In the second-to-last match of the Women’s Super League season, Chelsea Women face an already relegated Leicester City team that have been in a crisis quite similar to their men’s counterpart, who have also just been relegated. A match of parallels, more or less.
Leicester starting eleven:
Keane | Kees, Tierney (c), Van Egmond, Jansson, Ale, Thibaud, Mayling, Cain, O’Brien, Swaby
Substitutes from: Baker, Neville, Payne, McLoughlin, Goodwin, Lehmann, Rantala, Williams, Mouchon
Chelsea starting lineup
(4-3-3): Peng | Carpenter, Bronze, Buchanan, Charles | Potter, Cuthbert (c), Kaptein | Kaneryd, Kerr, James
Substitutes from: Hampton, Spencer, Buurman, Baltimore, Nüsken, Walsh, Sarwie, Beever-Jones, Thompson
Date / Time: Sunday, May 3, 2026, 14.30 BST; 9:30am EDT
Venue: King Power Stadium, Leicester, UK
Referee: Ade Soneye
On TV: BBC Two (UK); none (USA); elsewhere
Streaming: BBC iPlayer (UK); ESPN+, fuboTV (USA)
Let’s do this!
