How to watch Chelsea v Benfica, team news, predicted line-ups, pre-match quotes and more

Chelsea take on Benfica in the round of 16 of the Club World Cup on Saturday . Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the clash…

Kick-off time

9pm UK time

How to watch in the UK

Streaming on DAZN – sign up for free here: www.dazn.com/Hayterstv

Injuries and suspensions

Chelsea: Wesley Fofana (out), Omari Kellyman (out), Nicolas Jackson (suspended), Mykhailo Mudryk (suspended)

Benfica: Alexander Bah (out), Florentino Luis (doubt), Tomas Araujo (out), Manu Silva (out), Zeki Amdouni (doubt)

Recent form

Benfica remain unbeaten in the competition so far, picking up a 1-0 win against Bayern Munich in their last group game after a 6-0 thrashing of Auckland City in the game prior. They started the competition with a 2-2 draw against Boca Juniors.

Chelsea bounced back from their 3-1 defeat to Flamengo in their second group game by thrashing ES Tunis 3-0 in their final group clash. They have also beaten LAFC 2-0 in the competition.

Predicted line-ups

Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Sanchez; James, Chalobah, Colwill, Cucurella; Caicedo, Enzo; Neto, Palmer, Madueke; Delap

Benfica (4-2-3-1): Trubin; Barreiro, Silva, Otamendi, Dahl; Sanches, Kokcu; Di Maria, Prestianni, Bruma; Pavlidis

What’s been said?

Maresca on the switch from group stage football to knockout football: “It’s a knockout game. Anything can happen. But it’s not just for us, it’s for any club. The players are aware that in this moment, the team that is going to make more mistakes is probably the team that the day after is back to home.”

Benfica boss Bruno Lage had some big praise for Chelsea winger Pedro Neto ahead of the game: “The player I really know is Pedro Neto. He’s one of the best wingers in the world. He’s so dangerous because he can go either way on the ball.”