Chelsea fell short of a third successive comeback as we bid goodbye to this year’s League Cup competition at the semifinal stage on Tuesday night. Some took the loss fairly hard, but there’s little time to wallow in it as it’s back to the Premier League this weekend with three very winnable points on offer.
Wolves are in the midst of an historically bad Premier League season, having won just one (1) game and eight (8!) points from the 24 games played so far. That’s barely a 13-point pace, which means
that Derby County’s record for futility is currently still under threat. (2007-08 Derby hold the record for worst ever Premier League season with 1 win and just 11 points in the 38 games.)
That said, six of Wolves’ eight points have come in their last six games, which included draws against Spurs and Manchester United as well. They must not be underestimated.
Date / Time: Saturday, February 7, 2026, 15.00 GMT; 10am EST; 8:30pm IST
Venue: Molineux, Wolverhampton
Referee: Jarred Gillett (on pitch); Simon Hooper (VAR)
Forecast: Rainy, breezy
On TV: none (UK); none (USA); Star Sports Select HD2 (India); SuperSport MaXimo 1, Canal+ Sport 5 (NGA); elsewhere
Streaming: none (UK); Peacock (USA); JioHotstar (India); DStv Now
Wolves team news: With their relegation all but confirmed, Wolves’s January business focused on getting money in the bank. They got Crystal Palace to pay over £40m for Jørgen Strand Larsen’s one (1) Premier League goal this season, before sending starting center back Emmanuel Agbadou to Beşiktaş for another €20m in return. And midfielder Marshall Munetsi was loaned to Paris FC in Ligue 1. Also, in preparation for next season, they signed Championship-level striker Adam Armstrong from Southampton.
Head coach Vítor Pereira was sacked in November after barely a year in charge; his replacement was (former Wolves player) Rob Edwards, who decided to jump ship from Middlesbrough despite what’s looking like a promotion-season for them in the Championship. Boro are currently level on points with Frank Lampard’s Coventry City at the top of the second division table, second only on goal difference.
Wolves are the only team in the Premier League to average under a goal per game (well under, in fact), and only West Ham and Burnley have conceded more.
Chelsea team news: Injury and fitness concerns continue to mount up as the fixture congestion keeps taking its toll. We will get a brief break in a couple weeks, but we have to get there first. Jamie Gittens is the latest to drop out, with a major hamstring problem, joining usual suspects Dário Essugo, Roméo Lavia, Tosin Adarabioyo, and Levi Colwill on the sidelines. There’s better news regarding Cole Palmer and Estêvão, both of whom have been declared fully fit, but no such luck for Reece James or Pedro Neto, who both remain questionable. Backup goalkeeper Filip Jörgensen also continues to miss time with was supposedly not a serious injury.
Despite those challenges, head coach Liam Rosenior has made a good start to his Chelsea career, earning a nomination for Premier League Manager of the Month for his first month in charge. He’s yet to lose to a team not named Arsenal, though our last two wins, against Napoli and West Ham, both required epic comebacks. So hopefully we can make it a bit easier on ourselves this week.
“The biggest thing for me as the head coach of this group is that I want to see consistency in our levels of performance, engagement and intensity in every game that we play. That’s something I’ve spoken to the group about. The next game is the most important game and the Wolves game is another huge game for our season.”
-Liam Rosenior; source: Chelsea FC
Previously: Chelsea have won four in a row against Wolves in all competitions, though in our last visit here, in the League Cup, the final result was only decided by the odd goal in seven. Last season, we won this fixture, 6-2, thanks to Noni Madueke’s dislike for Wolverhampton as a town.
