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

Chelsea take on Palmeiras in the quarter-final of the Club World Cup on Saturday. Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the clash…

Kick-off time

2am 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), Moises Caicedo (suspended), Mykhailo Mudryk (suspended), Romeo Lavia (doubt).

Palmeiras: Paulinho (doubt), Joaquin Piquerez (suspended).

Recent form

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. Enzo Maresca’s side then went on to beat Benfica 4-1 in the round of 16.

Palmeiras drew with FC Porto before defeating Al Ahly 2-0 in their second group stage game. They secured qualification to the knockouts after a 2-2 draw with Inter Miami, before defeating fellow Brazilian side Botafogo 1-0 to reach the quarter-finals.

Predicted line-ups

Palmeiras XI (4-3-3): Weverton; Giay, Micael, Bruno Fuchs; Mayke, Rios, Martinez, Vanderlan; Allan, Vitor Roque, Estevao.

Chelsea XI (4-2-3-1): Sanchez; James, Badiashile, Colwill, Cucurella; Essugo, Lavia; Palmer, Fernandez, Madueke; Delap.

What’s been said?

Palmeiras head coach Abel Ferreira says his side suffered in the Round of 16 against Botafogo, but they deserved to progress:

“Never give up, never give in. All the time, we work for this. I would like to say thank you to my players for all their efforts. We had an amazing game against Botafogo. When we needed to suffer, we suffered together with one player less. We deserved it because we work a lot.”

Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca spoke on the possibility of new signing Joao Pedro being involved:

“Joao Pedro’s situation is a bit different. He was on holiday and even if he was working, it’s not the same working by yourself compared to working with the team. We are very happy with Joao in the last two days he has worked with us. We will see if we need him tomorrow and if we have the chance to give him some minutes, we will give him some minutes.”