WSL champions Man City begin title defence at home to Birmingham

[p]The expanded ‌14-team top flight kicks off on September 4th.[/p][p]Two-time Ballon ‌d'Or winner [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/putellas-alexia/ChQLd9ci/"]Alexia Putellas[/a] could ⁠make ‌her WSL debut when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/london-city-lionesses/Qyn18a5D/"]London City[/a] ​Lionesses host [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-united/4EeCFcxJ/"]Manchester United[/a] in the opening match, ​while London City goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/earps-mary/IsFSwJIa/"]Mary Earps[/a] may face her former club.[/p][p]⁠Promoted [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/charlton/pKJCyg2G/"]Charlton ​Athletic[/a] start at home to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/Ye260xTF/"]Liverpool[/a], while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/crystal-palace/4W00G1qP/"]Crystal Palace[/a] return to the WSL following a ‌one-season absence with a game against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/everton/fkY89QtU/"]Everton[/a].[/p][embed guid="75fe0f74-8945-4809-bd75-9b7f649fb820" url="https://x.com/BarclaysWSL/status/2082753071650603148" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tottenham/zJscgDii/"]Tottenham Hotspur[/a] host [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/west-ham/f5LnX3Gl/"]West Ham United[/a] in a London derby, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/Q7Hu2UDD/"]Chelsea[/a] welcome [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aston-villa/AaUYwhYM/"]Aston Villa[/a] to Stamford Bridge and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brighton/KxpSSJgi/"]Brighton & Hove Albion[/a] face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/8CKOoQdn/"]Arsenal[/a].[/p][p]WSL Football said it ran ‌more than 1.5 billion ​fixture scheduling iterations to produce ‌the calendar, taking into account stadium availability, broadcast requirements and clashes with domestic and European competitions in both the ⁠men's and ⁠women's game.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/england/wsl-2025-2026/"]Follow the new WSL season with Flashscore![/a][/b][/p]