Chelsea Club World Cup tickets available for £8

Tickets for Chelsea’s Club World Cup quarter-final against Palmeiras are on sale for just £8. 17 ($11. 15) amid concerns over another low attendance at the newly-expanded tournament in the United States.

They are among the cheapest tickets at the Club World Cup to date, although some have gone for as low as £3. 60 ($5) for matches involving minnows in the group stage.

Sources have explained that Fifa expected a lower attendance because of a free Fourth of July parade and concert, taking place at the same time in Philadelphia, where the Declaration of Independence was drafted in 1776.

Chelsea matches have not been well-attended outside of the group-stage game in Philadelphia against Flamengo that saw 54,019 inside Lincoln Financial Field.

Matches against Los Angeles FC, ES Tunis and Benfica had crowds of 22,137, 32,967 and 25,929, respectively – leaving stadiums more than half-empty in Atlanta, Philadelphia and Charlotte.

A mixture of reasons have been cited for low attendances, including extreme heat and thunderstorms, a potential lack of interest, kick-off times when the majority of US-based fans are working, poor marketing locally and initial high prices of more than $200 set by Fifa when announcing the matches in December.

Tickets for Real Madrid’s quarter-final with Borussia Dortmund in New Jersey on Saturday start at $183. 40 (£134. 37), while the most affordable for Paris St-Germain versus Bayern Munich in Atlanta are currently listed at $83. 65 (£61. 29).

However, after both Manchester City and Inter Milan suffered upsets in the round of 16, the Al Hilal against Fluminense tie in Orlando has tickets from $11. 15 (£8. 17).