game back. Thanks for joining the live today.
  • 90'
    Bit of time wasting here: Wolves SUB - Nunes off for Collins
  • 90'
    Five minutes added on here... will it be enough time for the Blues?
  • 88'
    Corner for Chelsea here....
  • 85'
    Shouts for a penalty hereas Pulisic forced down near the keeper, nothing given from the ref.
  • 83'
    Chelsea fans will be uninspired by this preformance so far, nothing stand-out at all from the away side.
  • 80'
    Fofana off for Chalobah
  • 74'
    SUBS for Wolves: Lemina and Cunha off for Traore and Sarabia
  • 73'
    Home side go forward for first time in a while, getting themselves a corner.
  • 71'
    Chelsea are going to have some trouble on Wednesday vs Madrid if they can't play better than this.
  • 68'
    SUBS for Chelsea: Aubameyang, Chilwell and Mudryk for Sterling, Joao Felix and Cucurella.
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a Chelsea
  • 67'
    Gallagher booked for going in behind on Dawson. Getting a bit desperate here the away side.
  • 64'
    SUBS for Wolves: Podence and Costa coming off for Moutinho and Hwang
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a Chelsea
  • 63'
    Yellow for Sterling after he pulled back Cunha to stop the break.
  • 60'
    SUB for Chelsea: Havertz off for Pulisic. The German hadn't done a lot up until now to be fair.
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  • 59'
    Gomes booked for that one, Chelsea with a dangerous free-kick now too.
  • 58'
    Joao Felix looks hurt here after receving a tough blow.
  • 56'
    Corner for the away side here, getting a bit of momentum together.
  • 52'
    Chelsea putting together a couple of moves at the moment, but Wolves remaining strong for now.
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  • 49'
    Cucurella booked after a rash challenge on the wing.
  • 48'
    Wolves wanting a second here early on, passing it around Chelsea with ease.
  • 46'
    Chelsea getting us back underway for this second period.
  • 45'
    HT: Wolves 1-0 Chelsea. Home side inflict yet more misery on Blues fans after a stunning strike from Nunes. Lampard's men have looked at sea at some points, but there have been glimpses of a threat a times as well. All to do for the away side in the second period.
  • 42'
    Sa with a comfortable save off a Felix shot.
  • 41'
    Nifty little routine sees Joao Felix's shot blocked out for a corner.
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  • 39'
    Lemina gets the game's first card after hacking Joao Felix down.
  • 37'
    Kepa called into action here to stop Costa. Blues' defense looks a bit at sea here.
  • 36'
    Lampard's men have got a bit more urgency now, but still nothing to properly test Sa.
Goal
Goaaaaaal!
de Wolves en el 31'
  • 31'
    WHAT. A. GOOOOOALLLL FOR WOLVES!!!! Just one of those you could watch all day long! The original cross gets headed out to the far side, where Nunes is lying in wait. He hits it on the half-volley, only for Kepa to see it rocket past him into the far corner.
  • 29'
    Wolves caught offside when charging forward.
  • 27'
    Fofana heads it out for a corner...
  • 26'
    Half chance for Wolves here, free-kick from distance.
  • 25'
    Corner for Chelsea here... getting a bit repetitive this.
  • 24'
    Costa tears down James while on the break.
  • 21'
    Reece James heads it out for a corner for the home side.
  • 19'
    Guess what...? It's another corner! This time for Chelsea.
  • 16'
    Wolves with another corner here.
  • 13'
    Bit of an end-to-end so far, with Wolves not just letting Chelsea forward.
  • 9'
    Another corner for the away side here...
  • 8'
    Chelsea torn down on the break to try and prevent a quick counter.
  • 4'
    Promising shot from Costa but it was straight at Kepa.
  • 2'
    Early corner for Chelsea, forced by Sterling.
  • 1'
    Finally underway here in Wolverhampton, what a tie this promises to be.
Start of match

Start of match

  • PRVW
    Both sides coming out here at Molineux !!
  • PRVW
    It's Chelsea's third manager in three games here, with Lampard naming two changes.
  • PRVW
    It's three changes for Wolverhampton, most notably Diego Costa starting for the midlands side.
  • PRVW
    Chelsea starting XI CONFIRMED: Kepa, James, Fofana, Koulibaly, Cucurella, Enzo, Kovacic, Gallagher, Joao Felix, Havertz, Sterling.
  • PRVW
    Wolves starting XI CONFIRMED: Sa, Semedo, Dawson, Kilman, Toti, Lemina, Gomes, Nunes, Podence, Cunha, Costa
  • PRVW
    Chelsea POSSIBLE line-up: Kepa; James, W.Fofana, Badiashile, Chilwell; Kante, Fernandez, Mount; Madueke, Havertz, Sterling
  • PRVW
    Wolves POSSIBLE line-up: Sa; Semedo, Dawson, Kilman, Bueno; Lemina, Neves, Nunes; A. Traore, Jimenez, Podence
  • PRVW
    Let's take a look at some expected line-ups.
  • PRVW
    Crucial one for both sides here, but all eyes will be on Frank Lampard. It's the new manager's first game in charge of the Blues in his second spell at the side, and nothing but a win will do.
Info

Pre-match

  • PRVW
    Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the Wolves vs Chelsea PL matchday 30 encounter.