Chelsea Women vs Austria Wien W - prediction, team news, lineups

Chelsea Women volition footwear disconnected the Women's Champions League league signifier with a location clash against Austria Wien W.

The Women's Super League broadside are appearing successful the main gully for a seventh consecutive season, portion Austria Wien are making their debut successful the UWCL league phase. 

Match preview

Chelsea experienced an underwhelming 2025-26 run that saw them assistance conscionable 1 of the trophies connected offer, the last variation of the League Cup that features the European sides. 

The Blues mislaid their six-year grip connected the Women's Super League title, fell astatine the semi-final signifier of the FA Cup and mislaid to Arsenal successful the quarter-finals of the UWCL.

The UWCL trophy is the 1 they privation supra each the others, considering they are yet to get their hands connected it and person not made it to the last since losing 4-0 to Barcelona successful the 2020-21 edition.

Sonia Bompastor's broadside started their latest European travel with a 6-2 aggregate triumph implicit Real Sociedad successful the playoff round, which secured their spot successful the league signifier wherever they volition face Austria Wien, OL Lyonnes, Roma, Hacken, Paris Saint-Germain and Leuven.

Chelsea person gone to instrumentality 7 points from their opening 3 WSL matches, including a 2-0 triumph successful Saturday's location clash against Birmingham City, acknowledgment to goals from Lexi Potter and Melvine Malard. 

They volition beryllium dense favourites to instrumentality maximum points from Wednesday's European fixture, particularly arsenic they person won 4 of their past 5 European location matches, scoring a minimum of 4 goals successful 3 of those victories. 

Austria Wien claimed their archetypal Frauen Bundesliga rubric past word aft finishing 2 points wide of St Polten.

Stefan Kenesei's broadside besides bushed Red Bull Salzburg 1-0 successful the OFB Frauen Cup to triumph the home cupful contention for the archetypal clip successful the club's history.  

Austria Wien are present acceptable to execute much past by making their archetypal quality successful the UWCL main gully aft successfully negotiating the qualifying rounds.

After coming done single-leg ties against Hajduk Split and Farul Constanta, Austria Wien fell to a 2-1 distant decision against Brann successful the archetypal limb of the 3rd qualifying round.

They rapidly enactment that effect down them arsenic Modesta Uka inspired a melodramatic turnaround successful the location leg, netting a hat-trick to occurrence her broadside to a 4-0 victory.

The Austrian broadside person followed that awesome grounds with 2 further cleanable sheets successful league wins against Sudburgenland and Kleinmunchen, though they volition beryllium afloat alert that their backline volition travel nether overmuch greater unit successful Wednesday's clash against 1 of the biggest teams successful the UWCL. 

Chelsea Women Women's Champions League form:

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Austria Wien W Women's Champions League form:

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Team News

Chelsea stay without the services of Erin Cuthbert, Mayra Ramirez and summertime signing Manaka Matsukubo, the second of whom is inactive waiting to marque her debut for the club.

The attacking duo of Lauren James and Aggie Beever-Jones are some wounded doubts aft missing the triumph implicit Birmingham astatine the weekend. 

Katie McCabe and Melvine Malard are options to commencement if Bompastor opts to freshen up the starting lineup.

As for the visitors, they are apt to enactment up with a backmost 3 made up of Carina Wenninger, Katharina Schiechtl and Virginia Kirchberger.

Louis Schoffel, who precocious signed an hold until 2029, is pushing to commencement astatine close wing-back, portion Valentina Potzl is acceptable to diagnostic connected the other flank.

Modesta Uka and Patricia Pfanner should get the motion if Stefan Kenesei opts to play with a beforehand two, having scored 16 goals betwixt them successful each competitions this term. 

Chelsea Women imaginable starting lineup:

Hampton; Bronze, Buurman, McCabe; Carpenter, Nusken, Walsh, Potter, Nusken; Thompson, Malard, Kaptein

Austria Wien W imaginable starting lineup:

Pal; Wenninger, Schiechtl, Kirchberger; Schoffel, Pfattner, Weiss, Cordes, Potzl; Pfanner, Uka

We say: Chelsea Women 3-0 Austria Wien W

Austria Wien whitethorn person negotiated UWCL qualifying, but the trouble level volition summation importantly successful Wednesday's league signifier clash with Chelsea.

The Blues are afloat of assurance aft 2 victories, and we deliberation they volition showcase their other prime to cruise to a commanding win.

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