This is a Chelsea Women predicted lineup for their London derby with West Ham in the Women’s Super League. The Blues are headed into the international break with a commanding lead atop the table and the knowledge that they pulled off an incredible comeback to make it to the Women’s Champions League semi-final. There’s likely to be some rotation in this one with players not being risked ahead of the break.
Chelsea Women Predicted Lineup vs West Ham Women in WSL Clash
How Chelsea Women Have Lined Up Recently
Hannah Hampton has been the only option in goal with the defensive choices being Sandy Baltimore, Niamh Charles, Millie Bright, Nathalie Bjorn, Lucy Bronze, and Ashley Lawrence. In midfield, there’s a combo of names like Keira Walsh, Erin Cuthbert, Wieke Kaptein, Maika Hamano, Oriane Jean-Francois, and Sjoeke Nusken available either as a solo deep one in a trio or a double pivot.
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In the attacking spots there’s either Cat Macario or Hamano through the middle, Lauren James on the left, and either Aggie Beever-Jones or Johanna Rytting Kaneryd on the right. Mayra Ramirez is the first-choice striker with Beever-Jones filling in, which the recent return of Mia Fishel might change.
Chelsea Women Recent Form & Tactics
Sonia Bompastor usually sets up in either a 4-2-3-1 or a 4-3-3 with both proving to be successful so far. The team still only has one loss to their name across all competitions and could go on to win the WSL with an invincible season as things stand.
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The team has looked as strong as ever at creating goalscoring chances with the players finding the net in every single fixture they’ve played under Bompastor. That has been despite a recent injury to top scorer Guro Reiten and the season-long absence of Sam Kerr. Defensively they’ve been very hit or miss at keeping clean sheets since the turn of the year but rarely let in multiple goals in a single match anyway.
Chelsea Women Injuries to Consider
Per PremierInjuries, the situation is the same as before. Sophie Ingle, Kadeisha Buchanan, Jorja Fox, and Brooke Aspin all remain sidelined with ACL injuries. Reiten, Maelys Mpome, Femke Liefting, and Naomi Girma have different issues, while Zecira Musovic is out with a pregnancy. Kerr has been sidelined for over a year with her ACL but appears to be lacking in general fitness due to the knee problem.
Chelsea Women Predicted Lineup
GK – Hannah Hampton
LB – Niamh Charles
CB – Millie Bright
CB – Nathalie Bjorn
RB – Ashley Lawrence
DM – Sjoeke Nusken
DM – Oriane Jean-Francois
W – Maika Hamano
AM- Cat Macario
W – Aggie Beever-Jones
ST – Mia Fishel
