Sports Mole previews Sunday's Women's League Cup final between Arsenal and Chelsea, including predictions, teams news and possible lineups.

Arsenal Women and Chelsea Women will battle it out for the Women's League Cup when they face off in Sunday's final at Selhurst Park.

The Gunners have won the competition a record five times while Chelsea have lifted the League Cup on two occasions.

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Match preview

Due to the format of the competition, where teams competing in Europe join after the group stage, it has been a short road to the final for both Arsenal and Chelsea, although the Gunners had to knock out the current holders, Manchester City, to progress to Sunday's showpiece.

After cruising to a comfortable 3-0 victory over Aston Villa in the quarter-final, Jonas Eidevall's side faced a much tougher test against the Citizens in the last four.

Neither Arsenal nor Man City were unable to break the deadlock in 90 minutes, but a Stina Blackstenius effort in extra time was enough to secure a place in the final.

The Gunners are aiming to win their first League Cup trophy since the 2017-18 season, but four defeats in their last five domestic cup finals will cause Eidevall an element of concern.

Arsenal will at least take confidence from the fact that they have won all five of their League Cup final appearances, and they will be looking for revenge after being eliminated by Chelsea in the fifth round of the FA Cup last weekend.

Chelsea secured a 3-1 quarter-final victory over London rivals Tottenham Hotspur to set up a last-four tie with West Ham United.

The Blues made light work of the Hammers, easing to a commanding 7-0 win to book their place in a fourth consecutive League Cup final.

While Emma Hayes's side lifted the trophy in 2020 and 2021, they fell short last season, losing 3-1 to Man City in the final despite initially taking the lead through Sam Kerr.

Since suffering a surprise 2-1 defeat to Liverpool on the opening weekend of the Women's Super League season, Chelsea have embarked on a 21-game unbeaten run across all competitions, picking up 19 victories in that period.

After beating Arsenal 2-0 in the FA Cup last weekend thanks to goals from Sophie Ingle and Kerr, Chelsea have now avoided defeat in their last five competitive meetings with the Gunners.