Following Tuesday's goalless draw against Hacken in the Women's Champions League, the Blues return to domestic action looking to leapfrog City and move to the top of the league table.

Hannah Hampton returns between the posts in place of Livia Peng, while there are two changes in defence, with Kadeisha Buchanan and Katie McCabe coming into the starting XI in place of Nathalie Bjorn and Veerle Buurman.

Sandy Baltimore also returns to the side, replacing Sjoeke Nusken, who is named among the substitutes.

Elsewhere, Lexi Potter retains her place in the starting XI alongside Keira Walsh and Wieke Kaptein, while Alyssa Thompson and Melvine Malard both start once again.

Chelsea: Hampton, Carpenter, Buchanan, Bronze (c), McCabe, Walsh, Kaptein, Potter, Thompson, Baltimore, Malard.

Chelsea substitutes: Peng, Bjorn, Buurman, Las, Cuthbert, Nusken, Hamano, Brown, Beever-Jones.