{"id":541302,"date":"2025-11-01T04:35:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T04:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/541302\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T04:35:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T04:35:13","slug":"chelsea-vs-london-city-womens-super-league-preview-team-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/541302\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea vs. London City, Women\u2019s Super League: Preview, team news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Chelsea Women return to Stamford Bridge tomorrow lunchtime for a first-ever Women\u2019s Super League meeting with newly promoted London City Lionesses. The Blues top the table after six games in the competition and remain unbeaten under manager Sonia Bompastor, but will want to sharpen up to showcase why they\u2019re still the team to beat in England.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For London City, this marks their biggest test since promotion \u2014 a local derby at one of England\u2019s football cathedrals, against the league\u2019s reigning champions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>Date \/ Time:<\/strong> Saturday, November 1, 2025, 12:00 BST; 7:00am ET<br \/><strong>Venue:<\/strong> Stamford Bridge, SW6, UK<br \/><strong>Forecast:<\/strong> Sunny intervals and a light breeze from the south west<br \/><strong>Referee:<\/strong> Kirsty Dowle<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>On TV:<\/strong> Sky Sports (UK); none (US); <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livesoccertv.com\/match\/chelsea-fc-vs-london-city-lionesses\/6ujzlz#5365192\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">elsewhere<\/a><\/strong><br \/><strong>Streaming:<\/strong> Sky Go (UK); ESPN+ (US)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>Chelsea team news:<\/strong> Before the international break the Blues finally met expectations in the UEFA Women\u2019s Champions League, handily defeating Paris FC 4-0 at the Bridge in extremely dominant fashion. However given how the WSL gets tougher each year, performances like these are no longer a portent of what\u2019s to come when we return to domestic action.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">There are some good news since we last got on the pitch, as everyone who went on to defend their respective national teams returned to Cobham without injuries. And we also got defender Naomi Girma back in the fold. with her recovery picking up pace during these two weeks of international action.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>London City team news:<\/strong> London City arrive in the WSL with a rebuilt, high-profile squad under French head coach Jocelyn Pr\u00eacheur. The summer window brought in top-level experience across the pitch \u2014 notably former Chelsea target, Grace Geyoro, as well as league veterans Katie Zelem and Alanna Kennedy \u2014 and those additions have featured prominently through the opening weeks, giving LCL a far stronger spine than most newly promoted sides. The result has been a competitive start and a team that\u2019s learning fast at this level.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">There are no officially reported injury absences for the visitors ahead of this game; Pr\u00eacheur is expected to have close to a full complement available and to lean on that new core for a derby test at Stamford Bridge<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>Previously:<\/strong> Five goals in 90 minutes of Women\u2019s FA Cup football.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea Women return to Stamford Bridge tomorrow lunchtime for a first-ever Women\u2019s Super League meeting with newly promoted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":541303,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,67993,393,4884,257,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-541302","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-chelsea-fc-women","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115472585476214909","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541302","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=541302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}