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Wolves v Chelsea: All the latest team news, injury updates, footie5 talk and more

The Premier League has returned with Frank Lampard's Chelsea away to Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Lampard heads over to Molineux against a Wolves side who have a tough match up before their return to European football.

Every week our footie5 pundits Jermaine Jenas and Sam Quek pick five matches and compete head-to-head.

This week they have selected the Wolves-Chelsea match this week so we've provided a preview of the weekend's match.

Here is the lowdown ahead of the Premier League clash:

Form

Since a disappointing opening day, Chelsea have picked up five points from a maximum nine including an five-goal fest win at Carrow Road against Norwich City.

Lampard is still waiting to get his first home win under his belt and a first clean sheet this season too.

Wolves would have appreciated the international break after a busy August.

On top of league action, Nuno Espirito Santo's side had an extra five matches to play in to qualify for the Europa League group stage.

Despite qualifying, the team are yet to get their first league win of the season after draws against Leicester, Man United and Burnley before losing away to Everton before going down to 10-men.

Chelsea have taken five points from their opening four Premier League fixtures (Clive Rose/Getty Images)

Team news

Frank Lampard faces a selection headache with a total of nine players out injured.

Antonio Rudiger faces a late fitness test while Mateo Kovacic (achilles), Pedro (thigh) and N'Golo Kante (ankle) are being assessed.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek (calf) and Reece James (ankle ligament) are both out.

Wolves have Willy Boly (suspended), Matt Doherty (knee) and Romain Saiss unavailable.

N'Golo Kante is out while Antonio Rudiger faces a late fitness test (Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC via Getty Images)

Head-to-head

It is Wolves who has the better win rate between the two sides in the league.

Chelsea have won 37, drawn 27 and lost 38 times to their opponents in their league history.

Last season, the Blues failed to pick up a win against the midlands club losing away at Molineux and drawing at Stamford Bridge.

footie5

SQ: Wolves 1-1 Chelsea

"Wolves  are better than their Premier League form suggests. Now they have officially qualified for the Europa League, I expect improvement."

JJ: Wolves 1-1 Chelsea

"Wolves will look to improve after a poor performance against  Everton  but not sure  Chelsea  have enough right now to win this game so score draw."

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The great thing about  footie5  is that you can decide which games to choose and predict the outcome.

We have a number of matches across the Premier League, Football League, Scottish Premiership and Scottish Football League to choose from and you can choose any five matches from the list.

You make your selections by simply clicking 'swap fixture' on the  footie5 page .

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