The 2022/23 WSL season has just over a month left to go and is close to impossible to predict at both ends of the table, with four teams still in with a chance of the title and four others separated by only two points at the bottom – one will be in the Championship next season.
Manchester United lead the way from Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City in the title race, but games in hand are still be played out that are expected to change things. Only three of them will get a place in next season’s Champions League too.
At the bottom, it’s Brighton, Reading, Leicester and Tottenham all in danger, with everything having the potential to change from one round of fixtures to the next and several ‘six-pointers’ still to come.
Here, Jamie Spencer, Emily Keogh and Yara El-Shaboury from 90min’s women’s football team make their predictions at the top and bottom of the table…
Champions: Chelsea
Top 3: Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City
Relegated: Tottenham
Even though Manchester United are top with a four-point lead over Chelsea, the title race is still not in their hands. Chelsea have two games extra that, when played, could put them clear by two points instead – regardless of whether United win out the season. And, if we know anything about the Blues, particularly this season, it’s that they know how to win and are capable of truly grinding results out. With the Champions League still at stake for them and an all to play for semi-final second leg against Barcelona, that ability is now more important than ever. Never count against Chelsea.
But United should still be secure in their efforts to finish in the top three and qualify for the Champions League for the first time, which was the primary target when the season began. Their recent win over Arsenal was huge in that respect because it opened up a vital buffer to fourth place.
The injury to Leah Williamson could now be one too far with Arsenal. They have managed to cope without Beth Mead and Vivianne Miedema, and even beat Manchester City without Kim Little. But City don’t have any problems of the sort and no other distractions, with Arsenal still trying to stretch themselves to compete in the Champions League as well.
Any one of four teams could go at the bottom. Brighton showed a lot of promise when Melissa Phillips took charge of her first game against Manchester United in the FA Cup and Leicester recently won a huge six-pointer…
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