Chelsea travel to Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Carabao Cup fourth round on Wednesday evening as they seek to recover from their shock weekend defeat.
The Blues had been embracing a purple patch of form, but were given an almighty reality check by newly-promoted Sunderland on Saturday afternoon. Chelsea underwhelmed on home soil against the Black Cats, eventually succumbing to defeat via Chemsdine Talbi’s stoppage-time strike.
The result brought Chelsea’s four-match winning streak to a close and saw them sink to ninth in the Premier League table, but they can return to winning ways in the cup when they visit struggling Wolves in the first of two meetings between the teams before the November international break.
The Carabao Cup has brought the only wins of Wolves’ season to date as pressure mounts on Vítor Pereira, who angrily confronted fans at Molineux over the weekend. Their last-gasp defeat at home to Burnley on Sunday marked a new low in the Portuguese manager’s reign, with just two points accumulated from nine league games this term.
Pereira has lost his only previous meeting with Chelsea, but Wolves have a relatively strong recent record against the Blues. While they conceded nine across two defeats last season, they have won three of their last five clashes with the west London giants. They desperately need another positive result on Wednesday night.
Here is guide to the clash.
