Arsenal V Chelsea: Women’s Champions League Quarter-final, First Leg – Live

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Three changes for Arsenal: Beth Mead, Emily Fox and Katie McCabe travel successful aft nan 5-0 WSL triumph against West Ham connected Saturday.

For Chelsea and Bompastor it’s 5 changes: Lauren James, Lucy Bronze, Keira Walsh, Sandy Baltimore and Naomi Girma each return.

Arsenal Women (4-3-3): Borbe; Fox, Wubben-Moy, Codina, McCabe; Mead, Little, Caldentey; Russo, Blackstenius, Kelly. Substitutes: Votikova, Van Domselaar, Maanum, Smith, Pelova, Hinds, Holmberg, Harwood.

Chelsea Women (3-5-2): Hampton; Girma, Buchanan, Buurman; Bronze, Cuthbert, Walsh, Nusken, Baltimore; James, Thompson. Substitutes: Peng, Spencer, Carpenter, Kaptein, Kaneryd, Potter, Shooter, Storey, Sarwie.

Seismic news from nan men’s type of relation football:

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Arsenal Women won nan large prize past season, but aft a fifth-placed decorativeness successful nan convention shape this clip around, nan holders were subjected to nan comparative indignity of needing a playoff for a spot successful nan quarter-finals. A 7-1 aggregate occurrence against Leuven was duly delivered and now Chelsea, their Women’s Super League rivals, guidelines betwixt nan Gunners and a spot successful nan past four.

Sonia Bompastor, nan Chelsea caput coach, felt it basal to contradict that her squad are facing a full-blown wounded situation aft conscionable 8 players took portion successful an unfastened training convention earlier nan first limb tonight. “This is what it is erstwhile you are Chelsea,” Bompastor said. Sam Kerr and Ellie Carpenter were not considered for action having returned from Australia’s Asian Cup last conclusion by Japan connected Saturday – Steph Catley, Kyra Cooney-Cross and Caitlin Foord of Arsenal were besides progressive truthful are improbable to feature.

This is nan first clip successful nan history of Uefa Women’s nine competitions that teams from nan aforesaid metropolis person faced each other. While Arsenal, arsenic holders, whitethorn beryllium considered favourites, Chelsea person ne'er mislaid connected immoderate of their erstwhile six occasions they person reached nan quarter-finals. Something has to give.

Kick-off: 8pm UK GMT