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UEFA Women's Champions League - Manchester City (W) VS Chelsea FC (W) Prediction
UEFA Women's Champions League - Manchester City (W) VS Chelsea FC (W)
Match Time:20-03-2025 04:00 Thursday (GMT+8)
Football Livescore | Match Prediction & Tips
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Man City team news
Man City are once again without a pair of familiar names in Alex Greenwood and Lauren Hemp. The two Lionesses are dealing with knee injuries.
Rebecca Knaak, who joined the club in January, is nursing a hamstring issue and is set to miss out.
Bunny Shaw is also dealing with a hamstring injury she sustained in Saturday's final and is a doubt for the first leg. If the prolific forward is absent, Vivianne Miedema will likely move into Cushing's attack with Jess Park joining Jill Roord and Yui Hasegawa in midfield.
Chelsea team news
Chelsea's performance in the League Cup final should convince Bompastor to make a few changes to her starting XI, but the Blues manager is still without a long list of players.
Naomi Girma, Sophie Ingle, Maelys Mpome, Kadeisha Buchanan, Sam Kerr, Zecira Musovic and Femke Liefting are all sidelined for the visitors.
Lioness Niamh Charles could start at left-back, while Aggie Beever-Jones is pushing for a start up top. Mayra Ramirez, who has scored a couple of UWCL goals this term, should continue in Bompastor's frontline after opening the scoring at the weekend.
Manchester City Women possible starting lineup:
Yamashita; Casparij, Prior, Aleixandri, Ouahabi; Park, Hasegawa, Roord; Fujino, Fowler, Miedema
Chelsea Women possible starting lineup:
Hampton; Bronze, Bjorn, Bright, Baltimore; Cuthbert, Nusken; Rytting Kaneryd, Macario, James; Beever-Jone
Manchester City Women vs Chelsea Women Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
The two sides have clashed on 37 occasions in the past. Chelsea have 17 wins to their name, Manchester City were victorious 12 times while eight games were drawn.
The League Cup final ended a run of six successive head-to-head games to produce less than three goals.
Chelsea have made a 28-game unbeaten start to the season across competitions, winning 26 games in this run.
Six of the last seven head-to-head games have seen one side keep a clean sheet.
City have scored at least twice in 10 of their last 12 competitive games.
Chelsea have lost just on just one of their last eight visits to this stadium (three wins).
Prediction: Manchester City Women 1-1 Chelsea Women
Man City will be desperate to make full use of home advantage ahead of next week's return leg, but we think that their 100% European home record will come to an end with a draw against a Chelsea side that are yet to lose since Bompastor took over the reins last summer.
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