It’s a London derby in this Women’s FA Cup quarter-final, with Chelsea Women hosting Tottenham at Kingsmeadow on a sunny Monday afternoon. Admittedly a far from usual date and time for a match like this, but it’s football nonetheless.
Speaking of football, head coach Sonia Bompastor is not holding any punches with this starting lineup today. Spurs imposed a tough battle last time we met and we shouldn’t underrate them despite their bad form as of late.
Chelsea starting lineup (4-3-3):
Hampton | Carpenter, Buchanan, Girma, Charles | Walsh, Cuthbert (c), Nüsken | James, Kerr, Thompson
Substitutes from: Spencer, Peng, Buurman, Baltimore, Bronze, Potter, Sarwie, Kaptein
Tottenham starting eleven:
Kop | A. Nildén, Gaupset, England (c), Vinberg, Tandberg, Wijk, Spence, Summanen, Koga, Blakstad
Substitutes from: Heeps, Rybrink, Morris, Bartrip, Grant, Ahtinen, Holdt, M. Nildén, Gunning-Williams
Date / Time: Monday, April 6, 2026, 13:30 BST; 8:30 am EDT
Venue: Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon Thames, UK
Referee: Stacey Pearson
On TV: Channel 4, TNT Sports 1 (UK); none (US); elsewhere
Streaming: HBO Max (UK); none (US)