Chelsea vs LAFC live updates: Club World Cup 2025 predictions, team news, latest score

Good day to you all and welcome to the latest match of our FIFA Club World Cup coverage — specifically, a Group D opener between Chelsea and LAFC.

Chelsea are the first of two Premier League representatives to get going at this tournament, and fresh from their UEFA Conference League success last month.

They are up against our third MLS representatives of this competition, with LAFC sneaking in via the hastily arranged play-in following Club Leon’s expulsion from the tournament for breaching FIFA’s multi-club ownership rules.

It’s been a curious start to this revamped Club World Cup so far but this one has the chance to really get things going, all in the impressive surrounds of the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.

We have full build-up and match updates on the way for you, as well as all the insights you could wish for from our team of correspondents on the ground and watching on.

So don’t go anywhere, because we’ve got you covered from here.