Women’s Super League LIVE: Chelsea vs Aston Villa – score, TV coverage, radio commentary, text updates & match stats

Emma Sanders
BBC Sport ladies’s soccer information reporter at Stamford Bridge

There are a number of accidents within the Chelsea squad which means Sonia Bompastor is with out a number of large names for her opening match.

New membership captain Erin Cuthbert just isn’t concerned so Lucy Bronze takes the armband.

Summer signing Melvine Malard has additionally picked up a minor harm and misses out. Forward Mayra Ramirez is continuous her restoration.

Giulia Dragoni, who joined from Barcelona final month, is on the bench whereas Aggie Beever-Jones is making her a hundredth look.

Chelsea XI: Hampton, McCabe, Buurman, Bronze, Carpenter, Nusken, Walsh, Kaptein, James, Beever-Jones, Thompson.

Subs: Peng, Girma, Baltimore, Dragoni, Las, Hamano, Buchanan, Potter, Spencer.

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Aston Villa are with out membership captain Rachel Daly for his or her opening recreation of the season on account of harm.

‘Team captain’ Anna Patten is on the bench so Lucia Kendall has the armband in Villa’s midfield.

There are debuts for summer time signings Mathilde Harviken, Justine Kielland, Mia McAulay and Amalie Vangsgaard.

Aston Villa XI: Okuma, Harviken, Kielland, Hijikata, Wilms, Parker, Maritz, Grant, Vangsgaard, Kendall, McAulay.

Subs: Kelly, Patten, Mullett, Murphy, Deslandes, Taylor.

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