Chelsea vs. Manchester City, Women's League Cup final: Confirmed lineups; how to watch
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Make it or break it
The first of Chelsea Women's four consecutive clashes against Manchester City starts on a big note: a cup final!
Both teams meet today at Pride Park in Derby for their first chance of lifting silverware this season. Winner takes all. Loads of stakes on the table.
With both sides dealing with injury crisis, their respective lineups for a Women's League Cup final might not be what their managers had in mind in a perfect scenario. But they got the best women they could on the pitch, and that's likely what we've going to see over the next two weeks.
Chelsea starting lineup (4-2-3-1):
Hampton | Bronze, Bright (c), Björn, Baltimore | Nüsken, Cuthbert | Kaneryd, Macario, James | Ramírez
Substitutes from: Spencer, Lawrence, Charles, Jean-François, Brown, Kaptein, Hamano, Beever-Jones, Fishel
Manchester City starting XI:
Yamashita | Casparij, Prior, Aleixandri (c), Ouahabi, Hasegawa, Miedema, Roord, Fujino, Fowler, Shaw
Substitutes from: Keating, Layzell, Coombs, Wienroither, Kerolin, Park, Blindkilde Brown, Oyama, Murphy
Date / Time: Saturday, March 15, 2025, 12.15 GMT; 8:15am EDT
Venue: Pride Park, Derby
Referee: Emily Heaslip (on pitch); Matt Donohue (VAR!)
On TV: BBC One (UK); none (USA); elsewhere
Streaming: BBC iPlayer (UK); ESPN+ (USA)
Let's do this!
