Wed Mar 19 19:20:00 UTC 2025: ## Chelsea Favourites as Women’s Champions League Quarter-Final Begins
**Manchester, England –** The Women’s Champions League quarter-finals kicked off with a clash between Manchester City and Chelsea at the Academy Stadium tonight. Chelsea, unbeaten in 28 games under Sonia Bompastor, enters the tie as heavy favorites. Meanwhile, Barcelona leads Wolfsburg 3-1 in their quarter-final match, and Arsenal suffered a 2-0 defeat against Real Madrid yesterday.
Manchester City, facing Chelsea four times in three competitions over twelve days, made three changes from their League Cup final loss to Chelsea on Saturday, with Jess Park, Kerolin, and Lily Murphy replacing the injured Bunny Shaw and Aoba Fujino, and Vivianne Miedema who is on the bench. Chelsea also made changes, with Keira Walsh and Aggie Beever-Jones starting, but star striker Sam Kerr is absent from the squad.
The match marks the second encounter between the two teams in a span of 12 days following Chelsea’s 2-1 victory in the League Cup final. City will be looking to upset the form book against an incredibly strong Chelsea side. The second leg will take place within nine days.
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