City v Chelsea: Barclays Women’s Super League match preview | OneFootball

All the information you need ahead of our Barclays Women’s Super League clash with Chelsea.

When and where

City go head-to-head with Sonia Bompastor’s side following our UEFA Champions league meeting earlier this week.

This time it’s our Barclays Women’s Super League fixture at the Etihad Stadium.

The game takes place on Sunday 23 March, with kick-off scheduled for 14:30 (UK).

There will be in-depth coverage on mancity.com and our official app across the afternoon and regular updates will be posted on X: @ManCityWomen.

Man city app coverage

As ever, you can find dedicated coverage on the Official Man City App throughout the afternoon.

Our Matchday Centre will be providing you with all the pre-match coverage, statistics and analysis from 13:00 (UK).

During the game, you can tune into live audio commentary from Nick Walsh and Karen Bardsley at the Etihad Stadium, with live text updates also available. Make sure you have push notifications turned on to receive team news, key moments, goal updates and red cards via our app.

Following the final whistle, a detailed match report, plus reactions from both Interim Head Coach Nick Cushing and the players will also be available to view.

Highlights from the game, as well as a full-match replay will be available on CITY+ at 12:00 (UK) on Monday.

Matchday Live

There will also be a special Matchday Live show for our WSL clash with Chelsea, featuring special guests Toni Duggan and Jen Beattie.

Duggan and Beattie made a combined total of just under 200 appearances for the Club in our early years as a professional side, winning every available domestic honour in the process.

As part of that, the former City duo were key to our 2016 double-winning team which went unbeaten across the entire campaign.

They'll be back at the Etihad Stadium around one hour before kick-off to offer their expert insight and share some memorable stories from their time at the Club, before a half-time debrief and detailed post-match analysis.

As always, Matchday Live is available on all our digital platforms and offers a unique City-centric flavour to your match build-up with plenty of interesting analysis and laughs along the way.

Event information

As always, there's plenty of action off the pitch as well as on it to keep you entertained throughout the day.

Our Blue Carpet experience gets under way from 12:30 (UK) with incredible prizes up for grabs while you to watch both teams arrive at the Etihad.

Stadium gates will open at 13:00, with the team news then announced 30 minutes later before the warm-ups take place.

Then, from 14:00, you can also put your City knowledge to the test by taking part in our Mega Quiz before the action on the pitch commences.

Nick cushing preview

Our Interim Head Coach says he has an unchanged squad at his disposal on Sunday, meaning Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw, Aoba Fujino and Rebecca Knaak won’t be available alongside longer term absentees Alex Greenwood and Lauren Hemp.

However, Cushing said the squad were ‘in a good place’ with no fresh concerns following Wednesday’s 2-0 win over Chelsea in our Champions League quarter-final first leg.

With fewer than four days between games, our Interim Head Coach expects to rotate, but confirmed he won’t decide on his line-up until after our final training session on Saturday.

“The team is in a good place. We’ll have the same squad as midweek," he said.

"Bunny [Shaw] and Aoba [Fujino] won’t be ready for the game. They will remain with the medical team.

"Everybody came through the game fine. It’s a tight turnaround from Wednesday’s game so we will look if we rotate but at the moment it’s really positive.

“I probably will look to rotate a little bit and bring in some fresh legs because I was really pleased with the intensity and way we applied ourselves. Everyone is desperate to play. That’s a huge positive but it gives me problems.”

WATCH: Match highlights: City 2-0 Chelsea

Last time out

City battled to a 2-0 UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-final triumph over Chelsea at the Joie Stadium.

Vivianne Miedema was the Blues' hero, coming off the bench at half-time to grab a brace and hand Nick Cushing's side an advantage heading into next Thursday's second leg at Stamford Bridge.

It was Chelsea's first defeat in 31 matches in all competitions, a run stretching back to May, earning our Interim Head Coach his first win since returning to the Club in the process.

broadcast details

The fixture will be broadcast live on BBC iPlayer in the United Kingdom.

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