We can confirm the starting line-ups and substitutes for our first game back after the festive break against Leicester City in the Barclays Women’s Super League at Brisbane Road (kick-off 12noon).
Signe Gaupset makes her debut from the start as one of two changes from the team that faced Manchester United last month.
She replaces Martha Thomas in the starting XI, with the forward named amongst the substitutes.
In defence, Josefine Rybrink starts for the first time since in the WSL since Liverpool in November, 2025.
New arrivals Hanna Wijk, Matilda Nilden and Maika Hamano are all named as substitutes for this afternoon’s clash, while there’s also a return for Academy goalkeeper Sophie Jackson.
For the visitors, defender Ashleigh Neville starts for Leicester after making her permanent move to the Foxes earlier this week, bringing to an end a fantastic eight-and-a-half-years as a Lilywhite.
Kop, A. Nilden, Gaupset, England (c), Holdt, Rybrink, Vinberg, Hunt, Spence, Summanen, Koga.
Substitutes: Heeps, Jackson, Bartrip, M. Nilden, Wijk, Hamano, Thomas, Gunning-Williams, Dennis.