Chelsea bid for unbeaten season, Arsenal v Manchester United: WSL final day – live
Key events
Arsenal 1-1 Manchester United: Kelly goes for an audacious looping shot from the edge of the box, but her effort flies narrowly over the crossbar.
GOAL! Manchester City 1-1 Crystal Palace (Kerolin, 17)
A Palace throw is intercepted by Knaak, who heads the ball forward. The visitors fail to deal with it and it eventually falls to Kerolin in the box, who brings the ball down before firing her shot home.
GOAL! Everton 1-0 Tottenham (Veatriki Sarri, 11)
Brilliant from Sarri! The forward tees up a free kick just outside the box and manages to loop her effort over the Tottenham wall and into the net!
GOAL! Arsenal 1-1 Manchester United (Ella Toone, 13)
A Manchester United corner is sent into the box and Arsenal fail twice to make the clearance. It eventually drops to Toone, who is able to head past Zinsberger to equalise.
GOAL! Leicester 1-0 West Ham (Janice Cayman, 9)
What a strike! A shot from Cain is blocked but falls back out to Cayman, who rifles her shot into the top-right corner!
GOAL! Aston Villa 1-0 Brighton (Ebony Salmon, 5)
Salmon picks up the ball in midfield before carrying it all the way to the edge of the Brighton box and placing it nicely into the bottom-right corner.
GOAL! Manchester City 0-1 Crystal Palace (Ashleigh Weerden, 5)
Gejl capitalises on a poor pass from Aleixandri in midfield before making her way into the box and squaring the ball across to Weerden, who slots home.
GOAL! Arsenal 1-0 Manchester United (Chloe Kelly, 2)
Kelly breaks the deadlock!
A cross is sent into the United box and Tullis-Joyce makes an uncharacteristic error by spilling the ball. It falls straight to Kelly, who does well to place the ball into the bottom-right corner with the help of a small deflection.
Kick-off
Here we go! We’re under way on the final day!
All the teams are now out! Kick-off is just a few moments away!
The WSL Golden Boot is still up for grabs this afternoon. Alessia Russo currently leads the race with 12 goals and two assists. Khadija Shaw is behind in second with the same number, although she will not feature for Manchester City this afternoon due to injury.
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Alessia Russo – 12
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Khadija Shaw – 12
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Shekiera Martinez – 10
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Elisabeth Terland – 9
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Mariona Caldentey – 8
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Bethany England – 8
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Aggie Beever-Jones – 8
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Guro Reiten – 8
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Grace Clinton – 8
And here’s some analysis from Tom Garry on how Chelsea managed to achieve what has been a seamless transition from the Emma Hayes era to the new Sonia Bompastor reign…
Our very own Sophie Downey took some time to rate every Chelsea player based on their performances this season. Take a look here…
Chelsea will look to complete the WSL season undefeated this afternoon. The Blues have drawn just three games this campaign, winning the other 18 in the league. Should they achieve the feat, they will become the first team to go invincible in a 22-game WSL season.
It would be the fourth time a team has gone a full WSL term undefeated after Arsenal in 2012, Manchester City in 2016 and Chelsea themselves in 2018.
I want to hear from you today! As we’ve reached the end of the season I want to know your picks for player of the season, goal of the season, match of the season, and who you think was the best signing of the campaign.
Don’t hesitate to message me!
Aston Villa v Brighton team news
Aston Villa starting XI: D’Angelo, Maritz, Patten, Turner, Grant, Pacheco, Kearns, Baijings, Daly, Robinson, Salmon.
Brighton starting XI: Baggaley, Bergsvand, Parris, Cankovic, Seike, Hayes, Symonds, Olislagers, Bruna, Auee, Agyemang.
Manchester City v Crystal Palace team news
Manchester City starting XI: Keating, Casparij, Prior, Knaak, Greenwood, Hasegawa, Aleixandri, Coombs, Park, Hemp, Kerolin.
Your City side to face Crystal Palace 🩵
XI | Keating, Casparij, Prior, Knaak, Greenwood (C), Hasegawa, Aleixandri, Coombs, Park, Hemp, Kerolin Nicoli
SUBS | Annets, Layzell, Roord, Wienroither, Blindkilde Brown, Fujino, Oyama, Thomas, Murphy#ManCity | @etihad pic.twitter.com/YPUIYggv3C
— Manchester City Women (@ManCityWomen) May 10, 2025
Crystal Palace starting XI: Yañez, Sharpe, Weerden, Nolan, Öling, Potter, Gejl, Woodham, Larkin, Stengel, Swaby.
Leicester v West Ham team news
Leicester starting XI: Leitzig, Tierney, Howard, Cayman, Ale, Thibaud, Goodwin, Cain, Chossenotte, Momiki, Swaby.
West Ham starting XI: Szemik, Ueki, Pavi, Nyström, Zadorsky, Denton, Martinez, Asseyi, Gorry, Hanshaw, Puibel.
Final line-up of 2024/25 ⚒️
🪄 Ueki in the pocket
🕸️ Paví poised on the flank
🛡️ Nyström anchors the defence pic.twitter.com/erobov1SjG— West Ham United Women (@westhamwomen) May 10, 2025
Everton v Tottenham team news
Everton starting XI: Brosnan, Fernández, Hayashi, Wheeler, Vanhaevermaet, T.Payne, Sarri, Snoeijs, Stenevik, K.Holmgaard, Gago.
Tottenham starting XI: Kop, Morris, Bartrip, Hunt, Nildén, Spence, Summanen, Oroz, Holdt, Naz, England.
Chelsea v Liverpool team news
Chelsea starting XI: Hampton, Bronze, Bright, Girma, Bjorn, Charles, Kaptein, Walsh, Nusken, Baltimore, Beever-Jones.
Liverpool starting XI: Laws, Fisk, Bonner, Evans, Hinds, Kerr, Nagano, Höbinger, Holland, Roman Haug, Smith.
For the final time this season…team news is IN 📋🔴#CHELIV
— Liverpool FC Women (@LiverpoolFCW) May 10, 2025
Arsenal v Manchester United team news
Arsenal starting XI: Zinsberger, Fox, Williamson, Catley, Caldentey, Little, McCabe, Maanum, Kelly, Foord, Russo.
🔴 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠𝙉𝙀𝙒𝙎 ⚪️
💪 McCabe and Fox start
🤩 Maanum makes 150th appearance
⚡ Foord and Kelly down the wingLet’s sign off strong in N5 – COYG! 👊
— Arsenal Women (@ArsenalWFC) May 10, 2025
Manchester United starting XI: Tullis-Joyce, Sandberg, Le Tissier, Toone, Clinton, Malard, Galton, Bizet, Janssen, Miyazawa, Turner.
As things stand…
Arsenal sit second in the league standings with Manchester United third. Those positions could be swapped come the end of play.
At the bottom of the table, Crystal Palace are already relegated in 12th, with Leicester 11th and Tottenham down in 10th.
You can access the full WSL table here.
Today’s games:
Preamble
Here we are. The final day of the WSL season is upon us – and to be quite honest, it feels like it has come around ridiculously quickly. There is not quite as much riding on this one compared to last season’s conclusion, when Manchester City and Chelsea were competing for the title. Instead, everything has already been decided with the Blues confirmed as champions once again and Crystal Palace relegated. Arsenal and Manchester United – two clubs facing each other today – have also secured the two remaining Champions League spots, although second place will be up for grabs at the Emirates Stadium.
Elsewhere, Chelsea host Liverpool at Stamford Bridge, where they will lift the WSL trophy later on this afternoon. Tottenham face Everton with the hope of securing their first league win since January, Manchester City face Crystal Palace, Aston Villa take on Brighton and West Ham meet Leicester City.
Every match kicks off at 12:30pm BST – join me!
