Chelsea Women looking at stadium solutions - Bompastor

Chelsea boss Sonia Bompastor says the club are "probably close" to announcing a new stadium option as they start to outgrow primary stadium Kingsmeadow.

Their Kingston-based ground has a capacity of 4,850, including 2,265 seats, and is usually sold out. They also use Stamford Bridge for one-off games but in general, attendances still lag far behind those of London rivals Arsenal, despite Chelsea having won significantly more trophies in recent seasons.

Attendance leaders Arsenal now play all home matches at their 60,000-seater Emirates Stadium and are averaging 36,450 fans per game. Last year, they had a high of 56,748 for the north London derby against Tottenham.

Meanwhile Chelsea's average is nearly 30,000 fewer, at 6,397.

Before taking on Arsenal in the Women's Super League on Saturday, BBC Sport asked Bompastor how Chelsea can begin to close that gap.

"Congrats to Arsenal because they are doing an amazing job with their fanbase," she said. "That's probably where every club wants to be.

"A lot of conversations are happening in the background with me, the club's ownership and CEO Aki [Mandhar]. We want to move in that direction. We expect 30,000 tomorrow and are excited to go into that atmosphere with these fans."

Brentford are among the clubs known to be open to hosting additional football matches at their 17,250-capacity stadium in west London, while Queens Park Rangers and Wimbledon also play in grounds larger than Kingsmeadow.

"It's important for clubs like Chelsea to have a back-up plan," Bompastor added.

"The club is having some really good conversations about the future and the stadium because when you play many games in a season with your men's team and women's team, and you play Champions League, sometimes you can have clashes."