Emma Hayes<\/a> last summer, going unbeaten en route to claiming the Women\u2019s Super League title and pipping Manchester City to the League Cup at Pride Park in March.<\/p>\nThe only blight on their campaign is a humiliating Champions League semi-final defeat to Barcelona, which they lost 8-2 over the two legs.<\/p>\n
United are the reigning FA Cup champions after beating Tottenham 4-0 to claim the club\u2019s first major honour since being founded in 2018. They fell to Emma Hayes\u2019 Chelsea the season before, though, thanks to Sam Kerr\u2019s second-half winner.<\/p>\n
Manager Mark Skinner signed a contract extension in April and will hope to double United\u2019s trophy tally on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Date, kick-off time and venue<\/strong><\/p>\nChelsea vs Man United is scheduled for a 1:30pm BST kick-off on Sunday, May 18, 2025.<\/p>\n
The match will take place at Wembley Stadium.<\/p>\n
Where to watch <\/strong>Chelsea vs Man United<\/p>\nTV channel: In the UK, the game will be televised live on BBC One, with coverage starting at 12:50pm ahead of a 1:30pm kick-off.<\/p>\n
Live stream: You can also catch the contest live online via BBC Sport and BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n
Live blog: You can follow all the action on matchday via Standard Sport<\/strong>\u2019s live blog!<\/p>\nChelsea vs Man United team news<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Blues will be without a crop of their top talents heading into the tie. Talismanic striker Sam Kerr has been sidelined all season as she recovers from a ruptured ACL, while fellow striker Mayra Ramirez may also miss out after suffering a knee injury in a WSL meeting with Man United in early May.<\/p>\n
Lauren James suffered a hamstring injury on international duty in April, and no timeframe has yet been offered as to when she may return. Also due to miss the final with long-term injuries are Zecira Musovic (pregnant) and Femke Liefting (foot), while Kadeisha Buchanan, Jorja Fox, Sophie Ingle, and Brooke Aspin are all recovering from ruptured ACLs.<\/p>\n
Full-back Jayde Riviere is dealing with a minor ankle injury and will face a late fitness test, while Aofie Mannion will return from her red card suspension for the tie.<\/p>\n
Rachel Williams has been absent since mid-April with an unspecified injury, and it is hoped she will return for the final.<\/p>\n
Chelsea vs Man United prediction<\/strong><\/p>\nChelsea are yet to lose a domestic fixture this season, and the odds of them losing a first in the FA Cup final are fairly slim. Sonia Bompastor is not the type to let her side let off the gas – she will be as keen as anyone to take a third trophy back to Kingsmeadow.<\/p>\n
There are encouraging factors for United, though. Despite preserving their unbeaten run, Chelsea have not been at their sparkling best of late, struggling to a string of narrow wins by late goals. United were arguably the better side when Lucy Bronze headed Chelsea to a 1-0 victory in the WSL in April. There is every chance they could rain on the Blues\u2019 parade, but it is far from likely.<\/p>\n
Head to head (h2h) history and results<\/strong><\/p>\nChelsea are unbeaten in two matches against Man United this season, winning 1-0 on both occasions and confirming the latest WSL title in their most recent meeting. United\u2019s most recent win over the Blues came in last year\u2019s FA Cup semi-final, Skinner\u2019s side winning 2-1 through goals from Lucia Garcia and Rachel Williams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea Women will look to add a sixth Women\u2019s FA Cup title to their trophy cabinet on Sunday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104897,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,48237,393,4884,2465,11385,16,15,48236],"class_list":{"0":"post-104896","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-emma-hayes","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-manchester","13":"tag-team-news","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-womens-fa-cup"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114514723394448688","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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