| Day: Saturday, 27 May Start: 14:30 BST – six matches |
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| Reading v Chelsea: You will be on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website with the program from 14:15 |
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Heading into the last game of the Women’s Super League season, it seems that there is a familiar name that will be in the competition – although a new one is still a possibility.
Seeking a fourth consecutive WSL crown, Chelsea are in the lead as they lead second-placed Manchester United by two points.
A win at the Reading club would clinch the Blues’ title and seal a third successive home title after defeating United in the Women’s FA Cup final earlier this month.
However, any disruption could see United enter. If Chelsea are defeated by Reading, who need a win to avoid relegation, Marc Skinner’s side will clinch their first WSL title with a win at home to Liverpool.
United can be champions again if they win and draw Chelsea, even if they have to beat Liverpool by six clear goals like this.
If they don’t win, Chelsea will finish top regardless of the result at Reading.
How it stands
Chelsea (1st, 55 points)
Much like the Terminator in their quest for the title, Chelsea have been pushed hard this season in what was once a four-way race.
When lost to Manchester City at the end of March, only three points separated the top four. However, Hayes’ side did well at the right time.
Since the defeat at City, Chelsea have won their last six WSL games, scoring 24 goals and conceding just once.
Hayes wants to get off to a fast start to dispel any doubt on Saturday and not worry too much about the situation at Prenton Park.
Asked if he would be in charge of United’s meeting with Liverpool, Hayes said: “I can ask at half-time, but I’m focused on what we’re managing.
“I don’t think so, I think it’s a good start. We have to take care of the right things.”
Manchester United (2nd, 53 points)
Whatever happens this week, United have enjoyed their best ever campaign in women’s football only after being developed in their current form in 2018 as a secondary group.
They will finish in the top three of the WSL – and enter the Women’s Champions League – for the first time.
But Skinner wants his team to achieve their biggest prize.
He admitted this week that United will need the odds to win the title, but they must look to win early and push for the finish.
“The truth is we know if Chelsea are pulling we need a big change,” he said. “We will definitely try.”
“To think I believe you have to have the wrong mindset. Liverpool are very good against weapons. We have to do well because they can’t give us anything.
“All we can try to do is win the game. If there are different meanings we have to try to do something.”
Who will win?
“You’d think it would be Chelsea’s title,” former Blues defender Anita Asante told the Soccer Daily podcast.
“At the end of this season, Chelsea have come into their own. They haven’t done well all season, but in the last few games they’ve really shown the Chelsea team we’re used to. .
“Relentless, relentless, going about their business professionally. I don’t see them, on the verge of lifting the trophy, giving up on this.
“On paper you would back Chelsea to get a result against Reading.”
Former England international Fern Whelan also thinks Chelsea’s impressive record of winning WSL titles – this will be their seventh in nine years – is proof they will do business in Berkshire.
“They just keep winning,” he added. “He’s showing he knows how to do it and he’s done it before.
“What makes them able to compete with teams at the moment is that they have done it before and they have the players and the managers and the coaches to be able to do it at the last minute.”