Chelsea Women v Aston Villa Women: How to watch, TV channel, kick-off time, head-to-head stats and team news

Following the departure of successful head coach Emma Hayes, a new era begins for Chelsea Women when they begin their Women's Super League campaign against Aston Villa Women on Friday night.

Sonia Bompastor has taken the reins at Chelsea after Hayes brought an end to her 12-year tenure and the new manager will be tasked with winning a sixth straight WSL title.

But there is plenty of competition across the division with Arsenal and Manchester City both serious threats and even this opener is unlikely to be a walk in the park with Villa capable of causing a stir.

How to watch Chelsea Women v Aston Villa and TV channel

Chelsea Women v Aston Villa Women is available to watch on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.

Chelsea Women v Aston Villa Women kick-off time, date and venue

Chelsea Women v Aston Villa Women will take place at 7pm BST on Friday 20th September at Kingsmeadow.

Chelsea Women v Aston Villa Women stats and head-to-head record (H2H)

Chelsea have won all eight of their previous WSL meetings with Aston Villa, prevailing by an aggregate score of 23-1.

Chelsea won both meetings last season without conceding a goal, winning 6-0 away before enjoying a 3-0 success at home.

Chelsea Women v Aston Villa Women head-to-head record (H2H)

Chelsea Women wins	8
Draws	0
Aston Villa Women wins	0

*H2H stats refer to Women's Super League

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Chelsea Women v Aston Villa Women team news

Chelsea Women team news

Chelsea Women have a pretty lengthy injury list with Sam Kerr, Catarina Macario, Mia Fishel, Aniek Nouwen and Erin Cuthbert all likely to miss out. Sophie Ingle is also out with an ACL injury.

Aston Villa Women team news

There are no new injuries to report for Aston Villa, who will be hoping to give a handful of their new signings a run out, including £250,000 talent Gabi Nunes, who joined from Levante.