Chelsea v Tottenham: Women’s Super League – stay
Key occasions
21 min: Potter steals the ball in midfield as Chelsea march ahead, and Carpenter wins a nook after her cross from the appropriate is blocked out.
20 min: Kaptein drives down the appropriate for Chelsea, trying harmful, however can’t discover Malard when she performs into the realm.
19 min: Katie McCabe has means an excessive amount of time to whip a ball into the realm … and Malard heads over the bar.
18 min: Malard’s shirt is tugged again on the appropriate wing and it’s a yellow for Amanda Nildén.
17 min: Spurs get a bit too free on the again as Chelsea win the ball excessive up the pitch. James, together with her dazzling footwork, wins a free-kick in her half.
14 min: Spurs have a free-kick from distance … and Pelova sends a harmful ball into the realm … however Buchanan makes an important defensive header; Ella Morris was in behind, ready to strike from shut vary.
13 min: A foolish handball from Blakstad leaves Chelsea with a free-kick on the appropriate … the ball into the mixer is headed broad by Bronze.
10 min: It’s taken brief and Keira Walsh launches from miles out … it’s a powerful effort and headed out for one more nook.
9 min: Chelsea have picked up in vitality … and Malard wins a nook.
7 min: Carpenter makes a superb run ahead for Chelsea, receiving inside the realm earlier than chopping again for Thompson … however an important block denies an effort heading for the underside nook.
5 min: Gaupset finds loads of house within the center, breaks to the sting of the realm and launches a curling effort … however Hampton will get low to her left to disclaim the Spurs midfielder. The guests look sharp.
4 min: Space for Lauren James to dribble by midfield … she then sends a scrumptious ball throughout purpose from the left-hand facet. Shame nobody made a run for it.
3 min: Chelsea lastly get an honest maintain of the ball and Kaptein seems to be by on purpose after a flick-on from Malard … however the flag is up.
2 min: It’s the guests who take management of the ball, rolling it round on the again.
Peeeeep!
Spurs kick issues off at Stamford Bridge.
Away we go, with the gamers out of the tunnel.
And Andrew Beasley takes within the season up to now:
Here’s how Arsenal went yesterday.
Chelsea make 4 modifications to the facet that beat West Ham two weeks in the past, with Lauren James beginning after her double for England this week. Spurs make two tweaks, with Ella Morris and Matilda Vinberg included.
The groups
Chelsea: Hampton, Carpenter, Bronze (c), Buchanan, McCabe, Kaptein, Walsh, Potter, James, Thompson, Malard
Subs: Peng, Björn, Buurman, Cuthbert, Nüsken, Dragoni, Hamano, Baltimore, Beever-Jones
Tottenham: Kop, Morris, A. Nildén, Gaupset, Tandberg, Holdt, Vinberg, Pelova, Spence (c), Koga, Blakstad
Subs: Panengstuen, Dijkstra, Sombath, M. Nildén, Hanson, Gunning-Williams, Martinez, Wijk, Summanen
Preamble
Hello, good day, good day and welcome again to the WSL. Chelsea are unbeaten within the league and have conceded simply as soon as, and that was all the way in which again initially of September. And but, they discover themselves second. Manchester City are those with the 100% document, trying to defend their title, and there isn’t room for any slip-ups. Arsenal already appear out of it.
Spurs are the guests this afternoon, their very own robust begin harm by a 6-1 defeat by London City Lionesses, and their document towards Chelsea is torrid: 13 WSL video games, 13 defeats. You know what they are saying … um, 14th time fortunate. We get going at 12pm BST.
