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)
Methods to comply with: We’ll have all of the build-up on Al Jazeera Sport from 6pm native (22:00 GMT) upfront of our reside 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 have a look at whether or not the match-up is a repeat of the 2021 remaining, 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 tough all-European spherical of 16 tie in opposition to Benfica, which required additional 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 splendid in what has already proved a draining summer season event.
How did Palmeiras attain the quarterfinals?
Two attracts, in opposition to Corinthians and Porto, and a remaining 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 additional time to ship Palmeiras via.
Who may 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 value 60 million kilos ($81.54m).
“Everybody is aware of this can be a massive membership with a terrific historical past,” the Brazilian, who has signed an eight-year contract, mentioned in a press release.
“They’d sensible gamers previously and have sensible gamers now. So I’m excited to affix, and you understand when you find yourself a Chelsea participant you should assume one factor – win.”
The 23-year-old joined Brighton from Watford in 2023 and has scored 30 objectives and offered 10 assists in 70 appearances for the south-coast membership.
He has additionally made three appearances for Brazil’s senior workforce.
Chelsea captain Reece James’s pre-match ideas
“We’ve come a good distance. It was tough to be so near the tip of the match after which have a kick within the enamel like that once we misplaced a late objective. We needed to decide ourselves up and brush ourselves down – and to then rating a number of objectives in additional time after the delay in all probability reveals how far we’ve come, and everybody has performed an element.”
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 want to say thanks to my gamers for all their efforts. We had an incredible recreation in opposition to Botafogo. Once we wanted to undergo, we suffered along with one participant much less. We deserved it as a result of we work loads.”
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— FIFA Membership World Cup (@FIFACWC) July 2, 2025
Chelsea workforce information
Chelsea welcome again striker Nicolas Jackson after a two-game ban for his sending off within the defeat by Flamengo.
Moises Caicedo, nonetheless, sits out the tie after choosing up a yellow card within the win in opposition to Benfica.
Palmeiras workforce information
Paulinho is about to have surgical procedure on his leg after the event, so, regardless of his profitable objective within the final spherical, the midfielder is about to stay among the many substitutes.
Palmeiras will even be with out the companies of the suspended Uruguayan Joaquin Piquerez.
Estevao, who is about to affix Chelsea following the finals, will, nonetheless, have the ability to play.
Head-to-head
That is solely the second assembly between the edges following Chelsea’s 2-1 win within the 2021 Membership World Cup remaining.
Romelu Lukaku and Kai Havertz scored for the Blues, both aspect of Raphael Veiga’s Sixty fourth-minute penalty, to settle the match that went to additional time. Luan was despatched off for Palmeiras for a second yellow card within the remaining 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