This is a different Women’s Super League that Chelsea Women are getting into. There are 14 teams instead of just 12, two relegation spots instead of one and teams such as London City Lionesses bringing big names to clash head-to-head with the traditional big clubs.
While we aren’t the same either with some of our biggest stars leaving the club and incoming transfers not carrying the same weight as the outgoers, this is the side with eight league titles to their name. If we are to live up to this legacy
we ought to start today at the big stage, with the Blues hosting Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea starting lineup (4-2-3-1):
Hampton | Carpenter, Bronze (c), Buurman, McCabe | Walsh, Nüsken | Thompson, Kaptein, James | Beever-Jones
Substitutes from: Spencer, Peng, Las, Girma, Buchanan, Dragoni, Potter, Hamano, Baltimore
Aston Villa starting eleven:
Okuma | Parker, Wilms, Harviken, Grant, Kielland, Kendall (c), Maritz, Hijikata, McAulay, Vangsgaard
Substitutes from: Kelly, Deslandes, Patten, Scott, Taylor, Mullett, Murphy
Date / Time: Saturday, September 4th, 2026, 12.30 GMT; 7:30am EDT
Venue: Stamford Bridge, SW6
On TV: BBC One (UK); CBS Sports Golazo (USA); elsewhere
Streaming: BBC iPlayer (UK); Paramount+ (USA)
Let’s do this!
