Chelsea seems to complete a domestic treble while the blues of Sonia Bompastor Manchester United meet in the FA Cup final of 2024-25.
Victory will claim Chelsea a sixth title in this competition, while Man Utd tries to defend their crown and win the Women’s FA Cup for the second time in their history.
Team news
Mayra Ramirez will return to Chelsea after missing their last two games with a knee injury.
Zecira Musovic (pregnancy), Brooke Aspin, Kadeisha Buchanan, Jorja Fox, Sophie Ingle, Sam Kerr (All ACL), Lauren James (Hamstring), Femke Liefting (foot)
Man Utd will be without Jayde Riviere because of an ankle injury, so that she had missed their 4-3 loss at Arsenal on the last day of the League season of the ladies.
Rachel Williams has been absent for the last three games of UTD with a non -specific injury, but can be available for selection if she runs through a late fitness test.
When is the kick -off?
Chelsea meets Man Utd at Wembley Stadium, London, on Sunday, May 18 at 1:30 PM BST, live on BBC1 in the UK.
Route to the final
Chelsea
Ramirez, Aggie Beever-Jones and the goals of Niamh Charles Plus Guro Reiten’s penalty started Chelsea’s Women’s FA Cup campaign with a 4-0 home victory on Charlton in the fourth round.
Ramirez was again on the score sheet in the fifth round next to Catarina Macario, Maika Hamano and Sandie Baltimore when the blues came from behind to defeat Everton, after Sara Holmgaard had gave the Toffees a lead in a 17th minute.
Lauren James scored a 64th minute winner in the quarterfinals victory of the blues on Crystal Palace, before Bever-Jones hit an injury-time winner in a 2-1 semi-final victory over Liverpool after Cuthbert had canceled the efforts of Olivia Smith.
| Round | Opposition | Location | Result |
| 4 | Charlton | At home | 4-0 |
| 5 | Everton | At home | 4-1 |
| Quarterfinals | Crystal Palace | At home | 1-0 |
| Semi -final | Liverpool | At home | 2-1 |
Manchester United
UTD started their title defense with a 7-0 Mauling from West Brom in which Melvine Malard opened the score before the hat trick of Celin Bizet and Rachel Williams’ double packed victory, which was covered by Ella Toone’s injury time goal.
Toone scored again in a fifth round victory at Wolves with a 6-0 result where Mared Griffiths scored twice, after Elisabeth Terland, Leah Galton and Aoife Mannion were beaten to the Red Devils in the opening for 52 minutes.
Galton and Toone delivered on either side of the goal of Maya le Tissier when UTD booked a 3-1 quarter-final victory at Sunderland, despite the rebound effort of Louise Griffiths, to briefly halve the shortage of the Black Cats.
The first half goals of Bizet and Grace Clinton saw Utd Cruise along local rivals, Man City in the semi -final.
| Round | Opposition | Location | Result |
| 4 | West Brom | At home | 7-0 |
| 5 | Wolves | Road | 0-6 |
| Quarterfinals | Sunderland | At home | 3-1 |
| Semi -final | Manchester City | Road | 0-2 |
Scale
- Chelsea defeated Man Utd 1-0 in their only earlier FA Cup meeting for ladies in 2023.
- Man Utd has won one of their two previous ladies FA Cup tires against Chelsea (W1, L1), who came to the semi-final stage last season in the first title of the Red Devils in this competition.
- Chelsea wants to win this competition for the first time under a different manager than Emma Hayes, who have won their five previous ladies FA Cup titles among the now American women’s manager.
- The Blues van Bompastor scored 11 goals and only admitted twice in the edition of this season.
- During the competition of this season, Man Utd only confronted five shot shots against them opposite them.
Prediction
Despite the fact that they have worked out three consecutive 1-0 results in their last three games, it is difficult to watch Chelsea, because in their first season they focus on a domestic treble under Bompastor, which is testing of Hayes’ work that Bompastor could have arrived and immediately dominates without defeats.
If there is one thing that Chelsea could stop, it must be the mental pressure to go undefeated for an entire season in household matches, which did not happen in modern English football, because even the male invinibibles of Arsenal of 2003-04 could not manage.
In the meantime, Man Utd has to improve defensively After a slow start of the second half, at Arsenal cost them in a game that would otherwise be exciting from an attacking perspective, but they really can’t repeat their carelessness in the back if they want to defend their title.
Both competition meetings between Chelsea and UTD were arranged with 1-0 wins for the blues and I expect no less, but man Utd probably has to score first, otherwise I see Bompastor’s blues that make a history, even when I have to grind it.
Prediction: Chelsea 1-0 MAN UTD
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