WSL title race: Chelsea in the box seat as battle goes to final day of the season

“You would think it will be Chelsea’s title,” former Blues defender Anita Asante told the Football Daily podcast.

“This end of the season, Chelsea have really come into their own. They haven’t performed at their best throughout the course of the season, but in the last few games they’ve really shown the Chelsea side we’re used to seeing.

“Ruthless, relentless, going about their business in a very professional manner. I don’t see them, this close to lifting that trophy, letting go of that.

“On paper you would definitely back Chelsea to get a result against Reading.”

Former England international Fern Whelan also thinks Chelsea’s remarkable record of winning WSL titles – this would be their seventh in nine seasons – is proof they will get the business done in Berkshire.

“They’re just continuously winning,” she added. “They’re showing they know how to do it and they’ve done it before.

“What’s giving them that edge over teams at the moment is they’ve done it before and they’ve got the players and the pedigree and the coaching staff just to be able to pull it through right at the last minute.”