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Renée Slegers has made five changes to the starting line-up for today's Barclays Women's Super League clash with Chelsea. Following our 1-0 defeat to Manchester United in Wednesday's Subway Women's League Cup semi-final, the players coming into the side are Emily Fox, Steph Catley, Kim Little, Beth Mead and Stina Blackstenius. They replace Taylor Hinds, Laia Codina, Victoria Pelova, Olivia Smith (who is suspended), and Frida Maanum, who has not been included in the squad after feeling unwell. Kick-off is at 12.30pm at Stamford Bridge.
LINE-UPS
Chelsea XI: Hampton, Carpenter, Bright (C), Girma, Bronze, Baltimore, Cuthbert, Kaptein, Reiten, Thompson, Kerr
Arsenal XI: Spencer, Peng, Buurman, Nusken, James, Kaneryd, Walsh, Potter, Beever-Jones, Borbe, Fox, Wubben-Moy, Catley, McCabe, Little (C), Mariona, Russo, Mead, Foord, Blackstenius
Substitutes: Van Domselaar, Williams, Codina, Pelova, Hinds, Holmberg, Harwood
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