{"id":222000,"date":"2025-06-28T18:36:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T18:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/222000\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T18:36:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T18:36:13","slug":"benfica-vs-chelsea-fc-club-world-cup-prediction-kick-off-time-team-news-tv-live-stream-h2h-results-odds-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/222000\/","title":{"rendered":"Benfica vs Chelsea FC: Club World Cup prediction, kick-off time, team news, TV, live stream, h2h results, odds today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/newsletter_chelsea_embed_desktop.png\" alt=\"Chelsea Football Newsletter\" width=\"158px\" height=\"158px\" class=\"sc-fnLEGM bSnNhN\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Blues have somewhat struggled in the tournament so far, edging past LAFC before losing comprehensively to Flamengo and then brushing ES Tunis ahead with a much-changed line-up.<\/p>\n<p>This last-16 clash will present a significant step up in class with Benfica beating Bayern Munich to set up this clash in North Carolina having earlier put six goals past tournament whipping boys Auckland City.<\/p>\n<p>It is the first meeting between these two teams since the 2013 Europa League final, which Chelsea won.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date, kick-off time and venue<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Benfica vs Chelsea is scheduled for a 9pm BST kick-off tonight, Saturday, June 28, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The match will take place at Bank of America Stadium, in Charlotte, North Carolina.  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SEI216209341.jpg\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"sc-eqUAAy kRUyJB\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Bank of America Stadium<\/p>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where to watch Benfica vs Chelsea<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TV channel and live stream: Viewers can watch the action live online via DAZN, with coverage starting one hour before kick-off.<\/p>\n<p>DAZN is the global broadcaster of the new-look Club World Cup. No subscription is required to watch the game, with the entire tournament available to their &#8216;Freemium&#8217; members, which means you only need to sign up for a free DAZN account.<\/p>\n<p>Live blog: You can follow all the action on matchday via <strong>Standard Sport<\/strong>\u2019s live blog.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benfica vs Chelsea team news<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Benfica have a fully fit squad, with left-back Alvaro Carreras available again after serving a suspension against Bayern Munich. Renato Sanches has shaken off a fitness issue to start in midfield.<\/p>\n<p>The Portuguese giants could start with a back five, with Antonio Silva and Nicolas Otamendi at the centre.<\/p>\n<p>Nicolas Jackson remains suspended for Chelsea, so Liam Delap will again spearhead the attack after scoring his first goal since his \u00a330million arrival last time out.<\/p>\n<p>Enzo Maresca rested many of his first-team stars for the win over ES Tunis, so the likes of Cole Palmer, Moises Caicedo, Reece James and Marc Cucurella will return.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SEI256256331.jpeg\" width=\"5193\" height=\"3693\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"sc-eqUAAy kRUyJB\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Cole Palmer will come back in<\/p>\n<p>IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benfica vs Chelsea prediction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This should be a tight, tactical affair between two teams who are capable of beating anyone on their day.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea will have got some confidence back after beating ES Tunis comfortably with a second-string side, and perhaps no player more than Liam Delap after he scored his first goal for the club.<\/p>\n<p>There should be goals at both ends, but with Chelsea to edge it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Head to head (h2h) history and results<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Benfica vs Chelsea match odds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Benfica to progress: 31\/20<\/p>\n<p>Odds via Betfair (subject to change).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Blues have somewhat struggled in the tournament so far, edging past LAFC before losing comprehensively to Flamengo&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[36341,748,393,4884,12,1144,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-222000","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-benfica","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-northern-ireland","14":"tag-scotland","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114762441447185402","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}