Can Rosenior extend his 100% Premier League record against rock-bottom Wolves?

Chelsea head to Molineux seeking a fourth consecutive Premier League victory under Liam Rosenior against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday afternoon.

Wolves fell to a 2-0 defeat to Bournemouth last time out in the Premier League, leaving them 18 points adrift of safety and staring down the barrel of relegation.

Chelsea suffered a late 1-0 defeat at Arsenal in the Carabao Cup semi-final (losing 4-2 on aggregate) on Tuesday night.

However, the Blues secured a 3-2 comeback victory over West Ham United last weekend in the Premier League, leaving them fifth in the table and just one point behind Manchester United in fourth place.

Match preview

Wolverhampton Wanderers have lost their last three Premier League games against Chelsea by an aggregate score of 12-3, having won three in a row against the Blues before this.

Chelsea won this exact fixture 6-2 last season but haven’t won consecutive Premier League away games against Wolves since their first two visits in September 2003 (5-0) and February 2010 (2-0).

The Blues have beaten Wolves 4-3 (EFL Cup) and 3-0 (Premier League) already this season. They last scored 3+ goals against an opponent in three different games in a season in 2016/17 vs Leicester City.

Wolves have failed to score in each of their last three Premier League games and have drawn a blank in 13 of 24 games this season (54%). It’s the highest ratio of games a team has failed to score in a season since Norwich in 2021/22 (22/38, 58%).

Victory here for Chelsea would see them win four consecutive Premier League matches, all since Liam Rosenior took over. His predecessor, Enzo Maresca, only managed one run of four wins in a row across his 57 games, winning five on the bounce in November/December 2024.

Liam Rosenior is looking to become just the second English manager in Premier League history to win his first four games in charge – Craig Shakespeare won his first five with Leicester between February and April 2017.

Wolves have scored just four goals across their last seven Premier League games at Molineux (W1 D1 L5), scoring three of those from five shots in the first half against West Ham in January.

João Pedro has scored five goals in his last eight Premier League appearances for Chelsea, including a goal in all three under Liam Rosenior so far. He is the first player to score in a Chelsea manager’s first three games in charge.

Team news

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Toti Gomes and Ladislav Krejci are unavailable due to injury and illness, respectively.

Chelsea

Reece James and Pedro Neto both missed the Blues’ Carabao Cup loss to Arsenal, and Rosenior has confirmed that the pair will be assessed ahead of kickoff.

However, Jamie Gittens, Tosin Adarabioyo, Dario Essugo, Romeo Lavia and Levi Colwill will definitely miss out due to injuries.

Predicted line-ups

Wolverhampton Wanderers: Jose Sa, Mosquera, S. Bueno, Krejci, Tchatchoua, Andre, Mane, J. Gomes, H. Bueno, Hwang, Arokodare.

Chelsea: Sanchez, Gusto, Chalobah, Fofana, Cucurella, Caicedo, Fernandez, Estevao, Palmer, Garnacho, and João Pedro.