Chelsea return to Ladies’s Tremendous League (WSL) motion this weekend with the go to of title rivals Manchester Metropolis.
Stamford Bridge will stage this top-of-the-table conflict between two groups battling for this season’s title. Gareth Taylor’s Metropolis facet at the moment maintain the benefit within the standings, however they’ve performed a recreation greater than their rivals.
For Sonia Bompastor, that is her first season teaching in England having beforehand managed French facet Lyon. The 44-year-old at the moment has a one hundred pc document with Chelsea throughout all competitions, so they’ll hope to keep away from a primary defeat of the season.
All WSL matches will probably be happening at Premier League stadiums this weekend and this will probably be Chelsea’s second match on the Bridge this season. They beforehand hosted Actual Madrid in West London within the group stage of the Champions League final month.
Right here is 90min’s information to this weekend’s assembly between the 2 title rivals…
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Chelsea |
Man Metropolis |
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Celtic 1-2 Chelsea – 13/11/24 |
Man Metropolis 2-0 Hammarby – 12/11/24 |
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Liverpool 0-3 Chelsea – 10/11/24 |
Man Metropolis 4-0 Tottenham – 08/11/24 |
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Everton 0-5 Chelsea – 03/11/24 |
Crystal Palace 0-3 Man Metropolis – 03/11/24 |
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Chelsea 5-2 Tottenham – 20/10/24 |
Man Metropolis 2-1 Aston Villa – 20/10/24 |
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FC Twente 1-3 Chelsea – 17/10/24 |
St Polten 2-3 Man Metropolis – 16/10/24 |
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Nation |
TV channel/livestream |
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United Kingdom |
Sky Sports activities Showcase, Sky Sports activities Soccer, Sky Sports activities Premier League |
Sonia Bompastor stays with out long-term absentees Sam Kerr, Mia Fishel and Sophie Ingle. Lauren James has additionally been sidelined since earlier than the final worldwide break, and received’t be again till December on the earliest.
The Chelsea boss was additionally in a position to relaxation quite a lot of key gamers midweek for his or her Champions League group stage conflict towards Celtic. Mayra Ramirez, Millie Shiny, Kadeisha Buchanan and Sjoeke Nusken didn’t journey with the squad to Glasgow and are anticipated to be contemporary and prepared for Saturday’s recreation at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea predicted lineup vs Man Metropolis
Chelsea predicted lineup vs Man Metropolis (4-2-3-1): Hampton; Bronze, Buchanan, Shiny, Baltimore; Nusken, Cuthbert; Kaneryd, Hamano, Reiten; Ramirez
Laia Aleixandri and Naomi Layzell each remained sidelined for Metropolis’s midweek Champions League conflict towards Hammarby, though Taylor didn’t point out whether or not the weekend’s match at Chelsea would additionally come too quickly for the defensive pair. Metropolis are additionally with out long-term absentees Vivianne Miedema Risa Shimizu as they recuperate from knee accidents.
Lauren Hemp was absent from the squad that beat Hammarby on Tuesday night time, and Taylor confirmed post-match that she wasn’t match sufficient to play having probably picked up an harm through the Crystal Palace recreation earlier this month.
“She was in a position to play towards Spurs, however wasn’t ready tonight,” Taylor defined after the sport. “It is going to simply take a bit longer to evaluate and discover out a bit extra.
“Hopefully [Lauren can play against Chelsea]. There’s a possibility there. So we’ll simply should take our second tomorrow and have a dialog with the medical employees and discover out the place we’re at.”
Man Metropolis predicted lineup vs Chelsea
Man Metropolis predicted lineup vs Chelsea (4-3-3): Keating; Casparij, Kennedy, Greenwood, Ouahabi; Park, Hasegawa, Roord; Fowler, Shaw, Hemp
Chelsea have loved a very sturdy begin to the 2024/25 season as they continue to be unbeaten in all competitions. They’re at the moment second within the standings behind Metropolis having performed a recreation lower than their title rivals.
Bompastor’s facet have the house benefit on Saturday, however this can arguably be their hardest check but. It’s a troublesome one to name, however the London membership ought to have simply sufficient to come back away with a win to say prime spot within the standings.
