Chelsea face West Ham at Kingsmeadow on Wednesday night within the first of the rearranged fixtures from the WSL’s postponed opening weekend.
WSL champions Chelsea chalked up their first factors of the season on Sunday with a 2-0 victory over Manchester Metropolis, having been surprisingly crushed the earlier week at Liverpool.
It is also one win and one defeat to date for West Ham because the Hammers proceed to seek out their toes underneath new boss Paul Konchesky.
When is kick off? Wednesday 28 September, 19:05 (BST)
The place is the match being performed? Kingsmeadow
TV channel/livestream? BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport Web site
What time does protection begin? 19:00 (BST)
Referee? Tom Reeves
Pernille More durable stays a doubt, having sat out Chelsea’s opening two WSL matches with a hamstring harm – though she did return to the grass on Friday.
Hayes opted to play two defensively minded fullbacks in Magdalena Eriksson and Maren Mjelde on Sunday to cope with Manchester Metropolis’s robust large risk, and will change it up as soon as extra on Wednesday.
Paul Konchesky has named an unchanged facet in his first two aggressive matches as West Ham boss, and will make it three from three in opposition to Chelsea.
Chelsea: Berger; Buchanan, Brilliant, Eriksson; Charles, Cuthbert, Fleming, Reiten; James, Kerr, Kirby.
West Ham: Arnold; Shimizu, Parker, Cissoko, Smith; Longhurst, Brynjarsdottir; Evans, Hayashi, Ziu; Asseyi.
Having bounced again from their opening day disappointment, Chelsea might be anticipated to proceed their profitable run in opposition to West Ham.
Lauren James and Fran Kirby look again after harm and sickness disrupted their 2021/22 campaigns, and kind a daunting ahead line with Sam Kerr. They need to have an excessive amount of for Konchesky’s nonetheless evolving West Ham facet.
Prediction: Chelsea 3-0 West Ham
