Chelsea host Aston Villa in the opening match of the Women’s Super League season at Kingsmeadow to mark the start of a new era for the Blues under Sonia Bompastor. The Blues won the WSL for a fifth consecutive season last campaign under the departing Emma Hayes and Bompastor has big shoes to fill after arriving from Lyon for a new era in the women’s game.

The Blues won the WSL for a fifth consecutive season last campaign under the departing Emma Hayes and Bompastor has big shoes to fill after arriving from Lyon for a new era in the women’s game. The Chelsea squad has also seen several changes, with England international Lucy Bronze the pick of the new signings.

Chelsea Women find themselves back in attack after enduring some pressure from Aston Villa. Centre-forward Mayra Ramírez threads a pass to Johanna Rytting Kaneryd at the edge of the box, who takes a few touches to open up some space for herself and shoots for a great long-range effort to score our first goal of the season.