In The Mixer: PSG backed to win the 2025 Club World Cup
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In The Mixer is FST’s weekly column where we catch up with our team of football betting experts and get their opinion on the hot topic of the week.
We’re down to the final four in the expanded FIFA Club World Cup, and, with the final scheduled for the weekend, we have enlisted the help of seven experts to pick their outright winner from the four remaining teams.
With three of the seven votes going in favour of Champions League winners PSG, they look the best bet to add another trophy to their collection this week.
Joe Champion
I thought Paris Saint-Germain might be vulnerable earlier in the tournament at the end of a long season, but they’re coping well with the extra workload and can win two more matches to take the title.
Semi-final opponents Real Madrid are still a work-in-progress under Xabi Alonso, and while they were worthy winners against Dortmund in the quarter-finals, PSG should cause them a lot more problems, and Dean Huijsen’s absence at the back will be a blow.
PSG have their own suspensions to contend with, but Luis Enrique has the option of bringing star striker Ousmane Dembele back into the starting XI after he scored their second against Bayern Munich.
While Chelsea should come through against Fluminense, the Blues are still a level below their final opponents, whoever they may be.
Rob Eddy
Whoever wins the second semi-final will be fancied to complete the job and while Paris Saint-Germain are worthy favourites as European champions, I fancy Real Madrid at the prices.
Los Blancos have been steadily improving without being spectacular and their quarter-final win was a little more comfortable than the scoreline suggests, and they might be peaking at just the right time.
Dean Huijsen’s absence is a blow but Kylian Mbappe has been used sparingly and only adds quality to the attacking options against a defence shorn of ever-present Willian Pacho.
Real have scored in every game and remain unbeaten, unlike PSG, and they should be more desperate to atone for a disappointing season.
Jamie Griffith
Paris Saint-Germain are the best team in the competition, but red cards for Willian Pacho and Lucas Hernandez in their quarter-final victory over Bayern Munich has left them a touch depleted at the back – far from ideal with a semi-final against Real Madrid up next.
Gonzalo Garcia notched his fourth goal of the tournament in the quarter-final win against Dortmund, Vinicius Junior is looking as lively as ever, and fit-again Kylian Mbappe netted from the bench last time.
Madrid seem to be improving with every game under Xabi Alonso, whose switch to a three-defender system has brought more out of Trent Alexander-Arnold in particular, and I have a sneaking suspicion that they can upset PSG and go on to win a sixth Club World Cup title.
Henry Hardwicke
Chelsea have enjoyed a kind and smooth run to the semi-final, and I think that will serve the Blues well in the latter stages of the competition.
PSG had a tough quarter-final battle with Bayern Munich, while Real Madrid went toe-to-toe with Borussia Dortmund at the last-eight stage, and those European heavyweights are set to duke it out with depleted squads in a big-hitting semi.
I expect Chelsea to cruise past Fluminense and be fresh for the final against either PSG or Real.
James Mason
Chelsea are yet to hit top gear in the tournament, but they have been integrating new signings into the side, and it was always going to take some time for everyone to gel.
Nonetheless, they have still been able to grind out results, and they look capable of going all the way.
The Blues should be able to overcome Fluminense in the semi-finals and they can then take advantage of either Real Madrid or Paris Saint-Germain, who are expected to be involved in a slobber-knocker of a last-four tie and may pay for those exertions in the final.
Enda McElhinney
Notwithstanding the pair of red cards they carelessly collected in the win over Bayern Munich, it seems Paris Saint-Germain still very much have the wind in their sails after a historic season.
PSG have scored 12 and conceded just one so far, and can march on despite Luis Enrique having to reshuffle his pack without Willian Pacho and Lucas Hernandez for the semi-final against Real Madrid.
New boss Xabi Alonso is in the infancy of his tenure with Los Blancos and they may come unstuck against the European champions. It’s hard not to believe this is a de facto decider with either Chelsea or Fluminense to come.
Alex Wrigley
Paris Saint-Germain deserved their win over Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals, and they can add another European giant to their list of victims when they face Real Madrid in the semi-finals.
The winner of that tie will almost certainly be the favourite heading into a final against either Chelsea or Fluminense, and Les Parisiens are full of confidence after dispatching of Vincent Kompany’s side.
They have won nine of their last ten in all competitions and have only conceded one goal in this competition. They can add the Club World Cup to their Champions League triumph this week.
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