Chelsea Women take on West Ham on their immediate return from the winter break that began in late December last year. Beyond the target of beating the Hammers today so we can continue defending the FA Cup title, it’ll be interesting to get a glimpse of manager Emma Hayes’ solution to a Sam Kerr-less Chelsea team.
Chelsea starting lineup (3-4-3?):
Musovic | Buchanan, Carter, Lawrence | Périsset, Cuthbert, Ingle (c), Reiten | James, Kirby, Kaneryd
Substitutes from: Hampton, Fishel, Nüsken, Leupolz, Fleming, Mjelde, Cankovic, Beever-Jones, Björn
West Ham starting eleven:
Arnold (c) | Smith, Shimizu, Tysiak, Snerle, Ueki, Zadorsky, Hayashi, Asseyi, Cooke, Gorry
Substitutes from: Walsh, O’Hanlon, Atkinson, Harries, Ziu, Denton, Stapleton, Ademiluyi, Flannery
Date / Time: Sunday, January 14, 2024, 13.00 GMT; 8am EST
Venue: Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon Thames, UK
Referee: Emily Heaslip
On TV: none
Streaming: The FA Player (streaming exclusively, everywhere)
Let’s do this!