The Blues' third match of the newly-created league phase of the Women's Champions League takes place tomorrow night in Austria. Bompastor's side will be looking to build upon a draw and a victory from our first two European outings.

We will have to do that without Hampton, who picked up an issue in our 1-1 draw at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday. Guro Reiten is also on parental leave in Norway and will be absent.

However, James has travelled with the squad and could make her long-awaited return to action; the England international has been sidelined since helping the Lionesses win the European Championship.

'LJ is getting closer and closer,' Bompastor. explained at her pre-match press conference. 'She travelled with us and is in the squad for the match.

'Guro Reiten is still unavailable and Hannah Hampton picked up a small injury in her quad [quadricep] against Arsenal. We are still assessing her and she will not be available for the game tomorrow.'

Hampton's absence from this midweek trip opens the door for Switzerland international Livia Peng to start tomorrow evening. Our summer signing also featured against Twente earlier in our Champions League campaign and Bompastor says she is happy to give the 23-year-old a chance to impress.

The Blues head said: ‘The way she is performing, and she hasn’t had a lot of minutes, but she played well in the first game against Twente and she is performing well in every training session.

'It is a positive for her to play in the game tomorrow and we are confident in her. She has a lot of quality and she will be playing. That is what we’re focused on.