Chelsea have scored 45 goals in the 9 league games (you do the math to find out the ratio) at Stamford Bridge and despite the absense of Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba, they still have plenty of goals in them through the medium of Florent Malouda, Michael Essien, Salomon Kalou and the in-form Nicolas Anelka.
As for us, we're down to our bare bones in midfield, so much so that we had to call back David Davis from a loan spell over the road at Walsall. With Karl Henry and Adlene Guedioura out and Michael Mancienne ineligible, the three midfield men most likely to start are David Jones and Dave Edwards with what I would believe would be Nenad Milijas in the holding role. Jody Craddock will be a great miss but I hope Richard Stearman can kick on from last week's performance.
The outcome is inevitable. It's like an arranged marriage. There's no getting away from it, no matter how much you dislike it, but we'll have a go for the hell of it.
'Grobs'
POSSIBLE LINE-UP
CHELSEA (4-3-3): Cech; Ferriera, Ivanovic, Terry, Cole; Mikel, Ramires, Essien; Kalou, Anelka, Malouda
WOLVES (4-5-1): Hahnemann; Foley, Stearman, Berra, Ward; Jarvis, Milijas, Jones, Edwards, Hunt; Doyle
KEY PLAYER: Florent Malouda. Supplier and a scorer of many goals.
WEAKEST LINK: Er...
NOTABLE MUTUAL ALUMNI: Dave Beasant, Carlton Cole, Michael Mancienne, Jim McCalliog, Bill Barraclough
ODDS (with William Hill)
WIN: Chelsea 1/7; Draw 6/1; Wolves 20/1
FIRST GOALSCORER: Anelka (Chelsea) 3/1; Malouda (Chelsea) 7/2; Kalou (Chelsea) 4/1; Essien (Chelsea) 5/1; Ramires (Chelsea) 12/1; Fletcher (Wolves) 16/1; Doyle (Wolves) 16/1; Cole (Chelsea) 20/1; Terry (Chelsea) 20/1; Ebanks-Blake (Wolves) 20/1; Hunt (Wolves) 25/1; Jarvis (Wolves) 25/1; Stearman (Wolves) 40/1; Foley (Wolves) 80/1
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