What will happen? Chelsea or Manchester City who are crowned women’s FA Cup winners when the two teams play each other in the final at Wembley Stadium on Sunday?
Holders , and three time winners Chelsea livescore mobi are hoping to complete the double, after they won the women’s Super League title last Sunday.
Manchester City are also looking to win an unprecedented fourth FA Cup triumph and second silverware this year, following their thrilling 3-1 Continental League Cup final victory against Chelsea on March.
The previous five finals were claimed with Chelsea or City however this one is the first time the two teams meet in the main event which will be broadcast live by BBC One.
The first time ever, the men’s as well as finals for women will be played on the same weekend and Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea facing Liverpool on the day prior.
New record for crowds?
The record for a female FA Cup final stands at 45,423, and was established by Chelsea defeated Arsenal in the final at Wembley in the year 2018.
The record attendance appears at the cards and the FA announced on May 11 it was over 50,000 tickets have were sold.
The FA was hopeful of breaking this record in December in the match that was delayed for the previous season. However, after distributing over 45,000 tickets for the game, attendance on the day of the match at Wembley was just 40,942.
Double-double to dominate Chelsea?
Chelsea are hoping to claim the trophy for the second time in a row, having the club defeated Arsenal during the semi-final in the trophy last year.
Victory just five months back gave the Blues their first domestic triple and added to with the WSL championship along with the League Cup they had won in 2020-21 to cap off an outstanding season.
If Emma Hayes’s team succeed this season, they’ll have taken home five of the six domestic titles that are available.
In this season’s league campaign they defeated City by 1-0 at home in February, as well as at home 4-0 in November though that match occurred in a time when Gareth Taylor’s squad was plagued by injuries.
Chelsea Have been awe-inspiring throughout the WSL this season they have won 18 of their 22 matches, which includes their last nine games in the top league.
City in good form, aiming for fourth place
Since losing 1-0 against Chelsea during February City are now winning 13 consecutive games across all competitions. This streak which includes the March League Cup final win over the opposition on Sunday.
in the League, they won their final Champions League spot, finishing third, just ahead of Manchester United, despite a turbulent beginning in the league.
In November, following an 4-0 loss to Chelsea, City sat in ninth position, just 12 points behind the lead.
It has been a remarkable turnaround and now the the three-time-FA-Cup-winners can move one clear of opponents Chelsea in the record books if they secure a fourth title.
The North West outfit have won three of the last five FA Cups and have never lost an FA Cup final.
Unstoppable in attack and immovable in defense
Chelsea’s path to Wembley saw them edging past Aston Villa and thrash Birmingham City and Leicester City, before a fierce final-four match with Arsenal was settled with goals from Guro Reiten and Ji Sung-yun.
Despite being faced with WSL opponents throughout this year’s tournament, they’ve not conceded a goal and scored 17 goals in their four matches.
Gareth Taylor’s City team has also performed well in the cup this year. They defeated Third-tier Nottingham Forest 8-0, embarrassed rivals Manchester United 4-1 and defeated Everton in the opening three rounds.
The semi-final victory of 4-1 against West Ham United was emotional for City as the forward Chloe Kelly scoring her first goal after returning from a severe knee problem.
City was last in the FA Cup in November 2020 because of the late extra-time goals scored by Georgia Stanway and Janine Beckie against Everton in the closed-doors match .
FA Cup final coverage on BBC
live BBC One coverage of Sunday’s match with Chelsea as well as Manchester City starts at 13:50 BST The game kicks off at 14:30.
Gabby Logan is set to provide the coverage live from Wembley and will be with three previous winners of the event – Alex Scott, Fara Williams and Izzy Christiansen.
BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra will broadcast live coverage during the match. Former England defensive player Laura Bassett, who won the Cup with Birmingham and Birmingham, will be joining Vicki Sparks.
The BBC Sport website will also provide live TV coverage in addition to updates in text.
