{"id":156759,"date":"2025-07-12T21:29:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T21:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/chelsea-xi-vs-psg-confirmed-team-news-predicted-lineup-injury-latest-for-club-world-cup-final-london-evening-standard\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T21:29:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T21:29:56","slug":"chelsea-xi-vs-psg-confirmed-team-news-predicted-lineup-injury-latest-for-club-world-cup-final-london-evening-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/chelsea-xi-vs-psg-confirmed-team-news-predicted-lineup-injury-latest-for-club-world-cup-final-london-evening-standard\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea XI vs PSG: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup, injury latest for Club World Cup final &#8211; London Evening Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-testid=\"link-data-testid\" href=\"\/sport\" class=\"sc-iHbSHJ iMNmIu\">Sport<\/a> | <a data-testid=\"link-data-testid\" href=\"\/sport\/football\" class=\"sc-iHbSHJ iMNmIu\">Football<\/a><br \/>Your matchday briefing on Chelsea, featuring team news and expert analysis from Malik Ouzia<\/p>\n<p>I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our<!-- --> <a href=\"\/service\/privacy-policy-6925316.html\">privacy notice<\/a>.<br \/><a href=\"\/topic\/chelsea\">Chelsea<\/a> received a major boost before the <a href=\"\/topic\/club-world-cup\">Club World Cup<\/a> final as <a href=\"\/topic\/moises-caicedo\">Moises Caicedo<\/a> returned to Chelsea training.<br \/>The Blues face the unenviable task of trying to see off the European champions Paris Saint-Germain in the Club World Cup final on Sunday but feared they might have to play the match without their best midfielder when he went down injured towards the end of their semi-final victory over Fluminense and then hobbled off.<br \/>But Caicedo, who Enzo Maresca said had \u201ctwisted his ankle\u201d, <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/chelsea-fc-moises-caicedo-injury-club-world-cup-final-psg-b1237382.html\" title=\"Chelsea: Moises Caicedo gives Blues major injury boost for Club World Cup final\">returned to training 72 hours<\/a> before the final in a significant boost to Chelsea.<br \/>Midfielder Romeo Lavia hasn\u2019t featured since the round of 16 win against Benfica but was training away from the team ahead of the Fluminense match. Maresca will issue an update on whether he will be available.<br \/>Benoit Badiashile was injured against Benfica and may be absent again.<br \/>One player Chelsea won\u2019t be able to call upon is Noni Madueke, who has been given <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/arsenal-fc-transfer-news-noni-madueke-b1237578.html\" title=\"Noni Madueke: Arsenal reach agreement with Chelsea to sign \u00a352m forward\">permission to travel to return to the UK to have a medical with Arsenal<\/a> ahead of a \u00a352million move.<br \/>Striker Liam Delap was suspended for the semi-final, when <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/fluminense-vs-chelsea-fc-club-world-cup-match-result-joao-pedro-b1237109.html\" title=\"Fluminense 0-2 Chelsea: Blues into Club World Cup final as Joao Pedro marks full debut in style\">Joao Pedro was handed a full debut up front and scored both goals to send Chelsea to the final<\/a>. Maresca will weigh up whether to start Pedro again or to either play him out wide or keep him on the bench and reinstate Delap to the starting line-up.<br \/>Chelsea vs PSG: Club World Cup final prediction, kick-off time, team news, odds, h2h<br \/>Transfer news LIVE: Gyokeres to Arsenal on; Madueke medical; Eze bid<br \/>Chelsea make trophy parade decision ahead of Club World Cup final<br \/>Is Barbados 2025\u2019s hottest wellbeing travel destination?<br \/>Levi Colwill was also suspended against Fluminense but could return for the final.<br \/>Jamie Gittens and Estevao Willian are joining the Blues after the Club World Cup but have competed for other clubs in the competition so are not available to play.<br \/><strong>Chelsea possible line-up (4-2-3-1): <\/strong>Sanchez; Gusto, Chalobah, Colwill, Cucurella; Caicedo, Fernandez; Neto, Palmer, Pedro; Delap.<br \/><strong>Unavailable:<\/strong> Madueke, Gittens, Estevao<br \/><strong>Doubts:<\/strong> Badiashile, Lavia<br \/><strong>Time and date: <\/strong>8pm BST, Sunday July 13, 2025<br \/><strong>TV Channel: <\/strong>Channel 5 and DAZN<br \/>MORE ABOUT<br \/>Have your say&#8230;<br \/>1<br \/>Football<br \/>Transfer news LIVE: Gyokeres to Arsenal on, Madueke medical, Eze bid; double Man Utd deal; Gibbs-White latest<br \/>Transfer news LIVE: Gyokeres to Arsenal on; Madueke medical; Eze bid<br \/>2<br \/>World<br \/>Nato scrambles jets as Russia launches one of the most intense drone and missile blitzes of the war<br \/>Nato scrambles jets as Russia launches intense drone and missile blitz<br \/>3<br \/>Film<br \/>Superman review: James Gunn just killed the superhero film<br \/>Superman review: James Gunn just killed the superhero film <br \/>4<br \/>Football<br \/>Viktor Gyokeres: Sporting issue statement as Arsenal transfer target takes action to push through move today<br \/>Sporting issue Gyokeres statement amid attempt to force Arsenal move<br \/>5<br \/>Rugby Union<br \/>Argentina vs England LIVE: Rugby match stream, latest score and updates today<br \/>Argentina 10-7 England: Latest score and rugby updates \u2014 LIVE<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1gFBVV95cUxPTGRqamwzQURSc0pvMm1LREg0MFJLV1ljYjhHa1JPOUR2LWxuem94QWZSZTU0NDc2V3RxRHd1RTlHNTd6QUFZcDhRSWxKaEF6SW5vdWJ1NHcwTWYxNm5TTWl5aTM0eUY0M3NZSFI3Z0RuSlV2am5Yd0pmNEY4dl9JZ0QwdFFFTGxfTTN6RHA0dlkxTGZEMWpYRXBFT2ljUGxzdnViYmtJUmZ4VXpISXF5eFp5SVpROE9iMnRNUGJ1NW55QkVsZ2VYcmw0elQwODY3enpXNXR3?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sport | FootballYour matchday briefing on Chelsea, featuring team news and expert analysis from Malik Ouzia I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice.Chelsea received a major boost before the Club World Cup final as Moises Caicedo returned to Chelsea training.The Blues face the unenviable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":156760,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-156759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}