READING FC host Chelsea on the final weekend of the Women’s Super League season with plenty riding on the result at both ends of the table.
The Royals are playing for their future in the top flight and will need to overcome the odds to beat Chelsea to give them a chance of survival.
Kelly Chambers’ side will also need other results to go their way and need relegation rivals Leicester City to not win at Brighton to give them hope.
Reading go into the last game at the bottom of the table on 11 points, two points behind Leicester.
Meanwhile, Emma Hayes’ Chelsea team have their sights set on trying to capture a fourth consecutive WSL title.
The blues will need three points at the Select Car Leasing Stadium to ensure that they are crowned as champions again.
Title rivals Manchester United made sure that the race for top spot would go down to the wire after they scored a dramatic injury time winner against local rivals Manchester City.
Two points separate the top two which means that United will have to win their final game away at Liverpool and hope that the Royals can do them a favour in the process against Chelsea.
Reading have managed to beat Chelsea just once in their history, which came last campaign at the SCL.
The Royals shocked the WSL champions with Deanne Rose’s early goal before they executed a determined defensive display to claim a 1-0 win.
Reading will be hoping for a repeat of that performance this Saturday to try and save their season.
There was a welcome return last weekend for long term absentee Rose who picked up a severe injury on the opening weekend of the season.
She came on for a cameo appearance off the bench against Spurs and proved to be Reading’s brightest spark in their heavy defeat.
