London City Lionesses v West Ham United women’s team
Barclays Women's Super League, Copperjax Community Stadium, Sunday 12 October 2025, 12noon BST
West Ham United women’s team return to Barclays Women’s Super League action this weekend, with a trip to newly-promoted London City Lionesses awaiting us.
Rehanne Skinner’s side head into the clash at Copperjax Community Stadium full of confidence following our 2-1 success at home to Brighton & Hove Albion in the Subway® Women's League Cup, which saw Seraina Piubel and Shekiera Martinez produce clinical finishes to earn us three important points in Group C.
After a performance full of togetherness and spirit, we head to Bromley hoping to record our first league victory of the 2025/26 campaign ahead of a three-week break between WSL fixtures.
In the opposition's corner, the Pride have an eye on chalking up back-to-back victories after a late 1-0 success at home to Liverpool last time out, thanks to Elena Linari’s 89th-minute penalty.
With 48 hours until kick-off, here’s everything you need to know about our clash with London City Lionesses…
Tickets...
Online ticket sales for our game at London City Lionesses have closed, but tickets will be available on the day at Copperjax Community Stadium, subject to availability.
Accessible tickets are sold through the West Ham United Ticket Office by telephone on 0333 030 1966.
How To Follow…
Sunday’s game at London City Lionesses will be broadcast on Sky Sports Mix, with coverage beginning at 11.55am BST.
Details on how you can follow the game around the world can be found HERE.
Alternatively, you can keep up to date with the game via our live blog on whufc.com and our app, and by following our social media channels.
We’ll also have a report, reaction and highlights up on the website and app after the full-time whistle.
Travel…
For those travelling by train, Bromley South is the closest station to Copperjax Community Stadium, with frequent services to London Blackfriars, London Victoria and destinations in Kent. The station is a ten-minute bus journey (TfL Routes 119 and 314) or 20-minute walk to the ground.
For those travelling by car from the M25, leave the M25 at junction four and follow the A21 to Bromley for four miles before turning left onto the A232 to Croydon. At the second set of traffic lights, turn right onto Baston Road (B265) and continue for two miles to the ground.
If you're travelling from north and east London, take the South Circular Road until Tulse Hill Station and turn right onto Norwood Road. Follow Norwood Road for two miles before turning right onto Central Hill (A214). Continue via Crystal Palace, Penge, and Kelsey Park.
There is no parking on-site, but accessible parking is subject to availability, on a first-come, first-served basis, and can be requested HERE.
Opposition...
As mentioned, London City Lionesses beat Liverpool last time out, which was their second victory of the season after they won their first-ever WSL fixture, away at Everton, in September.
The newly-promoted side saw their 2024/25 Barclays Women’s Super League 2 season go down to the wire at second-place Birmingham City. The script could not have been written better to create a more dramatic final day, as the Pride knew that taking a point from St Andrew’s Stadium would be enough to clinch promotion to the top flight.
After a goalless first half, any nerves from the visitors were brushed aside when the league's top-scorer Isobel Goodwin and Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah netted to put London City into the ascendency. Birmingham staged a comeback, though, levelling proceedings on 83 minutes, but the away side held on to draw 2-2 and get the point they needed, and the celebrations ensued.
London City, who formed after splitting from Millwall in 2019, lost just three league games last term. Two of them came back-to-back in November against Birmingham and Durham, but for the second half of the campaign, Jocelyn Prêcheur’s side were largely faultless, not losing in their last 13 league matches.
Over the summer, the Pride made 17 signings ahead of their maiden top-flight campaign.
An early, eye-catching addition was Netherlands international Danielle van de Donk, who joined following her departure from Olympique Lyonnais. The former Arsenal midfielder, who spent six years in north London, arrived with plenty of experience, having won the league in 2017/18 with the Gunners, with whom she also lifted the Women’s League Cup and Women’s FA Cup.
Her four seasons in France with Lyon also saw her accumulate an abundance of silverware, winning three Division 1 Feminine titles, two Trophée des Championnes Féminin, one Coupe de France Féminine, and of course, the UEFA Women’s Champions League in 2021/22.
Also arriving with WSL experience were Katie Zelem, Poppy Pattinson, Nikita Parris and Freya Godfrey, whilst they secured the permanent services of Teyah Goldie, who spent last season on loan at the club.
Then on deadline day, London City raised everyone's eyebrows with the signing of France international midfielder Grace Geyoro from Paris Saint-Germain, who has been capped more than 100 times by her country, having played at two World Cups, two European Championships and the 2024 Olympics.
Previous Meetings…
Sunday will mark the first WSL meeting between the two teams, but we boast an unbeaten record against the Pride, most recently winning in the Subway® Women's League Cup last season.
Skinner's side were in fine form in front of goal that November afternoon in Bromley, claiming a 4-1 victory after a Viviane Asseyi brace, and goals from Manuela Paví and Riko Ueki.
We also won our Women's League Cup clash in October 2022 via a 10-9 victory on penalties after Dagný Brynjarsdóttir’s 96th-minute goal salvaged a 2-2 draw in normal time.
The Hammers also secured a 1-0 success in the Women's League Cup in 2021, with Lucy Parker on target at Princes Park Stadium.
