Chelsea will continue their search for a first pre-season win under Enzo Maresca tonight when they face Mexican side Club America.
The Blues scraped a 2-2 draw with Wrexham to kick off their friendly schedule before a 4-1 humbling at the hands of Celtic in Indiana.
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It is a little early for alarm bells to be ringing but it is clear that much work is needed for Chelsea to be ready for the new Premier League season.
Luckily for Maresca, he has three more games to experiment in on this tour of the United States before a final friendly at home against Inter Milan.
Club America should provide a sturdy test too, the reigning Liga MX champions having already begun their domestic campaign earlier in the summer.
Date, kick-off time and venue
Chelsea vs Club America is scheduled for a 12.30am BST kick-off tonight, in the early hours of Thursday August 1, 2024.
The match will take place at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
Where to watch Chelsea vs Club America
TV channel: In the UK, the game will be televised live on Chelsea TV.
Live stream: Fans can catch the contest live online via the official club app and website.
Live blog: You can follow all the action via Standard Sport’s live blog.
Chelsea vs Club America team news
Maresca has started with the same new formation in both of Chelsea’s friendlies so far, featuring Reece James pushing into a central midfield role alongside Romeo Lavia. Marc Guiu, Carney Chukwuemeka, Noni Madueke and Wesley Fofana are among those to have also featured in the two starting XIs.
There are few senior options on the bench for the Blues, who have held the likes of Raheem Sterling, Ben Chilwell, Malo Gusto and Renato Veiga back as substitutes so far.
Once again, they will be without players who featured in Euro 2024 and the Copa America such as Enzo Fernandez, Marc Cucurella and Conor Gallagher.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall is yet to make his pre-season debut due to a minor injury. Djordje Petrovic and Omari Kellyman are injured while Trevoh Chalobah and Alfie Gilchrist were left out of the tour to find new clubs, the latter on loan.
New goalkeeper Fillip Jorgensen has joined the tour after completing a £21million transfer.
Chelsea vs Club America prediction
It has been a tricky start to pre-season for Maresca and a Club America team already in full flow will be motivated to grab a surprise result in Georgia against what has been a disorganised defence.
Club America to win, 3-1.
Head to head (h2h) history and results
Timo Werner and Mason Mount scored in a 2-1 friendly win for Chelsea over Club America in 2022.
