Chelsea’s quarter-final at the Club World Cup takes place at Lincoln Financial Field. Kick-off is at 9pm local time on Friday 4 July, or 2am UK time on Saturday 5 July, at a 67,600-capacity stadium which was opened in 2003 and is the home of NFL side Philadelphia Eagles.

If the score is level after 90 minutes, 30 minutes extra time will be played and then penalties if necessary. The winners will play either Al Hilal or Fluminense in the semi-finals at MetLife Stadium, New Jersey, on Tuesday at 3pm local time (8pm UK time).

Chelsea statistics

Chelsea are playing in Philadelphia for the third time in this tournament having already taken on Flamengo and Esperance de Tunisie at the city's Lincoln Financial Field.

Enzo Maresca has given Club World Cup minutes to 26 members of our 28-man squad. Only goalkeepers Mike Penders and Gaga Slonina are yet to feature. No player has started all four of our matches.

Chelsea’s 4-1 extra-time win over Benfica on Saturday was just the second time the Blues have won an extra-time match by a margin of three goals, having also defeated Swindon Town (5-2) after extra time in a first-round replay in the 1914/15 FA Cup.

With four minutes of the 90 to play, the match against Benfica was suspended for one hour and 57 minutes due to a severe weather warning. The match eventually finished four hours and 38 minutes after it kicked off.

Chelsea have won 11 of our last 13 matches across all competitions. Our defeats in that run came at Newcastle United and against Flamengo, when we completed both matches with 10 men. We have kept clean sheets in six of those games.

Our 4-1 win over Benfica was the 14th time across all competitions that we have scored four or more goals in a game under Maresca. That is the most by any Premier League team since the Italian’s first match in charge on 18 August 2024.

Pedro Neto has scored in three consecutive matches for the first time in his senior club career.

Milestones

Enzo Fernandez started a Chelsea game for the 100th time against Benfica.

Benoit Badiashile's next start will be his 50th in a Chelsea shirt.

Palmeiras stats

Formation: 1914
Ground: Allianz Park (Capacity 43,713)
Major honours: Three Copa Libertadores, 12 Serie A titles, four Copa do Brasil

Palmeiras are the most successful club in the history of the Brazilian league, with 12 titles in all. They are based in Sao Paulo and play in green shirts and white shorts.

A dominant force in South America since Abel Ferreira was appointed head coach in 2020, Palmeiras won the Copa Libertadores that year and retained it the year after to earn a place at the 2025 Club World Cup.

Since the end of April, Palmeiras have won 10 of their last 14 matches across all competitions (two draws, two defeats) keeping 10 clean sheets.

2024/25 season:

Serie A: Fourth (after 11 of 38 games played)
Campeonato Paulista: Runners-up
Copa do Brasil: Currently round of 16
Copa Libertadores: Currently round of 16
Club World Cup: Currently quarter-finals
Top scorer all competitions: Estevao Willian and Jose Manuel Lopez 11

Palmeiras’ last game – a 1-0 win over Botafogo to qualify for the quarter-finals – lasted over two hours in terms of total match time (140 minutes and 20 seconds), and was the first match of the 2025 Club World Cup to see 10 or more cards shown (six yellows for Botafogo, four yellows and one red for Palmeiras).

Paulinho has scored three goals and provided two assists for Palmeiras in six appearances across the Copa Libertadores and Club World Cup. All five goal contributions came in matches he started on the bench.

Palmeiras have lost both previous games against English opposition. In addition to Chelsea in 2022, they lost to Manchester United 1-0 in the Intercontinental Cup in 1999, when Roy Keane scored United’s goal.

Last five results

Cruzeiro (a) L 2-1
Porto (CWC) D 0-0
Al Ahly (CWC) W 2-0
Inter Miami (CWC) D 2-2
Botafogo (CWC) W 1-0 aet

Club World Cup scorers: Paulinho 2, Mauricio 1, Lopez 1, own goal 1

Last Palmeiras line-up

Palmeiras vs Botafogo, Tuesday 24 June

Team (4-2-3-1): Weverton; Giay, Gomez (c), Bruno Fuchs, Piquerez; Rios, Martinez (Moreno f-t); Allan (Mayke 71), Mauricio (Torres 85), Estevao (Luighi 63); Vitor Roque (Paulinho 63) (Micael 103)
Scorer: Paulinho 100
Booked: Gomez 40, Piquerez 86, Estevao 105, Moreno 120+2, Weverton 120+5
Sent off: Gomez 116

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