Chelsea v Wolves: Premier League – reside | Premier League

9 min: Liam Delap has a shot blocked on the sting of the Wolves penalty space after having the ball performed to his ft by Fernandez. Wolves are on the ropes and getting pummeled already.

7 min: After good work by Malo Gusto down the suitable, the ball breaks to Cucurella, who shoots goalwards. Enzo Fernandez stoops to try to divert the shot previous Johnstone however sends his effort huge.

6 min: It's all Chelsaea early doorways, with Wolves struggling to get the ball out of their very own half. Garnacho and Marco Cucurella mix down the left earlier than switching play to the suitable wing. Pedro Neto slings a cross into the Wolves penalty space however it's headed clear.

4 min: Sam Johnstone is compelled into motion once more, as Fernandez performs a fantastically weighted cross into the trail of Alejandro Garnacho, who ought to have performed higher.

3 min: Chelsea win a free-kick simply exterior the Wolves penalty space on the left-hand aspect. Enzo Fernadez whips the ball goalwards and it's certain for the highest nook however Sam Johnstone palms it away for a nook. Nothing comes of the set-piece, which is taken by the previous Wolves legend Pedro Neto.

1 min: Wolves get the ball rolling, nonetheless on the lookout for their first win of the season. Their gamers are of their customary package of Previous Gold shirts, black brief and previous gold socks. Enjoyable truth: they modified their shirts to that color a while within the Fifties, all the higher for his or her gamers to face out ifrom opponents in matches broadcast on black and white TV.

Remembrance Sunday: Forward of kick-off, there's some organised pomp and ceremony by assorted navy people to recollect the fallen forward of Remembrance Sunday tomorrow. There's a minute's silence, adopted by a rendition of the Final Put up. Unsurprisingly, the solemnity of the event is impeccably noticed by all current.

Not lengthy now: After that cracking match between Sunderland and Arsenal, Chelsea and Wolves have a tough act to observe to justify their high billing on in the present day's Premier League invoice. The groups are out on the Stamford Bridge pitch and kick-off is just some minutes away.

Full time: Sunderland 2-2 Arsenal Sunderland proceed to place the Black Cats among the many Premier League pigeons by taking a completely deserved level from their house match in opposition to Arsenal, who now lead the desk by seven factors from Manchester Metropolis and tonight's hosts. Metropolis have a recreation in hand, host Liverpool tomorrow and can scale back the deficit to 4 if they will beat the reigning champions.

Sunderland 2-2 Arsenal: They're nonetheless enjoying on the Stadium of Mild, the place Sunderland substitute Brian Brobbey has simply outmuscled Gabriel to attain an acrobatic equaliser within the fourth minute of added time. Oof!

James Collins: “We have been decided to not [approach the game like] it's every week's vacation after which a brand new supervisor is available in,” stated the Wolves interim coach. “We needed to guarantee that we ready correctly for the sport this weekend. It's a Premier League recreation that may be received. That was the message to the gamers, and so they've responded brilliantly. They've been unbelievably receptive to what we've performed with them.”

On the departure of Vitor Pereira: “Vitor and his employees have been good with me, they welcomed us to look at coaching, they welcomed us to be round it and so they welcomed us into conferences. They have been enthusiastic concerning the U21s, and getting gamers by way of. I can't communicate extremely sufficient of them; they have been good individuals and good coaches.

“Typically in soccer, it's dictated by outcomes and in the long run, if you happen to preserve dropping you lose your job. They perceive that, however they did their job diligently. Nice individuals and so they handled me with nice respect. I want them properly.”

Enzo Maresca: Wayne Rooney can't say something proper for saying one thing fallacious in the meanwhile and was arrange for an ambush by Virgil van Dijk, whose management qualities he lately criticised, whereas working as a pundit on Amazon Prime on Tuesday. Following Chelsea's draw at Qarabag in a recreation they may have misplaced on the dying, Rooney questioned Enzo Maresca's rotation coverage. The topic of Rooney's criticism was raised on the Chelsea supervisor's press convention yesterday.

“We're in a second, in an period, when anybody can say what they need,” he stated. “I utterly respect that. I additionally stated after the Qarabag recreation that, since I joined the membership, it's additionally my view to rotate gamers, and no-one complained. And the second that you simply don't win video games, I can perceive no-one is agreeing.

“I feel that when the rotation is Andrey Santos, Brazil worldwide participant; Jorrel Hato, Holland worldwide participant; Estevao, Brazil worldwide participant it's not about rotation. They're good, gifted and younger. For certain, when they're younger, you need to give them the prospect to make some errors to be higher.”

Tonight's match officers

• Referee: Andrew Kitchen

• Referee's assistants: Adrian Holmes and Wade Smith

• Fourth official: Anthony Taylor

• VAR: Darren England

• Assistant VAR: Craig Taylor

These groups: James Collins makes 4 adjustments to the Wolves aspect that obtained thumped by Fulham final weekend. Joao Gomes and Andre come into midfield, with Marshall Munetsi and the suspended Emmanuel Agbadou dropping out. Hwang Hee-chan is in for Jhon Arias, who ius struggling to adapt to life within the Premier League, whereas Jackson Tchatchoua replaces KiJana Hoever.

Following Enzo Maresca's midweek Champions League tinkering, the Chelsea head coach picks kind of the identical crew that noticed off Spurs final weekend. Again from suspension, Liam Delap is available in for Reece James, however is extremely unlikely to line up at right-back or within the midfield function James stuffed at Spurs. No, Delap will spearhead Chelsea's assault with Joao Pedro behind him within the No10 function, whereas Enzo Fernandez drops additional again. Having stated that, I wish to see Delap enjoying at right-back as punishment for his daft sending-off in Chelsea League Cup win over Wolves the week earlier than final.

Chelsea: Sanchez, Gusto, Fofana, Chalobah, Cucurella, Caicedo, Fernandez, Neto, Joao Pedro, Garnacho, Delap.

Subs: Jorgensen, Tosin, Hato, Acheampong, James, Santos, Gittens, Estevao, Guiu.

Wolves: Johnstone, Tchatchoua, S. Bueno, Krejci, Toti, H. Bueno, Andre, J. Gomes, Bellegarde, Hwang, Strand Larsen.

Subs: Sa, Munetsi, Wolfe, Arias, Arokodare, Mosquera, Chirewa, Hoever, Mane.

Early crew information

Wolves are with out central defender Emmanuel Agbadou, who has to sit down this match out by way of suspension after getting despatched off in his aspect's 3-0 defeat in opposition to Fulham final weekend. Yerson Mosquera, who got here off the bench and scored an personal aim in that recreation, may are available for the Ivorian. Matt Doherty and Rodrigo Gomes are each injured and can miss in the present day's recreation.

Chelsea have misplaced midfielder Romeo Lavia to a different damage after the Belgian was compelled off the pitch with a thigh problem shortly after kick-off of their match in opposition to Qarabag. Levi Colwill, Cole Palmer, Benoit Badiashile and Dario Essugo are additionally sidelined.

Pedro Neto is predicted to be accessible for choice after lacking the journey to Baku with a minor niggle, whereas one or each of Jorrel Hato and Tosin Adaraybiyo are virtually sure to make manner following their lower than stellar displaying within the coronary heart of Chelsea's defence in Azerbaijan. In Josh Acheampong, Trevoh Chalobah and Wesley Fofana, they've a trio of potential replacements .

Mutinous followers, no head coach, backside of the desk with no win to point out for his or her opening 10 matches and already eight factors from security, Wolves arrive at Stamford Bridge in a particularly sorry state. Following the dismissal of Vitor Pereira final Sunday, their Beneath-21s coach James Collins will take interim cost of in the present day's recreation, assisted by his Beneath-18s counterpart James Walker.

Rob Edwards continues to be linked with the vacant place at Molineux. His present employers Middlesbrough rejected an strategy for his companies from Wolves on Thursday however have resigned themselves to dropping him and granted him permission to talk to the Molineux hierarchy. A former Wolves participant, Edwards was not current to take Boro coaching yesterday and was stood down by the membership for this afternoon's win over Birmingham Metropolis. Solely time will inform whether or not his apprently inevitable arrival at Wolves is a step up, down or sideways for the 42-year-old who already has one relegation from the Premier League on his CV.

As we speak's match may very well be a baptism of fireplace for Collins, who has beforehand labored because the membership's assistant coach below Julen Lopetegui. He takes a demoralised crew to Stamford Bridge to go toe-to-toe with a Chelsea aspect who thrashed Tottenham in as emphatic a 1-0 win as you'll ever see final weekend, earlier than being held by Qarabag of their midweek Champions League project in Baku. Kick-off at Stamford Bridge is at 8pm (GMT) however keep tuned within the meantime for crew information and build-up.