City v Chelsea: UEFA Women’s Champions League match preview | OneFootball

All the information needed ahead of the first leg of our UEFA Women’s Champions League clash with Chelsea.

WHEN AND WHERE

City lock horns with Chelsea once again after our Subway League Cup final clash this past weekend.

This time it’s the first of a last-eight double header in the UEFA Women’s Champions League.

The game takes place on Wednesday 19 March, with kick-off scheduled at 20:00 (UK).

There will be comprehensive coverage on mancity.com and our official app across the evening and regular updates will be posted on X: @ManCityWomen.

MAN CITY APP COVERAGE

As ever, the Official Man City App will have all bases covered for this UEFA Women’s Champions League encounter with Sonia Bompaster’s team.

Minute-by-minute text updates will begin in our Matchday Centre two hours before kick-off.

During the game you can also listen to live audio commentary from Alistair Mann and Karen Bardsley while our text commentary continues.

Make sure to have push notifications turned on as well, so you can be alerted to key moments in the action, including goals, red cards and the team news.

Highlights and a full-match replay [available on CITY+] can be accessed at 23:00 in the UK after the game and then 23:00 globally on Thursday.

NICK CUSHING PREVIEW

Our Interim Head Coach will face the media alongside a member of his squad to preview the first leg of our Champions League quarter-final with Chelsea.

The press conference will take place at the CFA at 14:00 (UK) on Tuesday on the eve of the game.

As always, we’ll have live coverage on mancity.com and our official app, with a written and video recap to follow shortly after it concludes.

You’ll also be able to watch 15 minutes of live open training, which is due to start at 16:00 (UK) after the briefing with journalists.

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PREVIOUS MEETING

City suffered a narrow 2-1 loss to Chelsea in our previous meeting, which was just a few days ago.

It came in the Subway League Cup final on Saturday at Derby’s Pride Park.

Mayra Ramirez scored the opener for the Barclays Women’s Super League leaders in the early stages, bundling home the ball after it had clipped off skipper Laia Aleixandri.

But the 1-0 scoreline at the break didn’t tell the full story with Nick Cushing’s side showing positive intentions throughout the first 45 minutes.

Aoba Fujino bagged a deserved leveller after the break with a superb strike.

But, with the game on a knife-edge, it was Sonia Bompastor’s team who just edged it in the end when a cross deflected off Yui Hasegawa and found the back of the net.

LAST TIME OUT

Our last game against Chelsea was, of course, the Subway League Cup final on Saturday.

We’re currently in a four-game run of matches against the Londoners.

There’s this UEFA Women’s Champions League clash on Wednesday followed by Sunday’s top-flight encounter with them at the Etihad Stadium, kick-off 14:30 (UK).

Then it’s the return leg in the elite European competition at Stamford Bridge next Thursday with a 20:00 (UK) start.

Whoever wins will play the victors of Wolfsburg and Barcelona in the semi-finals.

BROADCAST DETAILS

This UEFA Women’s Champions League clash will be broadcast live on TNT Sports 1, discovery+, discovery+ app and DAZN UK in the United Kingdom.

For full details of how you can watch globally, click here for a full rundown via livesoccertv.com.