Man City v Chelsea: Women’s Super League – live

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Mary Fowler is back in the Manchester City squad for the first time in 294 days. The forward ruptured her ACL during the club’s FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United last April, which ruled her out for the remainder of 2025.

However, she is back on the bench today – and what a match to return for!

Team news

Manchester City starting line-up: Ayaka Yamashita; Jade Rose, Rebecca Knaak, Alex Greenwood (C), Kerstin Casparij; Laura Blindkilde Brown, Yui Hasegawa; Lauren Hemp, Vivianne Miedema, Kerolin; Khadija Shaw.

Substitutes: Khiara Keating, Grace Clinton, Laura Coombs, Mary Fowler, Leila Ouahabi, Sam Coffey, Aoba Fujino, Iman Beney, Gracie Prior.

Chelsea starting line-up: Hannah Hampton; Ellie Carpenter, Millie Bright (C), Veerle Buurman, Naomi Girma, Sandy Baltimore; Erin Cuthbert, Keira Walsh, Wieke Kaptein; Alyssa Thompson, Lauren James.

Substitutes: Becky Spencer, Livia Peng, Sjoeke Nüsken, Guro Reiten, Johanna Rytting Kaneryd, Sam Kerr, Lexi Potter, Aggie Beever-Jones, Chloe Sarwie.

Preamble

Hello, good afternoon and welcome to coverage of the WSL clash between Manchester City and Chelsea. It’s first versus second today as City look to extend their lead at the top of the table to 12 points - which would effectively see them put one hand on the trophy with eight games left to play.

The last time these two sides met in the league was on the opening day of the season, when Chelsea clinched a 2-1 win at Stamford Bridge. That remains the only time Manchester City have dropped points this term.

The Blues can go into this game with some confidence, despite last weekend’s 2-0 defeat to Arsenal. They progressed to the Subway League Cup final with a 1-0 win over City less than a fortnight ago thanks to a first-half goal from Wieke Kaptein.

Of course, you can never count the reigning champions out.

This could be a season-defining match for both clubs, so you don’t want to miss it!

Kick-off for this one is at 2:30pm GMT - join me!