Sweden international and Chelsea summer signing Magdalena Eriksson drags down Lauren Hemp wide on the Bristol City right to give the visitors a free-kick in a promising position.

But it's dealt with comfortably enough by the Blues defence.

Both sides feeling each other out in the opening couple of minutes, with neither defence troubled so far.

And we're off as Lauren Hemp of Bristol City get us under way.

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It's a sun-drenched early afternoon at Kingsmeadow as the two teams come out to the strains of 'The Liquidator'.

Kick-off is now only moments away.

So no Ji So Yun in the Chelsea starting line-up this afternoon, a player who has been so key to the Blues over the past couple of years.

She has to settle for a place on the bench.

With this being a new season, both sides are sprinkled with players making their debuts.

Chelsea: Lindahl, Thorisdottir, Flaherty, Eriksson, Blundell, Chapman, Mjelde, Davison, Spence, Carney, Kirby.

Subs: Spencer, Bright, Rafferty, Ji, Cuthbert, Aluko.

Bristol City Women: Baggaley, Dykes, Brown, Kerkdijk, Arthur, Humphrey, Daniels, Hemp, Estcourt, Biesmans, Turner.

Subs: Fergusson, Allen, Woodham, Wilson, E Wilson

Kick-off is just over five minutes away, so let's give you the team line-ups....

Welcome to this afternoon's coverage of Chelsea Ladies v Bristol City Women, which is being streamed live on the BBC Sport website alongside our live text coverage.

Click on the play icon at the top of the page to watch the game.

City begin their campaign at Yeovil later in one of four fixtures in total today.

Those other three games start at 14:00 BST:

• Arsenal Women v Birmingham City Ladies
• Reading Women v Sunderland Ladies
• Yeovil Town Ladies v Manchester City Women

After almost a year away, Women's Super League 1 is back.

It was 25 September 2016 when Manchester City were crowned champions after beating Chelsea 2-0 - a month before the end of end of the actual season.

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With a move to a winter season for 2017-18, Chelsea got a measure of revenge by winning the one-off WSL 1 Spring Series from City on goal difference, with Fran Kirby finishing top goal scorer with six.

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The two sides will expect to be challenging for titles again - and they both begin their campaigns this afternoon.