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The Women’s League Cup will be won by Chelsea or Manchester City (The FA via Getty Images)

Chelsea and Manchester City meet in the Women’s League Cup final to kick off a run of four clashes between the teams in just 12 days.

The first silverware of the season is up for grabs at Pride Park in Derby as Chelsea look to get over the line after three consecutive defeats in the Women’s League Cup final and City aim to win their first trophy since last winning this competition three years ago.

City made the shock decision to sack Gareth Taylor just five days ago, with former boss Nick Cushing taking over as interim. He will do battle with Sonia Bompastor, who has taken Chelsea to the top of the Women’s Super League since replacing Emma Hayes and now looks to win her first trophy with the Blues.

Chelsea and City’s players are going to be very familiar with each other at the end of the month: the teams will meet in the first leg of the Women’s Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday, with a WSL fixture also scheduled before the return leg next week.

Chelsea's unbeaten start under Sonia Bompastor

Sonia Bompastor could not have made a better start to life at Chelsea but will know her first season is entering crunch time.

Chelsea have played 27 matches in all competitions, registering 25 wins and just two draws in the Women’s Super League - they have yet to taste defeat under the French coach.

As a result, they enter March alive in all four competitions. As well as the League Cup final, they are in the Champions League quarter-finals and FA Cup semi-finals, where they play Liverpool. They also hold a eight-point lead in the WSL with six games left this season.

Jamie Braidwood15 March 2025 12:10

Explosive scenes at last year's Women's League Cup

Arsenal’s victory over Chelsea in last year’s Women’s League Cup final was best remembered for the explosive post-match handshake between Emma Hayes and Jonas Eidevall, with the former Chelsea manager accusing the now departed Arsenal boss of showing “male aggression” on the touchline after shoving him at the end of the match.

I would highly doubt that we see such scenes between Sonia Bompastor and Nick Cushing today....

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Jamie Braidwood15 March 2025 12:00