Western Sydney Wanderers vs Chelsea - prediction, team news, lineups

Chelsea fans volition person their archetypal accidental to spot Xabi Alonso successful the dugout erstwhile the Blues instrumentality connected Western Sydney Wanderers at Accor Stadium connected Tuesday.

The upcoming affable volition beryllium the Londoners' archetypal pre-season game, and they volition beryllium taking connected the worst-ranked A-League broadside of 2025-26.

Match preview

Western Sydney Wanderers ended 2025-26 past successful 12th spot successful the Australian apical flight, with their points tally of 21 their worst ever return.

It came arsenic nary astonishment to see Alen Stajcic sacked successful January, and the archetypal task for caller brag Ufuk Talay volition beryllium to amended his side's violative output fixed they netted conscionable 27 goals past term, the associated worst violative grounds successful the division.

Wanderers returned to enactment connected July 22, beating Tigers FC 2-0 successful the circular of 32 of the Australian Cup to assertion their archetypal competitory triumph successful 8 games, a play successful which they were beaten six times.

That cupful occurrence was besides the team's 2nd cleanable expanse successful 13 fixtures, though they did concede 5 goals erstwhile they past faced an English opponent, losing 5-1 to Everton successful a affable successful November 2022.

Alonso volition pb his Blues broadside retired for the archetypal clip connected Tuesday, with the caput manager having taken the occupation astatine Stamford Bridge contempt being heavy linked to Liverpool.

The Spaniard has inherited a squad that volition not play European shot adjacent word aft finishing 10th successful the Premier League with conscionable 52 points.

Chelsea lone scored 58 league goals nether erstwhile managers Enzo Maresca and Liam Rosenior, their associated 2nd worst instrumentality successful the 21st century.

A instrumentality of 52 goals conceded besides made the Londoners the associated seventh worst antiaircraft squad successful the league past season, and they conceded astatine slightest 3 goals six times successful the league.

Chelsea ended 2025-26 with 10 defeats, 1 gully and 3 wins from their last 14 games successful each competitions, with 1 of those defeats coming against Manchester City successful the FA Cup last connected May 16.

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Team News

Western Sydney volition privation to reward galore of their first-team stars with starts against Chelsea, though bash not expect attackers Miguel Di Pizio, Brandon Borrello and Liam Gillion to decorativeness the game.

Perhaps midfielders Dylan Scicluna and Angus Thurgate volition beryllium paired unneurotic up of cardinal defenders German Ferreyra and Anthony Pantazopoulos.

Chelsea goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen whitethorn beryllium allocated the archetypal fractional betwixt the posts, and helium could beryllium protected by a backmost 3 consisting of Levi Colwill, Wesley Fofana and Tayo Subuloye.

Romeo Lavia's latest wounded setback is reportedly a knock, and if helium is incapable to marque the lineup, then Mahdi Nicoll-Jazuli and Reggie Watson whitethorn beryllium trusted unneurotic successful a treble pivot.

Chelsea supporters successful Australia volition privation to spot Cole Palmer play arsenic galore minutes arsenic possible, and the Englishman volition astir surely beryllium utilized successful an attacking relation down striker Joao Pedro.

Western Sydney Wanderers imaginable starting lineup:

Vidackovic; Madanha, Ferreyra, Pantazopoulos, Gersbach; Scicluna, Thurgate; Di Pizio, Hammond, Gillion; Borrello

Chelsea imaginable starting lineup:

Jorgensen; Fofana, Subuloye, Colwill; Palestra, Nicoll-Jazuli, Watson, Kavuma-McQueen; Palmer, Gittens; Pedro

We say: Western Sydney Wanderers 1-3 Chelsea

Pre-season friendlies are notoriously unpredictable, and immoderate effect is plausible fixed some sides are apt to marque galore changes passim the game.

The astir probable result is simply a Chelsea triumph fixed their quality, but it would not beryllium astonishing if Western Sydney Wanderers recovered their mode onto the scoresheet.