The American forward takes her place on the bench for the first time in over a year after recovering from an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, while Nathalie Bjorn, Niamh Charles, Oriane Jean-Francois, Maika Hamano, Catarina Macario and Mayra Ramirez have all been introduced to the starting XI.

Hannah Hampton retains her place in goal and will be protected by a defence of Lucy Bronze, captain Millie Bright, Bjorn and Charles.

Making her first Women's Super League start of the season, Jean-Francois will line up in midfield. It is expected Hamano, Macario, Johanna Rytting Kaneryd and Aggie Beever-Jones will take up an advanced position with Ramirez leading the line.

Chelsea XI: Hampton; Bronze, Bright, Bjorn, Charles; Jean-Francois; Hamano, Macario, Beever-Jones, Rytting Kaneryd; Ramirez

Chelsea substitutes: Spencer, Lawrence, Nusken, Kaptein, Cuthbert, Brown, Baltimore, James, Fishel