Graham Potter may adhere to the predictable platitudes off the pitch but his Chelsea side have swung from one extreme to another on the field during a rocky reign.
The Blues scored one goal and failed to win a single game in February but advanced to the Champions League quarter-finals while going unbeaten in March. April got off to the worst start possible, however, with Aston Villa snatching a 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge that leaves Chelsea in the bottom half of the table.
The outcome of each fixture may be a complete unknown but here are the opponents awaiting Chelsea in the coming weeks.
Incredibly, Chelsea are yet to beat a team in the top half of the Premier League table this season. Liverpool may be struggling this term but they will still be in a lofty enough position to give Chelsea another chance of breaking that streak on Tuesday night.
The last three meetings between these clubs have ended in the same 0-0 scoreline. Although, Chelsea lost the subsequent penalty shootout when the teams met in the goalless finals of the Carabao Cup and FA Cup last season.
Nothing in a sport as devilishly destructive as football is a sure thing, but don’t bet on a bevvy of goals for Chelsea’s trip to Molineux.
Despite a slight uptick under Julen Lopetegui, Wolves are the division’s joint-lowest scorers this season while Premier League matches involving Chelsea have seen the fewest goals. One for the purists perhaps.
Real Madrid‘s Carlo Ancelotti, a manager whose playing career was almost as trophy-laden as his coaching tenure, has taken a dramatically contrasting route to this season’s Champions League quarter-finals compared to his opposite number.
Potter was able to make two top-flight starts in his entire career. Ancelotti won three top-flight titles. Nevertheless, they meet on equal footing in Europe’s last eight in the coming weeks.
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