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**](https://www.livesoccertv.com/match/5195891/chelsea-fc-vs-manchester-city/)
**Streaming:** BBC iPlayer (UK); ESPN+ (USA)
Let’s do this!