Chelsea vs Man United: Women’s FA Cup Closing – LIVE!
Road to the ultimate: Manchester United
4th spherical Sunderland (a) W 2-1
fifth spherical Durham (h) W 5-0
QF Lewes (a) W 3-1
SF Brighton (h) W 3-2
Road to the ultimate: Chelsea
4th spherical Liverpool (h) W 3-2
fifth spherical Arsenal (h) W 3-0
QF Reading (a) W 3-1
SF Aston Villa (a) W 1-0
So Chelsea have made three modifications to the workforce that beat Leicester 6-0 on Wednesday.
Fleming, Mjelde and Kerr come again into the workforce. Harder is on the bench.
For United, captain Zelem returns following suspension of their solely change from their 3-0 win over Tottenham final weekend.
Team news
Chelsea XI: Berger, Leupolz, James, Reiten, Perisset, Eriksson, Fleming, Mjelde, Kerr, Charles, Cuthbert
Subs: Musovic, Ingle, Carter, Svitkova, Kaneryd, Harder, Buchanan, Abdullina, Cankovic
Manchester United XI: Earps, Batlle, Blundell, Toone, Zelem, Galton, Ladd, Le Tissier, Turner, Parris, Russo
Subs: Mannion, Riviere, Boe Risa, Cascarino, Nallsund, Garcia, Thomas, Williams
Chelsea are within the constructing… and workforce news is arising shortly!
Manchester United have by no means overwhelmed Chelsea earlier than.
In 9 conferences in all competitions, they’ve earned only one draw, shedding the opposite eight – together with their solely two defeats within the WSL this season.
But their supervisor Marc Skinner just isn’t studying an excessive amount of into these earlier outcomes.
“We know we can beat Chelsea, but we know how difficult that is,” he said.
“There’s no doubt in my mind that if you want to pick a favourite, then Chelsea should be put on that mantle because of the fact they have been here before and done this before.
“But the reality is we have a team of rebels that want to make sure that won’t be the fact.”
United stand on the verge of a first major trophy since the club reformed the women’s team in 2018.
Chelsea have won both WSL meetings between the two clubs this season but United have reduced the gap between the two teams.
United have won seven successive matches since losing to Chelsea in March, and boast four Lionesses in Ella Toone, Alessia Russo, Nikita Parris and Mary Earps.
Match odds
Chelsea to win: 11/10
Draw (90 mins): 11/4
Man United to win: 21/10
Odds via Betfair (subject to change)
VAR and goalline know-how in operation
VAR and goalline know-how will likely be in operation for the primary time within the historical past of the Women’s FA Cup.
WSL referees’ chief Bibi Steinhaus-Webb has stated that they had ready for its use within the closing for a “sustained period of time”.
It has beforehand been utilized in worldwide girls’s tournaments and featured within the latter levels of the Women’s Champions League, however it isn’t utilized in girls’s home competitions in England.