These are the confirmed lineups for the WSL season opener of Chelsea Women vs Manchester City Women. Two of Endland’s premier clubs meet once again after their insane series in the spring which saw them collide four times across three competitions. Sonia Bompastor is undefeated domestically, something that new manager Andree Jeglertz will be hoping to end in this major day one fixture.
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Chelsea Women Team News
Hannah Hampton starts in goal with a back line of Nathalie Bjorn, Ellie Carpenter, Millie Bright, and Niamh Charles. Erin Cuthbert starts with Keira Walsh and Wieke Kaptein in midfield. Aggie Beever-Jones, Maika Hamano, and Sandy Baltimore round out the eleven.
Notable Changes
It will be interesting to see if this is a 4-3-3 or a 5-3-2, Baltimore and Charles are both adaptable and can play in multiple positions, it’s possible Charles will move next to Bright as the third CB allowing Baltimore and Carpenter to play as wing-backs. Naomi Girma is absent from the squad despite playing in the most recent friendly. Johanna Rytting Kaneryd is also dropped but is on the bench.
Manchester City Team News
Ayaka Yamashita starts in goal with a back line of Jade Rose, Alex Greenwood, Kerstin Casparij, and Grace Prior. Sydney Lohmann, Yu Hasegawa, Lily Muprhy, Lauren Hemp, Vivienne Miedema, and Bunny Shaw eound out the starters.
Notable Changes
Quite a few changes from the squad used in their last friendly against Manchester United. Prior and Rose impressed enough to keep their spots, as did Casparij and Thomas
Chelsea Women Squad
- Llivia Peng
- Hannah Hampton
- Becky Spencer
- Ellie Carpenter
- Millie Bright
- Veerle Buurnam
- Nathalie Bjorn
- Naomi Girma
- Niamh Charles
- Lucy Bronze
- Kadeisha Buchanan
- Brooke Aspin
- Sjoeke Nusken
- Erin Cuthbert
- Wieke Kaptein
- Oriane Jean-Francois
- Keira Walsh
- Lexi Potter
- Mayra Ramirez
- Cat Macario
- Lauren James
- Guro Reiten
- Sandy Baltimore
- Johanna Rytting Kaneryd
- Sam Kerr
- Maika Hamano
- Mara Alber
- Aggie Beevr-Jones
(Squad details from Chelsea website)
Manchester City Women Squad
- Eartha Cumings
- Khiara Keating
- Katie Startup
- Ayaka Yamashita
- Kerstin Casparaij
- Mayzee Davies
- Alex Greenwood
- Rebecca Knaak
- Leila Ouahabi
- Grace Prior
- Jade Rose
- Codie Thomas
- Laura Wienroither
- Laura Blinkilde Brown
- Grace Clinton
- Laura Coombs
- Yui Hasegawa
- Sydney Lohmann
- Kerolin
- Iman Beney
- Mary Fowler
- Aoba Fujino
- Lauren Hemp
- Vivianne Miedema
- Lily Murphy
- Bunny Shaw
(squad details from Manchester City website)
Stay tuned for the confirmed lineups for Chelsea Women vs Manchester City Women. There will be news as well as discussions on who started, who missed out, and what alterations the manager have made since pre-season. Keep eyes on this one, it could be an early KO blow in the title race.
