Club World Cup Final Prediction: PSG vs Chelsea

PSG’s demolition job of Real Madrid, a 4-0 win that was more dominant than their result against Inter Miami earlier in the tournament, was a statement. Fabian Ruiz and Ousmane Dembele scored within the first 10 minutes and the game was gone from there. With almost 70% possession, and scoring easily (Ruiz scored twice in the first half), Real Madrid was left completely hopeless for 80 minutes, That result has matched what PSG has done in almost all of their recent games, the Champions League final against Inter Milan was also completely lopsided as Luis Enrique’s men pressed and attacked and never gave Inter a chance to get in it. PSG isn’t just a skilled attacking team, they have only conceded one goal this tournament, to a defensive Botafogo side that knocked them off, and then fired their manager for “playing too defensively” days later.

That Botafogo win may go down as one of football’s greatest upsets given what a PSG team with elite, young, motivated talent has produced in season 2024-25.

Chelsea’s only chance is to avoid going behind early, their talent proved too much for Fluminense in the semis, a 2-0 win as the Brazilian addition Joao Pedro scored both goals. Chelsea’s South American core with Moises Caicedo in the midfield has been huge for them this tournament, they defeated another Brazilian side, Palmeiras, 2-1 in the quarterfinals.

Prediction: PSG 3 Chelsea 1