The second of the four matches between Chelsea and Manchester City within 12 days takes place on Wednesday night, as the couple faces the first leg of the women’s champions’ quarter -finals.
Chelsea It was nothing shy from the dominant season this season, with the new director Sonia Bompastor overseeing a seamless transition to a new era after Emma Hayes’ departure last year. The Blues remain undefeated in all competitions and their hopes of claiming a historic quadruple remain intact after defeating the city of the Saturday Women’s Cup.
Sky Blues was separated with Gareth Taylor a few days before the final, with former director Nick Cushing returning to take on a temporary basis. Cushing’s side produced a spectacular performance in Pride Park defeat and while competing in the female Super League this season, 12 points behind Chelsea are sitting at the summit, there is hope that they can overcome a surprise for these two legs.
Blues proceeded to UWCL quarter -finals after the win of the six games of games while City Hit the aggressive Barcelona in Group D, but finished as runners.
Here is the 90 -minute guide to Wednesday’s first leg in Manchester.
Man City vs Chelsea H2H record (last five games)
Current form (all contests)
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Male town |
Chelsea |
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Chelsea 2-1 Man City – 15/03/25 |
Chelsea 2-1 Man City – 15/03/25 |
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Man City 2-0 Aston Villa – 09/03/25 |
Chelsea 1-0 Crystal Palace – 09/03/25 |
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West Ham 1-1 Man City – 05/03/25 |
Chelsea 3-1 Leicester – 05/03/25 |
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Tottenham 1-2 Man City – 02/03/25 |
Brighton 2-2 Chelsea – 02/03/25 |
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Man City 4-0 Liverpool – 16/02/25 |
Chelsea 2-1 Everton – 16/02/25 |
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TV channel/Livestream |
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United Kingdom |
Discovery+, Discovery+ App, Dazn UK, TNT Sports 1 |
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United States |
DAZN USA |
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Canada |
Dazn Canada |
Man City is once again without a pair of well -known names in Alex Greenwood and Lauren Hemp. The two lions deal with knee injuries.
Rebecca Knaak, who joined the club in January, is breastfeeding a Hamstring issue and is about to lose.
Bunny Shaw also deals with an injury suffered in the Saturday final and is a doubt about the first leg. If the production forward is absent, Vivianne Miedema will probably move to the Cushing attack with Jess Park who will take part in Jill Roord and Yui Hasegawa in the middle section.
Man City predicted the composition against Chelsea (4-3-3): Yamashita? Casparij, Prior, aleixandri, ouhabi. Park, Hasegawa, Rord. Fujino, Fowler, Mieedema.
Chelsea’s performance in the League Cup final should persuade Bompastor to make some changes to the XI start, but the Blues manager is still without a long list of players.
Naomi Girma, Sophie Ingle, Maelys Mpome, Kadeisha Buchanan, Sam Kerr, Zecira Musovic and Feme Liefting are all overwhelmed for visitors.
Lioness Niamh Charles could start on the left back, while Aggie Beever-Jones is pushing for a boot top. Mayra Ramirez, who scored some Uwcl targets this term, should continue at the forefront of Bompastor after opening the weekend rating.
Chelsea predicted the composition against Man City (4-2-3-1): Hampton? Bronze, bjorn, bright, charles. Cuthbert, Nusken. Ryting Kaneryd, Macario, James. Ramirez.
The signs were positive for the city of Cushing on Saturday, but Chelsea’s ruthless series came to the forefront as they claimed the first piece of silverware offered this season.
Bompastor blues prove to be an aggressive force and the victories like those who did the weekend will reinforce the belief that they are unbeatable. This is the only important trophy that has not taken their hands and the new manager has a serious genealogy on the European scene.
An improved city is obliged to make visitors work, but Chelsea will not rely on their laurels after Saturday’s victory. They will be determined to claim a big victory away from home to everyone, but to secure their position in the last four.
