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Chelsea six points off leaders Manchester City Arsenal a further four points back in third Blues won five of past six at home against Gunners Use 'Watch Live' button for BBC One coverage Have your say by using 'Get Involved' button Ciara Fleming and Flora Snelson Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal Just two shots on target so far and they've both fallen Arsenal's way. You can't accuse either side of sitting off though, it's been end to end action since that opening Gunners attacking flurry. Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal Play resumes with Beth Mead back on her feet on the touchline receiving instructions from Renee Slegers as she waits to be allowed back on. Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal Gilly Flaherty Former Chelsea and Arsenal defender on BBC One Arsenal are really lacking firepower on the bench. So they'll be hoping that Beth Mead can run this off. Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal As play stops for Mead to get treatment, the camera pans to Gunners legend Thierry Henry chatting to Ted Lasso star Jason Sudeikis. Wonder what they've made of Arsenal's performance so far? Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal Arghh that's a nasty one for Beth Mead, who in trying to thwart a Chelsea attack ended up kicking the bottom of Millie Bright's boot. Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal Arsenal's best moves have come down this right side so far, with the combination of Emily Fox and Beth Mead getting the better of their Chelsea counterparts. It's Mead who curls in a devilish cross through the Chelsea box this time but there's no-one able to make a telling touch in the middle. Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal Sandy Baltimore's corner is flicked on to Naomi Girma at the back post and Lotte Wubben-Moy is required to bail Arsenal out with a header off the line. Wieke Kaptein then gets across her marker at the front post but glances her header behind. Chelsea are getting closer and closer to that opener. Click 'Get Involved' at the top of this page to have your say Arsenal have to STOP dithering in the final third. Alan, Kent Think Mc Cabe might have heard you, Alan. Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal Space opens up for Katie Mc Cabe to hit one from range but the Arsenal full-back drags it well wide in the end. Worth a go mind, she's shown before that she has that in her locker. Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal Chelsea have already battled back into it, Angus. They're the ones enjoying territory in the Arsenal half at the moment. Click 'Get Involved' to have your say Chelsea will weather this minor storm and come back into the game. It’ll be 0-0 at half time, and Chelsea will win it late. It’s so predictable. Angus and Eve, Colchester Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal Millie Bright rises highest in the middle at the resulting free kick but she can't find the target with her downwards header. Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal Beth Mead is the first player to have their name taken today for a crunching, and slightly late tackle on Erin Cuthbert. Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal Erin Cuthbert finds herself on the edge of the area with lots of time and space and goes for the shot at goal. It takes a wicked deflection off a red shirt in the middle but Arsenal stopper Anneke Borbe watches it roll past her back post. Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal Ouch. That's a sore one for Ellie Carpenter who felt the full force of Katie Mc Cabe on the edge of the box as she tried to latch onto Alyssa Thompson's low cut-back. Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal We've not really seen Chelsea get going yet. Yes they will always pose a threat on the break with the pace offered by Alyssa Thompson, but it's not been one of their signature fast starts that we tend to see from Sonia Bompastor's side. Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal Katie Mc Cabe delivers a floated ball into the Chelsea area from an Arsenal free kick just over the halfway line. Caitlin Foord goes for the flick on but Millie Bright replies with a powerful headed clearance of her own for the hosts. Click 'Get Involved' at the top of this page to have your say Why is Frida Maanum missing? Morgan, London Good question, Morgan. Maanum, who had a late winner ruled out against Chelsea in the reverse fixture in November, misses out with illness today. Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal Arsenal arms are waving frantically after their latest attack is quashed by Chelsea skipper Millie Bright - they think it hit the former England defender's arm in there somewhere. Chelsea then hit back on the counter with Alyssa Thompson, who ends up slumped on the floor in the Arsenal box herself after trying to cut inside. Nothing doing in either of those for me. Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal Katie Mc Cabe goes flying into the air after a challenge from Wieke Kaptein midway through the Chelsea half. Referee Kirsty Dowle plays advantage but Alessia Russo's cross on the angle lands in the arms of Hannah Hampton at her near post. Last Updated 24th January 2026 at 12: 45 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. 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