WSL Chelsea team news: Kirby in contention to face former side

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A look ahead to Sunday's WSL action.

Heather Miller

2025-12-14T05:30+00:00

Fran Kirby may be back to face her former club. 📸 by Paul Hazlewood.

Albion return to WSL action on Sunday when they host Chelsea for their final home game of 2025, kick-off 11.55am.

Dario Vidosic's side have the chance to seal a third successive WSL win for the first time since November 2021 under former head coach Hope Powell.

Team news

Vidosic confirmed Fran Kirby could be back in contention to start against her former club as she recovers from a calf problem.

He said, " We'll assess it, we don't want to put too much stress on her. She's training well, we'll keep monitoring Fran. We will make that final decision a little bit closer to match day.'

The opposition

Sonia Bompastor’s Chelsea side saw their incredible 31-game unbeaten run come to an end last Sunday when they lost 1-0 to Everton at Kingsmeadow - their first league defeat since May 2024.

The last time Albion hosted Chelsea at Broadfield Stadium they earned a hard-fought 2-2 draw thanks to goals from Marisa Olislagers and Vicky Losada.

Match stats

Albion have never won in seven previous home games against Chelsea in the Women’s Super League (D3 L4), though since their first campaign in the top-flight only Manchester City (4) have held the Blues to more draws on home turf than the Seagulls’ three.
Chelsea are unbeaten in each of their last eight WSL games against Albion (W6 D2), since a 2-1 home defeat in February 2021.
Albion have won four of their last six WSL home games (D1 L1), just one fewer victory than across their 23 home matches prior (W5 D6 L12).
Chelsea lost against Everton last time in the WSL (1-0), which was the Blues’ first defeat in the competition since May 2024 – ending a run of 34 games without loss (W28 D6). Chelsea last lost successive league games in July 2015 under Emma Hayes.
Chelsea have accumulated 21 points from their 10 Women’s Super League matches this season (W6 D3 L1), which is their lowest points tally at this stage of a campaign since 2018-19 (19) – the last time that the Blues failed to win the league.
Madison Haley has been directly involved in a goal in both of her last two WSL games for Albion (one goal, one assist), just one fewer goal contribution than she managed in her 31 previous appearances in the competition (two goals, one assist).
Chelsea goalkeeper Hannah Hampton has conceded in both of her last two away matches in the Women’s Super League and could fail to keep a clean sheet across three consecutive appearances on the road in the competition for the first time since January 2022.