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BK Hacken Women
Chelsea WomenChelsea Women have been quietly building something serious in this season’s Women’s Champions League, and Tuesday’s trip to Gothenburg gives them the chance to put another nail in the coffin of any team thinking they can catch them in the top four. BK Hacken are no mugs, they are reigning Swedish champions and Europa Cup winners, but their European form so far tells a very different story to their domestic dominance. Can Seville Bompastor’s side keep the momentum going even with a big WSL clash on the horizon, or will a rotated Chelsea give Hacken a foothold?
This preview breaks down the team news, the form, the head to head history, and where the value sits in the betting markets for what should be a fascinating matchup between two sides at very different points in their European journey.
This Women’s Champions League league phase fixture takes place at Hacken’s home ground in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is matchday four of the league phase, with Hacken sitting 16th and Chelsea in fourth going into the game. For Hacken this is only their second stint in the competition proper since 2023/24, when they reached the quarter finals before falling to PSG, making this campaign a significant one for Swedish women’s football.
Hacken are carrying a few notable absences and have at least one key player firmly in the doubtful column ahead of this one.
Elena Sadiku is expected to keep her changes minimal despite the domestic title already secured, though there is a chance she recalls central midfielder Pernille Sanvig to add some structure in the middle against a Chelsea side who press with real intensity. The return of Akgun to the squad is a boost, but she is unlikely to start given her recent comeback from injury.
Bompastor faces a more interesting selection puzzle. With Man City on the horizon at the weekend and several first team regulars absent through injury, there is a natural opportunity to give some fringe players a run. A lineup built around Hannah Hampton, Lucy Bronze, Tainara Buchanan and Buurman at the back, with Walsh anchoring midfield alongside Potter and Baltimore, and Thompson and Nusken offering creativity ahead of them, looks the most likely outcome.
BK Hacken Women predicted lineup: Falk; Rybrink, Luik, Ostlund; Palmadottir, Sanvig, Matriano, Selerud; Tindell, Omewa, Bodin
Chelsea Women predicted lineup: Hampton; Bronze, Buchanan, Buurman; Carpenter, Walsh, Potter, Baltimore; Thompson, Nusken, Beever-Jones
Chelsea are on a genuinely impressive run. Fourteen games into the season without a loss tells you everything about the defensive solidity and collective quality Bompastor has built. The five game winning streak that preceded Saturday’s draw at Everton included a 2-0 home win over Roma and victories in domestic cup action too. The Everton result, where Sandi Baltimore gave them the lead only for a Lucy Bronze own goal to level things up, was a bump in the road rather than a warning sign. Chelsea were the better team and will know they left two points behind.
In Europe specifically, Chelsea have been excellent. Three games in and they have beaten Austria Vienna and Roma at home while grinding out a goalless draw away at Lyon, one of the continent’s toughest venues for any visiting side. Seven points from nine is exactly the kind of platform that gives you serious quarter final ambitions. Even with rotation tonight, the depth of this squad is formidable.
Hacken’s domestic form could not be more different from their European record. They clinched the Damallsvenskan title with a thumping 4-1 win and have gone 18 league games unbeaten. But in the Champions League they have a single point from three games, and that point came through a stoppage time equaliser against Paris FC. Joint second lowest scorers in the entire league phase with just one goal tells you something important: Hacken have not yet found a way to translate their Swedish dominance onto the European stage this campaign.
These two sides have not met often enough to draw firm conclusions from past meetings, and given Hacken’s patchy history of qualifying for the main draw of the Women’s Champions League, that is not entirely surprising. What we can say is that Chelsea have the pedigree and the squad to handle continental away trips, with their draw at Lyon earlier this season a good example of the game management they can apply when needed.
Hacken at home in front of their own support will want to make it uncomfortable, and their domestic record suggests they know how to defend deep and hit on the counter. But against Chelsea’s quality in the final third, even a rotated version of Bompastor’s side, they will need to be at their best to keep the scoreline respectable.
The story here is fairly straightforward: a Chelsea side that has been one of the most consistent teams in Europe this season, even without their most creative player in Lauren James, travelling to face a Hacken outfit that simply cannot score at this level. Rotation from Bompastor is possible, but even a reshuffled Chelsea should have enough to boss this one. The value is in building around Chelsea’s quality and Hacken’s attacking limitations.
Aggie Beever-Jones looks a strong shout to open the scoring if she gets the nod from Bompastor. The forward has the energy and movement to exploit Hacken’s backline early, and with James absent this feels like a fixture where Beever-Jones can step out of the supporting role and take centre stage.
A 3-0 Chelsea win feels right here. Hacken have been toothless in Europe, and Chelsea’s defensive structure is good enough to keep things clean even with squad rotation. Three goals feels achievable for a side with the depth and attacking variety that the Blues possess across a full 90 minutes.
No. This is a game where the evidence points firmly against Hacken finding the net. One goal in three European games, several key attackers either out or doubtful, and facing one of the more organised defences in the competition. Chelsea keeping a clean sheet feels like a genuine probability rather than just a hope.
Over on corners looks appealing here. Chelsea will likely enjoy sustained periods of possession and pressure, which tends to generate corners as Hacken sit back and defend. Add in that Hacken will occasionally try to break and earn their own set pieces, and a total of nine or more corners across the 90 minutes is a reasonable expectation.
Over 2.5 goals. Chelsea have the quality to find the net multiple times against a Hacken defence that has shown vulnerabilities in this competition, and with the visitors needing points to consolidate their top four position, there is genuine incentive to go for the jugular rather than settle for a narrow win.
A moderate cards game is the most likely outcome. Hacken will need to defend deep and work hard to stay in it, which could lead to a few cynical fouls as the game opens up. Expect somewhere between two and four bookings in total, with the home side most likely to contribute as Chelsea build pressure across the game.
| Market | Selection |
|---|---|
| Match Result | Chelsea Women to Win |
| Both Teams To Score | No |
| Over/Under Goals | Over 2.5 Goals |
Chelsea winning while keeping a clean sheet and scoring three or more goals is entirely consistent with what we have seen from them in Europe this season, and Hacken’s toothless attacking record makes the BTTS No a natural fit alongside it.
Hacken deserve credit for what they have achieved domestically. Back to back Damallsvenskan titles and an inaugural Europa Cup win is a genuinely impressive haul for a Swedish club. But this Chelsea side operates at a different level in Europe, and the numbers simply do not lie. One goal in three games is not a blip, it is a pattern.
Even with rotation and an eye on Saturday’s City showdown, Chelsea have more than enough in the locker to claim three points here comfortably. We are calling it BK Hacken Women 0-3 Chelsea Women, with Bompastor’s side continuing their impressive European campaign and keeping the pressure on the top four slots.
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