🏆 ❓ Three big questions ahead of the Women's FA Cup Final | OneFootball

A record-breaking Women’s FA Cup final will take place at a sold-out Wembley on Sunday.

Here are three huge questions ahead of the game between the two sides currently occupying first and second spot in the Women’s Super League.

Will Sam Kerr deliver in her favourite stage once again?

Freshly crowned the FWA’s Women’s Footballer of the Year for the second year running, Kerr is looking for a three-peat as she heads into a third consecutive FA Cup final at Wembley.

The Australian scored a brace in each of the previous two and absolutely loves the big stage.

Chelsea won both of those games but Kerr also netted in the last two Conti Cup finals despite ending up on the losing side both times.

Naturally, the 29-year-old also scored the only goal in this season’s FA Cup semi-final win over Aston Villa and has scored in both WSL games (1-0 and 3-1 wins) against Manchester United this season after scoring the goal of last season against them back in May.

Nobody in English football is better on their day and Kerr seems to both have her day at Wembley every year and against Manchester United whenever the teams meet.

Can Manchester United learn lessons to make history?

Kerr tormented Manchester United with runs in behind in both WSL meetings this season. Do they have a plan to handle her a bit better and stop the service?

That will be a first step towards a first FA Cup for the club.

A second will be continuing to threaten at the other end. After a humbling 3-1 defeat to the Blues early in the season, United played well in the return game at Kingsmeadow but lost 1-0 after a few controversial calls didn’t go their way.

Marc Skinner complained that his side were not awarded two “stonewall” penalties in that defeat.

“I think today it helps if you get two decisions that should go for you,” the Manchester United boss said. “They’re two big decisions and that is the reality of the big games.”

The good news was United did cause Chelsea enough issues to get into those positions in the first place.

Do the same again and they will fancy their chances of becoming the third team this century, after Birmingham (2012) and Manchester City (2017) to win on their first ever FA Cup final appearance.

Will there be a title race domino effect?

It is impossible not to have a little think about the WSL title race as the league leaders meet the reigning champions.

Chelsea sit a point behind Manchester United with a game in hand but still have to play Arsenal one week on from Sunday’s final, while United have to take on rivals Manchester City and Liverpool in their remaining two matches.

A win in the cup final would be some psychological boost ahead of the crucial final couple of weeks of the league season, while a defeat, with big games to come, could knock the confidence of either side.

There is silverware up for grabs at Wembley and that must come first but when that final whistle goes and the champagne dries up, focus will turn back to an enthralling title race and you will have to wonder what impact, if any, Sunday’s result will have.