In the first encounter of this four-match streak between Chelsea Women and Manchester City, we came out on top and with a League Cup trophy to bring home as well.
Although today’s match is “only” the first leg of the UEFA Women’s Champions League quarter final between the two sides, this doesn’t mean we shouldn’t take it as seriously as our previous outing. Head coach Sonia Bompastor certainly agrees with the sentiment, given her starting lineup choices.
**Manchester City starting XI:**
Yamashita | Ouahabi, Aleixandri, Prior, Casparij, Park, Hasegawa, Roord, Murphy, Fowler, Kerolin
_Substitutes from: Keating, Startup, Layzell, Miedema, Coombs, Wienroither, Blindkilde Brown_
**Chelsea starting lineup (4-2-3-1):**
Hampton | Bronze, Björn, Bright (c), Baltimore | Cuthbert, Walsh | James, Macario, Beever-Jones | Ramírez
_Substitutes from: Spencer, Lawrence, Charles, Jean-François, Nüsken, Kaptein, Hamano, Rytting Kaneryd, Fishel_
**Date / Time:** Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 20.00 GMT; 4pm EDT
**Venue:** Academy Stadium, Manchester, England
**Referee:** Désirée Grundbacher (SUI)
**On TV:** TNT Sports 1 (UK); _none_ (USA); [**elsewhere**](https://www.livesoccertv.com/match/5189480/manchester-city-vs-chelsea-fc/)
**Streaming:** discovery+ (UK); _none_ (USA)
Let’s do this!