The second of 4 matches between Chelsea and Manchester Metropolis within the area of 12 days takes place on Wednesday night time because the pair face off within the first leg of the Girls’s Champions League quarter-finals.
Chelsea have been nothing shy of dominant this season, with new supervisor Sonia Bompastor overseeing a seamless transition into a brand new period following Emma Hayes’ departure final yr. The Blues stay unbeaten in all competitions and their hopes of claiming a historic quadruple stay intact after they beat Metropolis in Saturday’s Girls’s League Cup last.
The Sky Blues parted methods with Gareth Taylor simply days earlier than the ultimate, with former supervisor Nick Cushing returning to take cost on an interim foundation. Cushing’s facet produced a powerful efficiency in defeat at Satisfaction Park, and whereas they’ve struggled within the Girls’s Tremendous League this season, sitting 12 factors behind Chelsea on the summit, there’s hope they’ll spring a shock over these two legs.
The Blues superior into the UWCL quarter-finals after profitable all six group video games, whereas Metropolis beat the imperious Barcelona in Group D however completed as runners-up.
Right here is 90min’s information Wednesday’s first leg in Manchester.
Man Metropolis vs Chelsea H2H report (final 5 video games)
Present type (all competitions)
Man Metropolis
Chelsea
Chelsea 2-1 Man Metropolis – 15/03/25
Chelsea 2-1 Man Metropolis – 15/03/25
Man Metropolis 2-0 Aston Villa – 09/03/25
Chelsea 1-0 Crystal Palace – 09/03/25
West Ham 1-1 Man Metropolis – 05/03/25
Chelsea 3-1 Leicester – 05/03/25
Tottenham 1-2 Man Metropolis – 02/03/25
Brighton 2-2 Chelsea – 02/03/25
Man Metropolis 4-0 Liverpool – 16/02/25
Chelsea 2-1 Everton – 16/02/25
Nation
TV channel/livestream
United Kingdom
discovery+, discovery+ App, DAZN UK, TNT Sports activities 1
United States
DAZN USA
Canada
DAZN Canada
Man Metropolis are as soon as once more and not using a pair of acquainted names in Alex Greenwood and Lauren Hemp. The 2 Lionesses are coping with knee accidents.
Rebecca Knaak, who joined the membership in January, is nursing a hamstring challenge and is ready to overlook out.
Bunny Shaw can be coping with a hamstring harm she sustained in Saturday’s last and is a doubt for the primary leg. If the prolific ahead is absent, Vivianne Miedema will doubtless transfer into Cushing’s assault with Jess Park becoming a member of Jill Roord and Yui Hasegawa in midfield.
Man Metropolis predicted lineup vs Chelsea (4-3-3): Yamashita; Casparij, Prior, Aleixandri, Ouahabi; Park, Hasegawa, Roord; Fujino, Fowler, Miedema.
Chelsea’s efficiency within the League Cup last ought to persuade Bompastor to make just a few modifications to her beginning XI, however the Blues supervisor remains to be and not using a lengthy record of gamers.
Naomi Girma, Sophie Ingle, Maelys Mpome, Kadeisha Buchanan, Sam Kerr, Zecira Musovic and Femke Liefting are all sidelined for the guests.
Lioness Niamh Charles may begin at left-back, whereas Aggie Beever-Jones is pushing for a begin up prime. Mayra Ramirez, who has scored a few UWCL objectives this time period, ought to proceed in Bompastor’s frontline after opening the scoring on the weekend.
Chelsea predicted lineup vs Man Metropolis (4-2-3-1): Hampton; Bronze, Bjorn, Shiny, Charles; Cuthbert, Nusken; Rytting Kaneryd, Macario, James; Ramirez.
The indicators had been constructive for Cushing’s Metropolis on Saturday, however Chelsea’s ruthless streak got here to the fore as they claimed the primary piece of silverware on supply this season.
Bompastor’s Blues are proving to be an imperious pressure, and victories equivalent to these they eked on the weekend will bolster perception that they’re unbeatable. That is the one main trophy the London membership have not obtained their fingers on, and the brand new supervisor has critical pedigree on the European stage.
An improved Metropolis are sure to make the guests work, however Chelsea will not be resting on their laurels after Saturday’s victory. They’re going to be decided to assert an enormous win away from residence to all however safe their place within the final 4.
