Chelsea 3-0 Wolves: Gusto, Pedro & Neto score to send Blues to the 2nd

Alejandro Garnacho got two assists to help Chelsea to an emphatic 3-0 win over managerless Wolves in the Premier League.

Match Report

Wolves – who sacked Vitor Pereira after last weekend's 3-0 defeat to Fulham – held firm in the first half, but Chelsea rallied after the break to move, at least temporarily, second in the table.

Enzo Fernandez and Garnacho both forced Sam Johnstone into fine stops early on, while Joao Pedro dragged wide in a largely frustrating first period.

However, it took just six second-half minutes for them to find a breakthrough, with Malo Gusto meeting Garnacho's delivery to nod in his first senior career goal.

Fernandez almost forced an own goal out of Ladislav Krejci before Joao Pedro marked his 100th Premier League appearance with a first-time finish in the box.

And Garnacho set up former Wolves star Pedro Neto for their third after a lightning-quick counter, putting it on a plate for him to rifle in from close range.

Wolves, who are still bottom without a win this season, almost let in another late on, but Marc Guiu could only hit the post of an empty goal after pouncing on Joao Pedro's saved strike.

Data Debrief: Chelsea sharing the goalscoring joy

Chelsea have now had 11 different goalscorers in the Premier League this season, the joint-most of any side along with Arsenal and Brighton (excluding own goals).

While Garnacho marked his 99th match in the competition with two assists in one game – the first time he has managed that in the competition – Fernandez was an unsung hero.

He had five shots (a team high) and 11 final-third entries (top, level with Trevoh Chalobah) as he orchestrated play from midfield.

But for Wolves, they remain winless in their first 11 games of a league campaign for just the second time in their history (after 1983-84), and failed to have a single shot on target as they mustered just 0.17 expected goals (xG) to Chelsea's 3.38.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

3' Enzo goes for goal and his early chance is tipped over by Johnstone

5' Enzo chips a brilliant ball which Garnacho is on to, but his effort is tame

7' Cucurella hammers a shot and then Enzo glances his effort wide

21' Cucurella wins Chelsea a free-kick out wide which the Blues take quickly

22' Johnston tips over Enzo Fernandes' looping effort from the edge of the box

37' Break in play as Malo Gusto gets some treatment after twisting his ankle

44' Match Event for Chelsea vs Wolves

49' Neto darts past Andre who takes him down and picks up a yellow card

51' GOAL! Gusto breaks the deadlock with his first ever goal! Chelsea 1-0 Wolves

60' Neto finds Gusto in the box but he loses the ball

61' Bellgarde has a pop from way out but sees his shot fly over

64' Chelsea change: On comes teenager Estevao, replacing Liam Delap

65' GOAL! Pedro slots home following great set-up from Estevao! Chelsea 2-0 Wolves

71' Wesley Fofana gets his foot stuck in the turf and lands awkwardly

73' GOAL! Neto taps in against former club from Garnacho's pass! Chelsea 3-0 Wolves

77' Malo Gusto is replaced by Reece James and Marc Guiu is on for Pedro Neto

79' CLOSE! Pedro's shot is saved and Guiu pokes the rebound off the post

82' Estevao wriggles by a defender and then blasts a pass which Guiu can't divert in

Line-ups

Chelsea XI: Cucurella, Trevoh Chalobah, Robert Sánchez, Pedro Neto, Wesley Fofana, João Pedro, Enzo, Caicedo, Gusto, Garnacho, Liam Delap

Subs: Adarabioyo, Reece James, Jørgensen, Gittens, Jorrel Hato, Andrey Santos, Josh Acheampong, Estêvão, Guiu

Wolves XI: Sam Johnstone, Hwang Hee-Chan, Santiago Bueno, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, Jørgen Strand Larsen, Ladislav Krejci, Toti Gomes, Hugo Bueno, João Gomes, André, Jackson Tchatchoua

Subs: Jose Sa, Marshall Munetsi, Jhon Arias, Hoever, David Møller Wolfe, Tolu Arokodare, Tawanda Chirewa, Yerson Mosquera, Mateus Mané