Wolverhampton vs Chelsea prediction 24.12.2023

• Competition: Premier League
• Date: Sunday, 24th December 2023
• Kickoff: 13:00 UK / 14:00 CET
• Venue: Molineux Stadium (Wolverhampton)

Wolves have their own limitations, especially defensively, but their attack is good enough to keep them floating in mid-table. Wolves are far from the best teams in the competition, but they also have too much quality to worry about a relegation dogfight. Still, Gary O'Neil's team won only one of the last five matches. Last weeken, they lost 3-0 on the road against West Ham. The difference between the two teams wasn't that big as the home side had xG of 0.99, while the guests had 0.61, but West Ham was much better in execution, so eventually, Wolves finished heavily beaten. 

Chelsea had hopes that this would be the season when they would return among the best Premier League teams, but after 17 rounds, they collected only 22 points. Chelsea have a few elements to improve, but the most evident is the inability to stop the opponent from creating goal-scoring chances. Chelsea's last game was on Tuesday when they won after penalties in the EFL Cup at home against Newcastle. Mauricio Pochettino's squad probably should have won that game earlier, as they had 78% ball possession and ten shots on goal more than the opponent. 

Wolverhampton vs Chelsea pick: Under 2.5 goals

Wolves scored only two goals in the last three matches. On the other hand, Chelsea scored three goals in the previous three games. Under 2.5 goals should be the best bet for this tie.