What's on the line as WSL reaches business end?
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Manchester City's stumble at Brighton on Saturday afternoon left the door slightly ajar in the Women's Super League title race.
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After leading for so long, are they really about to be thwarted at the finish line again?
Elsewhere, the battles to qualify for the Champions League, avoid relegation and win promotion could all go down to the final kick of the 2025-26 season.
BBC Sport explores how it looks with just a handful of games left.
When can the title be won?
[BBC]Despite their slip at Brighton, Manchester City remain heavy favourites to win the title.
They sit on 49 points with two matches left. If they win both, they are guaranteed to finish top, but four points would probably be enough given their goal difference is 13 better than Arsenal's for now.
City fans will be sweating at the thought of being pipped to the trophy as they yearn for an end to their decade-long wait.
Losing out to Chelsea by two points in 2020-21 and on goal difference in 2023-24 are recent reminders of close calls with glory.
For the chasing Gunners, with three games in hand, the task is simple: win all of their remaining games to exert maximum pressure.
If they manage that, they will reach 53 points, which would still only be enough to sneak the title if City were to falter.
Who's going to qualify for the Champions League?
The race to secure qualification for next season's Champions League is going right down to the wire.
Manchester City are already in and only need a single point to seal a top-two spot and automatic qualification. So, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United are left fighting for the other two places.
Second placed Chelsea (43 points) increased their chances with a huge 4-1 win at Everton on Sunday.
That win, coupled with a 0-0 draw at Tottenham for Manchester United (39 points), means that the Blues' cushion stands at four points with two to play, with the teams scheduled to play against one another on the final day.
Arsenal (38 points) have dropped to fourth after being involved in the Champions League semi-finals this weekend. However, they still have five games left to play.
Who's going into the relegation play-off?
[BBC]For this season only, the team that finish bottom will have the redemption of a relegation play-off.
They will face the third-best team from WSL 2 in a winner-takes-all game for a place in next season's top flight.
Sunday's games left Leicester City (nine points) on the brink of being confirmed in 12th place. After they were hammered 5-1 by London City Lionesses, West Ham ground out a 1-0 win at Liverpool to move seven points clear of the bottom.
The Foxes do have a game in hand and that comes at Arsenal on Wednesday (29 April, 19:00 BST). They must avoid defeat at Emirates Stadium to extend the battle to avoid the play-off into the final two games.
Who could join the top tier?
[BBC]With the WSL expanding to 14 teams next season, this is a prime opportunity for teams from the second division to win promotion.
Yet it was a weekend of slip-ups among the WSL 2 hopefuls as pressure intensifies.
Charlton Athletic (42 points) are the new leaders despite stumbling to a 2-2 draw at mid table Southampton.
Birmingham City (41 points) dropped to second after a shock 3-0 home loss to Ipswich Town.
The big winners on Sunday afternoon though were Crystal Palace (also on 41 points), who remain in the promotion play-off place on goal difference, but know they can secure promotion with a win against already relegated Portsmouth next Saturday (2 May, 15:00 BST).
That is because top two Birmingham and Charlton go head to head at The Valley, so at least one will drop points.
[BBC]Follow the final twists of the WSL season with Ben Haines, Ellen White and Jen Beattie on the Women's Football Weekly podcast. New episodes drop every Tuesday on BBC Sounds, plus find interviews and extra content from the Women's Super League and beyond on the Women's Football Weekly feed