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Manchester City will begin their Women's Super League title defence against newly-promoted Birmingham City after London City Lionesses have opened the 2026/27 season against Manchester United, live on Sky Sports. <p>The fixtures for the upcoming campaign have been released, with kick-off times and broadcast picks confirmed for the first four weekends, featuring more matches than ever after the league expanded from 12 teams to 14 after Birmingham City, Crystal Palace and Charlton Athletic secured promotion from WSL 2.</p><p><em>Sky Sports </em>will show 90 per cent of all WSL matches live on <em>Sky Sports</em> and <em>NOW</em> - 163 matches in total, as well as the play-off - with selected games also shown on the <em>Sky Sports </em>WSL YouTube channel. There will be greater flexibility over fixtures, with fewer matches kicking off at the same time.</p><ul><li><strong><a href="https://www.skysports.com/womens-super-league-scores-fixtures">Women's Super League fixtures 2026/27</a></strong></li><li><a href="https://www.skysports.com/football/live-blog/28508/13208899/wsl-news-transfers-rumours-gossip-and-womens-football-latest"><strong>Latest WSL news and gossip</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/pl-wsl-spfl-article-referral" target="_blank"><strong>Got Sky? Watch the WSL on the Sky Sports app</strong></a>📱</li><li><a href="https://www.nowtv.com/plans/new/sports?DCMP=ilc_skysports_PL_bloglink" target="_blank"><strong>Not got Sky? Get instant access with no contract</strong></a><a href="http://ggggg/" target="_blank">📺</a></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.skysports.com/london-city-lionesses-scores-fixtures/2026-09-01"><strong>London City</strong></a>, who signed two-time Ballon d'Or winner Alexia Putellas this summer, will launch the new season in front of the <em>Sky Sports</em> cameras on Friday September 4 against <a href="https://www.skysports.com/manchester-united-women-scores-fixtures/2026-09-01"><strong>Man Utd</strong></a> before champions <a href="https://www.skysports.com/manchester-city-women-scores-fixtures/2026-09-01"><strong>Man City</strong></a> host newcomers <a href="https://www.skysports.com/birmingham-city-women-scores-fixtures/2026-09-01"><strong>Birmingham City</strong></a> on a bumper day of action on Sunday September 6 featuring five live games.</p><p>The other matches on the first Sunday of the season see last year's runners-up <strong><a href="https://www.skysports.com/arsenal-women-scores-fixtures/2026-09-01">Arsenal</a> </strong>start with a trip to <a href="https://www.skysports.com/brighton-and-hove-albion-women-scores-fixtures/2026-09-01"><strong>Brighton</strong></a>, while <strong><a href="https://www.skysports.com/tottenham-hotspur-women-scores-fixtures/2026-09-01">Tottenham</a> </strong>host a London derby against <a href="https://www.skysports.com/west-ham-united-women-scores-fixtures/2026-09-01"><strong>West Ham</strong></a>, <strong><a href="https://www.skysports.com/liverpool-women-scores-fixtures/2026-09-01">Liverpool</a> </strong>visit newly-promoted <strong><a href="http://www.skysports.com/womens-super-league-scores-fixtures">Charlton</a> </strong>and <a href="https://www.skysports.com/crystal-palace-women-scores-fixtures/2026-09-01"><strong>Crystal Palace</strong></a>, who secured an immediate return to the top flight, face <a href="https://www.skysports.com/everton-women-scores-fixtures/2026-09-01"><strong>Everton</strong></a>.</p><p>Eight-time winners <strong><a href="https://www.skysports.com/chelsea-women-scores-fixtures/2026-09-01">Chelsea</a> </strong>host <a href="https://www.skysports.com/aston-villa-women-scores-fixtures/2026-09-01"><strong>Aston Villa</strong></a> at Stamford Bridge on Saturday September 5.</p><widget id="3"></widget><p><strong>Man Utd</strong> face a difficult start to the season with their second game coming at home to <strong>Chelsea </strong>on Sunday September 13 before they head to the Emirates Stadium to play <strong>Arsenal </strong>on Saturday September 19, with both matches live on <em>Sky Sports. </em>Arsenal also host Chelsea on Sunday September 27, live on <em>Sky Sports.</em></p><p>The first Merseyside derby of the season sees <strong>Everton </strong>travel to Anfield to face <strong>Liverpool </strong>on Sunday September 27, live on <em>Sky Sports.</em></p><p>Relegation remains in place following the expansion to the league, with the last-placed team automatically relegated, and the 13th-placed side facing a play-off with the WSL 2 runners-up.</p><h3><a href="http://www.skysports.com/womens-super-league-scores-fixtures">Opening weekend fixtures in full</a></h3><p><strong>Friday September 4</strong></p><p>London City Lionesses vs Manchester United, kick-off 7pm - live on <em>Sky Sports</em></p><p><strong>Saturday September 5</strong></p><p>Chelsea vs Aston Villa, kick-off 12.30pm</p><p><strong>Sunday September 6</strong></p><p>Brighton vs Arsenal, kick-off 12pm - live on <em>Sky Sports</em></p><p>Tottenham vs West Ham, kick-off 12pm - live on <em>Sky Sports</em></p><p>Charlton vs Liverpool, kick-off 2pm - live on <em>Sky Sports</em></p><p>Crystal Palace vs Everton, kick-off 2pm - live on <em>Sky Sports</em></p><p>Man City vs Birmingham City, kick-off 2.30pm - live on <em>Sky Sports</em></p> <widget id="4"></widget><h3><a href="http://www.skysports.com/womens-super-league-scores-fixtures">Other WSL matches live on Sky Sports</a></h3><p><strong>Saturday September 12</strong></p><p>West Ham vs London City - kick-off 12.45pm</p><p><strong>Sunday September 13</strong></p><p>Man Utd vs Chelsea - kick-off 12pm</p><p>Birmingham vs Brighton - kick-off 2pm</p><p>Everton vs Charlton - kick-off 2pm</p><p>Liverpool vs Tottenham - kick-off 2pm</p><p>Aston Villa vs Man City - kick-off 6.30pm</p><p><strong>Friday September 18</strong></p><p>Man City vs Liverpool - kick-off 7pm</p><p><strong>Saturday September 19</strong></p><p>Chelsea vs Birmingham - kick-off 12.45pm</p><p>Arsenal vs ...
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