The Super League for Women returns after the international break of February with the top three – Chelsea, Man Utd and Arsenal – all in action on a full map of Sunday competitions. Debuts, reunions and managerial opportunities – where are the most important things to pay attention to?
Girma finally in Chelsea Mix
Sonia Bompastor has confirmed that World Record transfer Naomi Girma is expected to be for the first time since San Diego Wave's accession in Chelsea's Matchday team.
The Defender – We don't often associate record -breaking costs with defenders, right? – Looks to remove this weekend in Chelsea Blue for the first time in Chelsea Blue, live on Sky Sports.
Since her arrival in January there has been a lot of talking about Girma, considered the last part of Bompastor's puzzle, while the French wife is trying to send Chelsea to WSL Glory and crack the European mystery, all in her first season.
Chelsea is the only team that is still unbeaten in the WSL. Their 40 points is that every team has had after 14 games. And that is why it is difficult to imagine a world where they are caught in their own country. Opta sets their chances on a sixth straight crown at 99 percent.
But where Girma will really prove that her family tree is on the European stage. Assuming she gets the chance to integrate into the next few games, her physicality and the ability to read the game in and out of possession would work well with Millie Bright. Girma's mobility – something that fiercely misses – will also supplement.
The Bompastor team is locked and loaded. Now let's see what they can really achieve.
Emotional reunion for Kirby?
A nice subplot of the meeting of Chelsea with Brighton on Sunday will see Fran Kirby for the first time since last summer opposite her former side.
Kirby scored a club record 116 goals in 208 performances for Chelsea and won 11 major trophies, including seven WSL titles. She is more than recognition as one of the greats of the London Club of all time. Maybe even the best.
Not that something of that sentimentality would have to hide her desire to score this weekend. Kirby's output played a major role in Brighton who won five of their first eight WSL matches this season, although the form has recently decreased.
Only Rock-Bottom Crystal Palace has won fewer points than Brighton in their last six outings.
Nevertheless, Kirby has the quality and strength to cause its former employer problems this weekend. And Chelsea will have to manage its threat accordingly to prevent slip -ups.
Man Utd shows endurance
Man Utd has won each of their last six league games, including all four in 2025, their best winning start of a calendar year in the top. Everyone who thought Marc Skinner's side would get off at this point was fermented.
The credit where it should be, Man Utd has comfortably been the most consistent team of those in the chase to boost Chelsea. They started the campaign by concentrating on getting defensive principles and were criticized for a lack of creativity and underperformance at the top.
But now they seem to be married to defensive stability with attacking fluency. This weekend United will strive to become the first team in the WSL history that scores in the opening of 10 minutes of four consecutive games. They really raised their level and the results have been followed.
The influence of Elisbeth Terland has been crucial. The attacker, signed in the summer from Brighton, was directly involved in seven goals during her last four performances. Based on her shape, and that of a united side that finally showed the coherence with conviction, a home victory on struggling leicester is probably probably.
Liverpool starts life without a beard in manageless derby
Liverpool has passed a rough campaign. So much so that Matt Beard was fired earlier this week after three and a half years. It feels like a sad goal for a manager who has reached so much more than two separate stints, including two WSL titles, but there is no hiding Liverpool's gagging form of recent times.
They have lost six of their last eight in the WSL, more defeats than they suffered in 25 league games earlier. And performance levels are also plummeted.
Only three teams have scored fewer goals. They have the worst conversion rate in the division (8.3 percent) and have their expected goals value (XG) under the largest quantity (-2.1). There are problems all over the field, only one clean sheet have registered and changed inevitably.
International breaks in the middle season are often a wrestling man from the manager, as it has been shown that he is the case with Laura Kaminski in Crystal Palace on Sunday, the opponents of Liverpool. Both urgently need a leader to stabilize the ship.
Arsenal still at impasse?
It is clear that the top four of the WSL have long been in their own competition. Arsenal won seven of their last eight, held a clean slate and scored three or more goals in six of those victories.
But they are also in an invalid impasse. This is an exciting team with a new manager with new ideas and a clearly thriving relationship with the dressing room. Performances under Renee Slessen are all about entertainment value. Her style is also powerful – modest but compelling.
However, what is the end goal? Bridging the growing gap between itself and Chelsea should certainly have the top priority. The Gunners are 10 points of the League leaders – a problem hen inherited from predecessor Jonas Eidevall – and tackling that gap must be top of views.
As a caveat, Leenlee Chloe Kelly created four chances in a 30-minute cameo against Tottenham previous time-out and seems to have settled immediately in North London. Her climb to regaining the best form will be something to keep an eye on.
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