The big news is Khadija Shaw starts for City, as would be expected. Missing is Rebecca Knaak, with a shoulder injury sustained scoring the goal against Liverpool that placed one hand on the WSL title.
For Chelsea, Lionesses in Hannah Hampton and Keira Walsh come in though Lucy Bronze is benched.
Chelsea: Hampton, Carpenter, Buurman, Buchanan, Charles, Walsh, Nusken, Cuthbert, James, Thompson, Kerr. Subs: Peng, Spencer, Baltimore, Kaptein, Rytting Kaneryd, Bronze, Potter, Beever-Jones, Sarwie
Manchester City: Keating, Rose, Greenwood, Clinton, Shaw, Hemp, Kerolin, Ouahabi, Casparij, Blindkilde Brown, Hasegawa. Subs: Cumings, Coombs, Fowler, Wienroither, Fujino, Lohmann, Beney, Prior, Murphy.
The former Chelsea player Fran Kirby of Brighton has beem speaking after that Brighton win: “Absolutely. I don’t know. It would be great to play some of the girls I’ve played with over so many years. But, you know what, may the best team win.”
