We Ain't Got No History

Chelsea have made a perfect start to the season under new head coach Sonia Bompastor, and we have a great chance to keep that going as Spurs come to Kingsmeadow.

Chelsea would go up to second with a win, one point behind Manchester City, who have played one game more. It’s still early in the season, but it’s looking like a two-horse race for the title this year — and any dropped points at any point could be the fatal dropped points.

Here we go!

Chelsea starting XI:

Hampton | Bronze, Bright (c), Buchanan, Baltimore, Nüsken, Cuthbert, Hamano, Reiten, Kaneryd, Ramírez

Substitutes from: Mušović, Lawrence, Björn, Pèrriset, Kaptein, Mpome, Jean-Francois, Bernabé, Beever-Jones

Spurs starting XI:

Spencer | Neville, Bartrip, Hunt, Nildén, Summanen, Ahtinen, Spence, Naz, England (c), Vinberg

Substitutes from: Talbert, Bühler, Grant, Morris, Csiki, Dennis, Thomas, Gunning-Williams, Pierre

Date / Time: Sunday, October 20, 2024, 18.45 BST; 1:45pm EDT; 11:15pm IST

Venue: Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon Thames, London

Referee: Emily Heaslip

On TV: Sky Sports (UK); none (USA)

Streaming: Sky Go (UK); ESPN+ (USA)

Be excellent to each other, and party on, dudes!

Following Thursday’s 3-1 win against Twente in the Champions League, Chelsea return to WSL action this weekend, at home to Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday night.

This will be match number six of the Bompastor Era. We’ve won all five previous despite not always looking like a well-oiled machine. But as long as the wins keep rolling in, we’ll have time to work out the kinks.

Date / Time: Sunday, October 20, 2024, 18.45 BST; 1:45pm EDT; 11:15pm IST

Venue: Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon Thames, London

Referee: Emily Heaslip

Forecast: Rainy and windy

On TV: Sky Sports (UK); none (USA)

Streaming: Sky Go (UK); ESPN+ (USA)

Chelsea team news: Lauren James was a late scratch midweek after picking up a foot injury in warm-ups. It’s unclear how bad that injury might be, but she will likely join usual suspects Niamh Charles, Aniek Nouwen, Sophie Ingle, Mia Fishel, and Sam Kerr on the sidelines this weekend.

Tottenham Hotspur team news: Spurs have a fairly lengthy injury list as well, though defender Ella Morris has been declared fit and should be in line to make her debut after arriving in the summer from Southampton. Fellow summer signing Amanda Nildén (midfeidler, from Juventus) is questionable. Another new arrival, forward Hayley Raso (from Real Madrid) is less fortunate, and will miss out, alongside Shuang Wang, Amy James-Turner and Kit Graham.

Spurs have four points from their four games playerd. They finished sixth season