Chelsea will begin their Women's Super League title defence at home to Manchester City in a blockbuster start to the 2025-26 season.
Fixtures released for 2025-26 WSL seasonChampions Chelsea start at home to Man CityArsenal welcome newly-promoted London CityFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?
The Blues won their sixth successive WSL title last term, ending the campaign unbeaten in a truly dominant year that also saw them lift the FA Cup and League Cup. Man City will be one of the teams out to dethrone them this season, alongside new European champions Arsenal, who start at home to newly-promoted London City Lionesses, and Manchester United, whose season begins with the hosting of Leicester.
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A big opening weekend doesn't end there, either. There's a Merseyside derby that Liverpool will host at Anfield, plus a London derby between Tottenham and West Ham. The first round of fixtures are completed by Aston Villa's trip to Brighton.
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1Sept 5-7Chelsea vs Man City (Opening weekend)3Sept 21Man Utd vs Arsenal5Oct 3-5Man City vs Arsenal, Man Utd vs Chelsea8Nov 8-9Arsenal vs Chelsea9Nov 16Man City vs Man Utd12Jan 11Arsenal vs Man Utd13Jan 25Chelsea vs Arsenal14Jan 31-Feb 1Man City vs Chelsea15Feb 8Arsenal vs Man City19Mar 29Man Utd vs Man City22May 15/16/17Chelsea vs Man Utd (Final weekend)DID YOU KNOW?
reports that Sky Sports, one of the main broadcasters of the WSL in the United Kingdom, intends to schedule the majority of the league's games this season at 12pm on Sundays. This is to develop an "around the grounds" narratives during matches, similar to the Saturday 3pm slot in English men's football.