Chelsea Women have gone beyond proving their real mettle since that bitter loss to Everton at Kingsmeadow last weekend, sending AS Roma packing at Stamford Bridge with ease in an UEFA Women’s Champions League match. But clearly this season the Women’s Super League is an entirely different beast. One with matches like today’s against Brighton where a single slip can define the direction it takes.
Chelsea starting lineup (4-2-3-1):
Peng | Bronze, Bright (c), Girma, Carpenter | Walsh, Cuthbert | Baltimore, James, Thompson | Beever-Jones
Substitutes from: Spencer, Nüsken, Macario, Reiten, Kaptein, Jean-François, Kaneryd, Charles, Kerr
Brighton starting eleven:
Baggaley | Vanegas, Minami, Kafaji, Symonds (c), Seike, Noordam, Hayes, Olislagers, Haley, McLauchlan
Substitutes from: Poulter, Kirby, Carabali, Camacho, Tsunoda, Rule, Martin, Balmer, Gay
Date / Time: Sunday, December 13, 2025, 11:55 GMT; 6:55am EST
Venue: Broadfield Stadium, Crawley, UK
Referee: Sophie Dennington
On TV: ESPN2 (US); Sky Sports (UK); elsewhere
Streaming: ESPN+, fuboTV (US); Sky Go (UK)
