Chelsea v Wolves

• 18:00 GMT on BT Sport 1
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Vitinha found the feet of Pedro Neto on the Wolves left and the Portuguese youngster headed straight for the Chelsea defence. A drop of the shoulder, a quick shift onto his favoured left foot, and before Edouard Mendy had time to adjust his feet, the ball was in the back of the net, completing the comeback and giving Wolverhampton Wanderers a 2-1 victory over Chelsea.

Was that the beginning of the end for Frank Lampard? It came on the back of a 1-0 defeat to Everton and began a run of form that the Chelsea legend could not recover from; 41 days on and Super Frank had been handed his P45.

Lampard’s dismissal came after his side progressed to the fifth round of the FA Cup with a 3-1 victory over Luton on Sunday, and while Tammy Abraham helped himself to a hat-trick, Timo Werner continued in his remarkably accurate impression of both Andriy Shevchenko and Fernando Torres’ time at Chelsea.

The Thomas Tuchel reign begins at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday, and he will have his work cut out. The Blues having won just one of their last five Premier League matches, being comfortably swept aside by Arsenal, Manchester City and Leicester in that time.

Chelsea are undoubtedly out of sorts, but it has also been anything but plain sailing for Wolves since their dramatic come-from-behind win against Chelsea last month. In fact, Nuno Espírito Santo’s men haven’t won a Premier League match since then, losing four times and drawing twice.

It has been a difficult month for the Old Gold, but they have arguably been performing a little better than the bare results might suggest. They showed good character to grab a draw against Tottenham and, after defending like the Wolves of old, were terribly unlucky to go down to a late deflected goal against Manchester United. They let a two-goal lead slip against Brighton at the beginning of the month, created better quality chances than Everton, and limited West Brom to a non-penalty expected goals against total of just 0.98 (xGA) – two of the Baggies’ goals coming from the spot.

Wolves’ style of play is no secret, Nuno Espírito Santo embodies modern Portuguese coaching with his meticulous, pragmatic approach to football, but this style of play is no doubt better suited to playing against higher quality opposition, that is clear from Wolves’ results against the Premier League’s bigger hitters over the last few years.