Benfica v Chelsea: Live stream, team news, tickets and more

SL Benfica v Chelsea FC

Round of 16

Saturday, 28 June | Bank of America Stadium

Kick-off times

16:00 (Charlotte) | Lisbon (21:00) | London (21:00)

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Team news

SL Benfica clinched the top spot in Group C with a 1-0 victory against FC Bayern München, while Chelsea FC qualified for the knockout round as Group D runners-up with a 3-0 win against Espérance.

Left-back Alvaro Carreras and striker Andrea Belotti are set to return for Benfica head coach Bruno Lage. Carreras missed the Bayern victory due to yellow card accumulation, while Belotti served a two-match ban for his red card in a 2-2 draw against CA Boca Juniors in Benfica's tournament opener.

Chelsea are still without striker Nicolas Jackson, who will miss one more match for his red card in a 3-1 defeat against CR Flamengo.

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Possible starting XIs

Benfica: Trubin; Barreiro, Silva, Otamendi (c), Carreras; Renato Sanches, Aursnes; Di Maria, Prestianni, Akturkoglu; Pavlidis

Chelsea: Sanchez; James (c), Tosin, Colwill, Cucurella; Caicedo, Fernandez; Palmer; Neto, Delap, Madueke

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What they said...

"Everyone knows about our quality. It doesn't matter if we started the group with a draw against Boca and ended up beating Bayern Munich. I think we've shown throughout the season that, in difficult times, we've been able to overcome ourselves."
Antonio Silva, Benfica center-back

"We want to win every game. That's what Benfica is all about, winning. Now we have to enjoy first place in the group because it was a difficult group stage. We have to be focused for the next game."
Evangelos Pavlidis, Benfica forward

"We are in the [last] 16. Hopefully, we can be in the eight. But we need to go game by game and try to beat [Benfica]."
Enzo Maresca, Chelsea head coach

"[Benfica] are a good side. They deserved to go through. We know it’s going to be a really tough game so we will get ready for that now. We have to recover, switch our focus to Benfica, and we look forward to that game."
Tosin Adarabioyo, Chelsea center-back

"We've just got to prepare over the next few days and everyone come out fighting, and hopefully [we] progress."
Liam Delap, Chelsea striker

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Bank of America Stadium

MLS expansion franchise Charlotte FC have used Bank of America Stadium as their home ground since their opening season in 2022, with their debut match drawing a crowd in excess of 70,000. The venue is well versed in hosting soccer fixtures, with a number of international and club friendlies having been held here, in addition to Concacaf Gold Cup dates and two knockout games in the 2024 Copa America. NFL outfit Carolina Panthers have called the Charlotte venue home since 1996 and it has been used for several play-off matches.