Who: Chelsea vs Palmeiras
What: FIFA Club World Cup quarterfinals
The place: Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
When: Friday, July 4 at 9pm (01:00 GMT, July 5)
The way to observe: We’ll have all of the build-up on Al Jazeera Sport from 6pm native (22:00 GMT) prematurely of our dwell textual content commentary stream.
The second quarterfinal of the 2025 FIFA Membership World Cup pits English Premier League membership Chelsea in opposition to Brazil’s Palmeiras.
Al Jazeera Sport takes a take a look at whether or not the match-up is a repeat of the 2021 last, which the Blues won 2-1 within the United Arab Emirates.
How did Chelsea attain the quarterfinals?
Chelsea picked up wins in opposition to Los Angeles and ES Tunis within the group stage to seal their qualification for the knockout rounds, though they did slip to a 3-1 defeat to a different Brazilian membership, Flamengo, to concede the highest spot.
That handed the Blues a difficult all-European spherical of 16 tie in opposition to Benfica, which required further time for the London-based membership to progress with a 4-1 win.
A two-hour delay, with Chelsea main 1-0 with 4 minutes of regular time to play, for close by lightning was removed from superb in what has already proved a draining summer time event.
How did Palmeiras attain the quarterfinals?
Two attracts, in opposition to Corinthians and Porto, and a last match win in opposition to Al Ahly have been sufficient for Palmeiras to progress to the final 16 of the event.
The price of ending second within the group, behind Porto, meant an all-Brazilian tie with Botafogo within the first knockout spherical.
Former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Paulinho got here off the bench to attain the one objective of the sport in further time to ship Palmeiras via.
Who might Chelsea and Palmeiras face within the semifinals?
The winners of the primary quarterfinal between Brazil’s Fluminense and Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal, performed earlier within the day, await the winners of the second last-eight tie.
Who completes the Membership World Cup quarterfinal lineup?
Paris Saint-Germain in opposition to Bayern Munich and Actual Madrid in opposition to Borussia Dortmund full the quarterfinal lineup, with the winners of these ties going through one another within the semifinals.
Can Joao Pedro play for Chelsea on the CWC?
Sure. Chelsea signed ahead Joao Pedro from Brighton & Hove Albion on Wednesday and will make his debut for the London-based membership within the quarterfinals.
Monetary particulars weren’t disclosed, however British media reported that the deal was price 60 million kilos ($81.54m).
“Everybody is aware of this can be a massive membership with an ideal historical past,” the Brazilian, who has signed an eight-year contract, stated in an announcement.
“That they had sensible gamers prior to now and have sensible gamers now. So I’m excited to affix, and you understand if you find yourself a Chelsea participant you have to assume one factor – win.”
The 23-year-old joined Brighton from Watford in 2023 and has scored 30 targets and offered 10 assists in 70 appearances for the south-coast membership.
He has additionally made three appearances for Brazil’s senior crew.
Chelsea captain Reece James’s pre-match ideas
“We’ve come a great distance. It was troublesome to be so near the top of the match after which have a kick within the enamel like that after we misplaced a late objective. We needed to choose ourselves up and brush ourselves down – and to then rating a number of targets in further time after the delay most likely exhibits how far we’ve come, and everybody has performed a component.”
Palmeiras coach Abel Ferreira’s pre-match ideas
“By no means quit, by no means give in. On a regular basis, we work for this. I wish to say thanks to my gamers for all their efforts. We had a tremendous sport in opposition to Botafogo. Once we wanted to endure, we suffered along with one participant much less. We deserved it as a result of we work so much.”
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— FIFA Membership World Cup (@FIFACWC) July 2, 2025
Chelsea crew information
Chelsea welcome again striker Nicolas Jackson after a two-game ban for his sending off within the defeat by Flamengo.
Moises Caicedo, nevertheless, sits out the tie after choosing up a yellow card within the win in opposition to Benfica.
Palmeiras crew information
Paulinho is ready to have surgical procedure on his leg after the event, so, regardless of his successful objective within the final spherical, the midfielder is ready to stay among the many substitutes.
Palmeiras may even be with out the companies of the suspended Uruguayan Joaquin Piquerez.
Estevao, who is ready to affix Chelsea following the finals, will, nevertheless, be capable of play.
Head-to-head
That is solely the second assembly between the perimeters following Chelsea’s 2-1 win within the 2021 Membership World Cup last.
Romelu Lukaku and Kai Havertz scored for the Blues, both facet of Raphael Veiga’s Sixty fourth-minute penalty, to settle the match that went to further time. Luan was despatched off for Palmeiras for a second yellow card within the last minute of the match.
Type information – Chelsea’s final 5 video games:
W-W-L-W-W
Type information – Palmeira’s final 5 video games:
D-D-W-D-W
Chelsea attainable beginning lineup:
Sanchez; James (c), Badiashile, Colwill, Cucurella; Essugo, Lavia; Palmer, Fernandez, Pedro Neto; Jackson
Palmeiras attainable beginning lineup:
Weverton (c); Giay, Micael, Bruno Fuchs; Mayke, Rios, Martinez, Vanderlan; Allan, Vitor Roque, Estevao
