Wolverhampton Wanderers v Chelsea, 25 August 2024

Score6-2 to Chelsea
RefereeDarren England
CompetitionPremier League
VenueMolineux
Attendance31,235

View Wolverhampton Wanderers v Chelsea head to head

Kick-off: 2.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 21 Wolverhampton Wanderers won: 6 Drawn: 4 Chelsea won: 11 Wolverhampton Wanderers scored: 22 Chelsea scored: 47 . This was the second time that Chelsea had scored six or more goals in a game against Wolverhampton Wanderers; previously a 6-0 victory at Stamford Bridge in the League Cup on 25 September 2012.

2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Manager: Gary O'Neil

6 Chelsea

Manager: Enzo Maresca

Goals:

Matheus Cunha 27 G
Jørgen Strand Larsen 45+6 G

Goals:

Nicolas Jackson 2 G
Cole Palmer 45 G
Noni Madueke 49 G
Noni Madueke 58 G
Noni Madueke 63 G
João Félix 80 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper José Sá
Defender Matt Doherty
Defender Yerson Mosquera
Defender Toti
Defender/Midfielder Rayan Aït Nouri
Defender/Midfielder Mario Lemina
Midfielder Jean-Ricner Bellegarde
Midfielder João Gomes
Midfielder/Forward HWANG Hee-chan
Midfielder/Forward Matheus Cunha
Forward Jørgen Strand Larsen

Starting lineup:

Robert Sánchez Goalkeeper
Levi Colwill Defender
Wesley Fofana Defender
Malo Gusto Defender
Moisés Caicedo Defender/Midfielder
Marc Cucurella Defender/Midfielder
Enzo Fernández Midfielder
Nicolas Jackson Midfielder/Forward
Noni Madueke Midfielder/Forward
Mykhailo Mudryk Midfielder/Forward
Cole Palmer Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Daniel Podence for HWANG Hee-chan 59
Craig Dawson for Rayan Aït Nouri 67
Rodrigo Gomes for Jean-Ricner Bellegarde 68
Pablo Sarabia for Matheus Cunha 68
Tommy Doyle for Mario Lemina 90

Substitutions:

Pedro Neto for Mykhailo Mudryk 46
João Félix for Nicolas Jackson 68
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall for Moisés Caicedo 76
Christopher Nkunku for Cole Palmer 83
Renato Veiga for Marc Cucurella 83

Cards:

Rayan Aït Nouri 35 Y
Yerson Mosquera 71 Y

Cards:

Malo Gusto 40 Y
Cole Palmer 44 Y
Marc Cucurella 71 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Dan Bentley
Defender Santiago Bueno
Defender Craig Dawson
Midfielder Tommy Doyle
Midfielder Boubacar Traoré
Midfielder/Forward Daniel Podence
Midfielder/Forward Rodrigo Gomes
Midfielder/Forward Pablo Sarabia
Forward Gonçalo Guedes

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Filip Jörgensen
Defender Tosin Adarabioyo
Defender Benoît Badiashile
Defender/Midfielder Renato Veiga
Midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
Midfielder Pedro Neto
Midfielder/Forward João Félix
Midfielder/Forward Christopher Nkunku
Forward Marc Guiu

Comments:

League position: 19th . This was the first time that Wolverhampton Wanderers had conceded six or more goals in a game at Molineux since a 6-0 loss to Southampton in the League Championship on 31 March 2007. . Wolves had now lost five consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since August 2021 (six). . 1,004 goals had now been scored in their 382 games in the Premier League (for 411, against 593).

Comments:

League position: 8th . This was the first time that Chelsea had scored six or more goals in an away game in the Premier League since a 6-0 win at Southampton on 9 April 2022. . Noni Madueke's hat-trick was the Blues' first in an away game in the Premier League since Nicolas Jackson's at Tottenham Hotspur on 6 November 2023. . They avoided losing their opening two games of a league season for the first time since 1973-74 in League Division One.

2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Manager: Gary O'Neil

Goals:

Matheus Cunha 27 G
Jørgen Strand Larsen 45+6 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper José Sá
Defender Matt Doherty
Defender Yerson Mosquera
Defender Toti
Defender/Midfielder Rayan Aït Nouri
Defender/Midfielder Mario Lemina
Midfielder Jean-Ricner Bellegarde
Midfielder João Gomes
Midfielder/Forward HWANG Hee-chan
Midfielder/Forward Matheus Cunha
Forward Jørgen Strand Larsen

Substitutions:

Daniel Podence for HWANG Hee-chan 59
Craig Dawson for Rayan Aït Nouri 67
Rodrigo Gomes for Jean-Ricner Bellegarde 68
Pablo Sarabia for Matheus Cunha 68
Tommy Doyle for Mario Lemina 90

Cards:

Rayan Aït Nouri 35 Y
Yerson Mosquera 71 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Dan Bentley
Defender Santiago Bueno
Defender Craig Dawson
Midfielder Tommy Doyle
Midfielder Boubacar Traoré
Midfielder/Forward Daniel Podence
Midfielder/Forward Rodrigo Gomes
Midfielder/Forward Pablo Sarabia
Forward Gonçalo Guedes

Comments:

League position: 19th . This was the first time that Wolverhampton Wanderers had conceded six or more goals in a game at Molineux since a 6-0 loss to Southampton in the League Championship on 31 March 2007. . Wolves had now lost five consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since August 2021 (six). . 1,004 goals had now been scored in their 382 games in the Premier League (for 411, against 593).

6 Chelsea

Manager: Enzo Maresca

Goals:

Nicolas Jackson 2 G
Cole Palmer 45 G
Noni Madueke 49 G
Noni Madueke 58 G
Noni Madueke 63 G
João Félix 80 G

Starting lineup:

Robert Sánchez Goalkeeper
Levi Colwill Defender
Wesley Fofana Defender
Malo Gusto Defender
Moisés Caicedo Defender/Midfielder
Marc Cucurella Defender/Midfielder
Enzo Fernández Midfielder
Nicolas Jackson Midfielder/Forward
Noni Madueke Midfielder/Forward
Mykhailo Mudryk Midfielder/Forward
Cole Palmer Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Pedro Neto for Mykhailo Mudryk 46
João Félix for Nicolas Jackson 68
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall for Moisés Caicedo 76
Christopher Nkunku for Cole Palmer 83
Renato Veiga for Marc Cucurella 83

Cards:

Malo Gusto 40 Y
Cole Palmer 44 Y
Marc Cucurella 71 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Filip Jörgensen
Defender Tosin Adarabioyo
Defender Benoît Badiashile
Defender/Midfielder Renato Veiga
Midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
Midfielder Pedro Neto
Midfielder/Forward João Félix
Midfielder/Forward Christopher Nkunku
Forward Marc Guiu

Comments:

League position: 8th . This was the first time that Chelsea had scored six or more goals in an away game in the Premier League since a 6-0 win at Southampton on 9 April 2022. . Noni Madueke's hat-trick was the Blues' first in an away game in the Premier League since Nicolas Jackson's at Tottenham Hotspur on 6 November 2023. . They avoided losing their opening two games of a league season for the first time since 1973-74 in League Division One.