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Good evening and welcome to live coverage of Wolves v Chelsea at Molineux.

Premier League / Matchday 22
Molineux / 05.01.2011
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Alex Chick

Updated 05/01/2011 at 21:39 GMT


12'
Strong darting run by Zubar for Wolves. He is chased by Bosingwa and eventually the ball is ran out of play. The match spilling from end to end at the moment.
11'
Decent corner from Lampard. Deep to the back post. Drogba rises, but he can't get a free header at the goal and eventually it is Fletcher who boots that out of the danger zone.
10'
Nice bit of play by Chelsea there. Really cut Wolves open, but Kalou's cross is scrambled clear.
9'
Wolves will move above Wigan into second bottom spot in the table if the results stay the same, while Chelsea face slipping nine points behind leaders Manchester United having played a game more.
8'
Ramires takes a tumble under pressure from Hunt, but nothing doing. Would have been a harsh call to give a penalty there.
7'
McCarthy having a chuckle on the bench, but it is no laughing matter to Ancelotti and the Chelsea players. What was Cole and Bosingwa doing. It looked like it may have been Bosingwa who got the final touch to that, but we think it went in off Fletcher.
6'
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GOAL FOR WOLVES! Corner from Hunt flies into the box. It evades everyone. Was heading in anyway, but Fletcher applies the finishing touch and the home side are ahead. What a start to this match.
5'
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Great effort from Zubar. He smacks that from 25 yards out. It swerved in the air before Cech adjusted his body to flick the ball round a post. Fine save.
4'
Foul by Ivanvovic on Fletcher. Really silly foul to give away it must be said.
3'
Cech having to look alert there with Fletcher and Doyle lurking. He scampers to the edge of his box to collect the ball. Ancelotti out of his box to make his feelings known to his player.
2'
Fletcher and Bosingwa appeal for a throw-in, but the decision goes to Chelsea. Remember Chelsea ran out 2-0 winners against Wolves at Stamford Bridge in October.
1'
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Chelsea to get us off and running in this one. Ball with the home keeper Hennessey in the opening minute before Cole puts the ball out of play for Chelsea.
19.40
Teams on the way out. Ancelotti munching on his chewing gum as he takes his seat in the dugout. Wolves going with a straight 4-4-2 formation, while Chelsea have a flexible 4-3-3 formation. Should be an interesting one, to say the least.
19.35
CHELSEA TEAM NEWS: Chelsea make three changes from the draw with Aston Villa. Nicolas Anelka drops to the bench with Salomon Kalou starting up front. Branislav Ivanovic comes in for Jeffrey Bruma with Jose Boswinga also included.
19.30
WOLVES TEAM NEWS: Mick McCarthy welcomes back Kevin Doyle and Steven Fletcher up front as they chase the win that will carry them off the foot of the Premier League table.
19.25
Chelsea have won both Premier League visits to Molineux, since a 2-1 defeat in old Division Two in January, 1983. Florent Malouda has scored in two of the last three Premier League matches against Wolves.
19.20
Mick McCarthy, the Wolves manager, is chasing an upset this evening. "I doubt anybody is coming here thinking this is going to be a breeze because we're bottom of the league," said McCarthy. "Nobody's had it that way...and Chelsea won't have it that way.''
19.15
Carlo Ancelotti is chasing a win after watching Chelsea collect just 10 points from their past 10 league games. "We are not desperate," said Ancelotti. "Everything is okay. We are able to come back for the title also without any new players. When the Champions League comes back we need to have a squad without injury. It is important that Alex comes back fit to play."
19.10
The referee for tonight's match is Mark Halsey from Lancashire.
19.05
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Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Terry, Cole, Ramires, Essien, Lampard, Kalou, Drogba, Malouda Subs: Turnbull, Ferreira, Sturridge, Anelka, Kakuta, Bruma, McEachran
19.00
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Teams for this evening: Wolverhampton: Hennessey, Zubar, Stearman, Berra, Elokobi, Jarvis, Foley, Edwards, Hunt, Fletcher, Doyle Subs: Hahnemann, Ebanks-Blake, Ward, David Jones, Milijas, Batth, Doherty