If the goal for women’s football is to constantly be aiming for bigger and better, the sight of 2023 kicking off with the most important fixture of the Women’s Super League season so far is a fitting start. In a World Cup year that will hope to build on a momentous 2022, Arsenal host Chelsea at the Emirates on Sunday in a clash that will both shape the WSL title race and set the tone for what is to follow, with another crowd of over 40,000 expected.
There is usually something on the line when these teams meet. Separated by just two points in the last season’s title race, Arsenal and Chelsea remain the two strongest sides in England, as they have shown by carrying the fight in the Champions League this campaign. Chelsea are three points ahead at the top this time around, but Arsenal have a game in hand.
