Sunday Mirror

MATCH FACTS

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■■Chelsea remain unbeaten against Wolves at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League (P8 W5 D3), only playing more home matches in the competitio­n without ever losing against Middlesbro­ugh (15), Fulham (15) and Stoke (10).

The Blues failed to win a Prem game in which they were 2+ goals ahead for the first time since October 2020 v Southampto­n (3-3), having won 24 consecutiv­e such matches prior to today. ■■Chelsea have scored 70 goals in the Premier League this season – the first time they have hit this tally since their most recent title-winning campaign in 2016-17 (85 goals that term). ■■Wolves haven’t conceded a first-half goal in any of their last 17 away Premier

League games – the longest such run in the competitio­n’s history. ■■Conor Coady’s equaliser (96:29) was Wanderers’ second-latest ever Premier League goal since we have exact times available (from 2006-07), after Raul Jimenez v Burnley in August 2019 (96:55), while it was also the second-latest goal Chelsea have conceded in the competitio­n during this period after Luis Suarez’s strike for Liverpool in April 2013 (96:30).

■■Romelu Lukaku scored his first league goals for Chelsea since netting in back-to-back games against Aston Villa and Brighton in December, ending a run of 10 appearance­s without finding the back of the net in the top flight.

■■Following his brace today (separated by just 138 seconds), Lukaku is now the Blues’ outright top scorer in all competitio­ns this season with 14 goals.

■■Thirteen of the last 15 goals Chelsea have conceded in the

Premier League have come in the second half.

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