PSG vs Chelsea: FIFA Club World Cup final – teams, start, lineups

Who: Paris Saint-Germain vs Chelsea
What: 2025 FIFA Club World Cup final
Where: Metlife Stadium, New Jersey, United States
When: Sunday, July 12, astatine 3pm ET (19:00 GMT)

How to follow: We’ll person each the build-up connected Al Jazeera Sport from noon ET (16:00 GMT) successful beforehand of our unrecorded substance commentary stream.

Fresh from their archetypal European crown, Paris Saint-Germain spell successful hunt of the astir lucrative prize successful nine shot arsenic they look Chelsea successful the last of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup (CWC).

FIFA, football’s planetary governing body, has pulled retired each the stops to contiguous this tourney arsenic the astir prestigious trophy successful the nine game.

Al Jazeera Sport takes a look astatine a lucifer that could apical a stellar play for the Parisians oregon could kick-start the reboot of 1 of the teams that had antecedently sought planetary domination, Chelsea.

How did PSG scope the CWC final?

Following their 5-0 demolition of Inter Milan successful the UEFA Champions League final, the Parisians pulled disconnected different large accomplishment by beating the grounds Club World Cup and European Cup winners Real Madrid 4-0 successful the semifinals of this year’s edition.

Paris Saint-Germain’s Fabian Ruiz celebrates scoring their archetypal extremity with Khvicha Kvaratskhelia [Amanda Perobelli/Reuters]

Fabian Ruiz scored connected either broadside of an Ousmane Dembele onslaught to acceptable PSG connected their mode successful the archetypal half, earlier Goncalo Ramos rounded matters disconnected with 3 minutes remaining of mean time.

PSG had already flooded Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami and Bayern Munich successful the knockout stages, portion topping their radical pursuing wins against Atletico Madrid and Seattle Sounders, and a decision by Botafogo.

How did Chelsea scope the CWC final?

The Blues overcame Brazilian absorption successful the past 2 rounds, beating Fluminense 2-0 successful the semifinal and Palmeiras 2-1 successful the quarters.

The circular of 16 provided a overmuch stiffer trial with Benfica, aft a two-hour lightning delay, coming backmost onto the tract with 4 minutes remaining of mean clip and levelling the lucifer done Angel di Maria’s penalty.

Reece James had fixed the Blues the pb successful the 64th infinitesimal from a freekick, but Christopher Nkunku, Pedro Neto and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall added to Chelsea’s tally successful other clip to seal a 4-1 win.

Wins against Los Angeles and ES Tunis straddled a decision by Flamengo successful the radical stage.

Reece James, skipper of Chelsea, speaks to the media during a quality league successful beforehand of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 last [Emilee Chinn – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images]

What happened the past clip PSG met Chelsea?

The Parisians claimed a 2-1 triumph successful London successful March 2016. Adrien Rabiot and Zlatan Ibrahimovic netted earlier and aft Diego Costa’s onslaught for the Blues.

It capped a 4-2 aggregate triumph successful the knockout stages of that season’s UEFA Champions League.

What the managers said

Enzo Maresca, Chelsea caput coach: “It is simply a large achievement. It has been a fantastic play – apical 4 successful the Premier League, Conference League and present successful the last of this competition. We are so, truthful happy. We spell crippled by game. Finally, we person the past crippled of the play and hopefully, we tin triumph the tournament.”

Luis Enrique, caput manager of Paris Saint-Germain, spoke astir his side’s quest to adhd to the European crown and home treble they sealed past season. “We are successful a peculiar season, a peculiar moment, and we person 1 much measurement against a precise bully squad similar Chelsea,” Enrique said. “Now it’s clip to prepare. We privation to marque past for our club.”

Luis Enrique, caput manager of Paris Saint-Germain, issues instructions during a Paris Saint-Germain grooming league earlier their FIFA Club World Cup 2025 last [Patrick Smith/FIFA via Getty Images]

Head-to-head

This is the ninth gathering betwixt the sides with PSG claiming triumph connected 3 occasions, portion Chelsea person won doubly and determination person been 3 draws.

The archetypal brushwood came successful the Champions League radical signifier successful September 2004. The Blues won 3-0 successful Paris, with the instrumentality fixture resulting successful a 0-0 draw.

The Londoners person not won successful the past 4 meetings, with PSG winning doubly successful that time.

PSG squad news

Willian Pacho and Lucas Hernandez are some erstwhile again suspended, having some been shown consecutive reds successful the quarterfinal triumph against Bayern.

Ousmane Dembele returned from a sound to look Real successful the semis and managed the archetypal hr of the game. The French guardant is expected to beryllium acceptable to commencement erstwhile again successful the final.

Chelsea squad news

The Blues whitethorn person a fig of enactment dilemmas heading into the final.

Central defender Levi Colwill and striker Liam Delap are some available, having some served one-game bans for picking up their 2nd yellowish cards of the tourney successful the quarterfinals.

Reece James was lone acceptable capable to marque the seat successful the semifinals but is pushing to beryllium acceptable for a starting return. Moises Caicedo sustained an ankle wounded precocious successful the last-four triumph against Fluminense and is simply a uncertainty for the lucifer with PSG.

Predicted PSG starting lineup

Donnarumma; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Beraldo, Nuno Mendes; Vitinha, Joao Neves, Fabian Ruiz; Doue, Dembele, Kvaratskhelia.

Predicted Chelsea starting lineup

Sanchez; James, Chalobah, Colwill, Cucurella; Caicedo, Fernandez, Nkunku; Palmer, Neto; Joao Pedro.