Palmeiras vs Chelsea injury and suspension news as 6 ruled out for FIFA Club World Cup quarter-final

Chelsea are back in FIFA Club World Cup action on Friday night - or early Saturday morning UK time - when they face Palmeiras in the quarter-finals in Philadelphia.

The Blues needed extra-time to see off Benfica in the last round, but Palmeiras also needed an extra 30 minutes to progress, defeating Botafogo. Here we round up the latest team news surrounding both teams heading into this one.

Chelsea injuries and suspensions

Chelsea are hoping to get Wesley Fofana back in pre-season, but he was not part of the squad named for this competition. Benoit Badiashile could also miss out after picking up an injury against Benfica. Myhailo Mudryk is suspended from football due to alleged use of a banned substance, while Moises Caicedo is banned for this fixture after picking up his second yellow card of the competition in the last round. Nicolas Jackson is back from his suspension.

Palmeiras injuries and suspensions

Palmeiras will be without Gustavo Gomez after he was sent off during extra-time of their win over Botafogo in the last round. Other than that, Palmeiras are expected to remain without Murillo, while Anibal Moreno returned off the bench in the last round after suffering an injury in the first group stage game.

Chelsea’s FIFA Club World Cup squad

Filip Jorgensen, Mike Penders, Robert Sanchez, Gaga Slonina, Josh Acheampong, Tosin Adarabioyo, Aaron Anselmino, Benoit Badiashile, Trevoh Chalobah, Levi Colwill, Marc Cucurella, Malo Gusto, Reece James, Mamadou Sarr, Moises Caicedo, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Dario Essugo, Enzo Fernandez, Romeo Lavia, Andrey Santos, Liam Delap, Tyrique George, Marc Guiu, Nicolas Jackson, Noni Madueke, Pedro Neto, Christopher Nkunku, Cole Palmer, Joao Pedro.

Palmeiras’ FIFA Club World Cup squad

Weverton, Marcelo Lomba, Matheus, Gustavo Gómez, Murillo, Bruno Fuchs, Mikhail, Naivis, Benedetti, Jai, Marcos Rocha, Maiky, Pecriz, Vanderlan, Anibal Moreno, Emiliano Martinez, Lucas Evangelista, Richard Rios, Rafael Veiga, Mauricio, Alan, Felipe Anderson, Steven, Facundo Torres, Paulinho, Flaco Lopez, Luigi, Talis, Vitor Roque.

What Enzo Maresca has said

Chelsea boss Maresca said after his side’s win over Benfica: “I am very happy because we are in the last eight teams of this fantastic competition. As I say, for 85 minutes, we didn’t concede anything and had enough chances to win the game. The team was very good. It was one of our best performances in the last two weeks or the last month. The game was very good for 85 minutes but then we have a two-hour break and it’s not the same game because you break the tempo. Two hours inside. We tried to go out and continue to play in the same way, but it’s difficult.

“It’s not random that for 85 minutes, we didn’t concede anything, and then in five minutes [after the restart] we conceded chances. You see they score because they need to chase. We were inside and winning, we go back outside and the mentality is different. It was really difficult”

What Abel Ferreira has said

Palmeiras Abel Ferreira told FlashScore: "If we are winning, what we need to do to block them. If we are losing, what we need to do to be more aggressive. If we have less than one player and we need to stop them, like we did (against Botafogo) or if we have less than one player and you need to play more aggressive. So, they know because I have worked with them for the last five years.

"I know them, they know me. So, with some talks we can adjust like we did (on Saturday) with less than one player. We put three players in the middle, one number five, one number eight and the eleven players, close inside and we let our striker not in front but in half space, in left half space. And the others, my wingers, follow the fullbacks and we support with all our strength in the middle because the opponent will cross for sure.

"So extra effort that we need and we need to suffer together and I speak with them many times. In some moments, when we cannot play like we did, we cannot have the ball like it happened against Botafogo in the last 15 minutes, we need to be very strong here, you know, to stay together, to give our maximum."

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