If Chelsea Women are to reach the UEFA Women’s Champions League semi-final this season, they need to overcome a two-goal deficit that today’s opposition Arsenal earned at the Emirates with the help of atrocious refereeing. It’s not an impossible task but it is a mountain to climb, even with home advantage.
We do need to keep in mind that if it wasn’t for those couple of baffling calls in our previous match-up, we’d be level with the defending European champions. Nothing to scoff at.
Chelsea starting
lineup (4-3-3): Hampton | Carpenter, Buurman, Buchanan, Bronze | Nüsken, Cuthbert (c), Walsh | James, Kerr, Thompson
Substitutes from: Peng, Spencer, Charles, Girma, Sarwie, Baltimore, Kaptein, Potter
Arsenal starting eleven:
Van Domselaar| Fox, Wubben-Moy, Catley, McCabe, Mariona, Little (c), Russo, Smith, Foord, Blackstenius
Substitutes from: Borbe, Votikova, Codina, Hinds, Holmberg, Pelova, Maanum, Mead, Kelly
Date / Time: Wednesday, April 1st, 2026, 20.00 BST; 3pm EDT
Venue: Stamford Bridge, SW6
Referee: Frida Nielsen (on pitch); Katrin Rafalski (VAR)
On TV: BBC Two (UK); CBS Sports Network, ESPN Deportes (USA); elsewhere
Streaming: BBC iPlayer, Disney+ (UK); ESPN+, fuboTV, Paramount+ (USA)
Let’s do this!
