Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Monday 2 January 2012

Result

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Chelsea

Premier League · Monday 2 January 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Chelsea: match report

Wolverhampton Wanderers were beaten by Chelsea 1-2 in the Premier League on Monday 2 January 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Ramires opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goal came from Stephen Ward (85'). Chelsea scored through Ramires (54') and Frank Lampard (89').

Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 16th on 17 points from 19 and Chelsea 5th on 34 points from 19. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 20th with 25 points, and Chelsea 6th with 64.

Wolverhampton Wanderers lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers win, 0 draws and 6 for Chelsea.

Going into the match Wolverhampton Wanderers's last five read D-D-D-L-L and Chelsea's L-D-D-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Yellow card · Frank LampardChelsea
  • 26'Yellow card · Adam HammillWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 27'Yellow card · Karl HenryWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 31'Yellow card · Kevin DoyleWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 33'Yellow card · Oriol RomeuChelsea
  • 54'Goal · RamiresChelsea · 0-1
  • 85'Goal · Stephen WardWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 89'Goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 1-2

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, draws 0, Chelsea 6.

Team news

Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (4-4-1-1)

Wayne Hennessey, Richard Stearman, Roger Johnson, Dave Edwards, Karl Henry, Emmanuel Frimpong, Adam Hammill, A. Forde, Kevin Doyle, Stephen Ward, Christophe Berra

Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)

Petr Čech, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Branislav Ivanović, Ramires, Raúl Meireles, Juan Mata, John Mikel Obi, Didier Drogba, Daniel Sturridge