Brighton's turn to almost take the lead now.

Poppy Pattinson, who joined from Everton this summer, plays a ball in behind, that is completely missed by the Reading defence.

Lee Geum-Min races onto it and her effort is steered round the post.

Ah, the flag has gone up anyway. A goal doesn't feel too far away though.

Almost the opener.

Reading have a free kick about half way into the Brighton.

A brilliant delivery by Rachel Rowe is met by Emma Mukandi at the back post and she sends her header into the back of the note, but the flag goes up for offside.

Reading are starting to be a bit sloppy with the ball, with Rachel Rowe giving it away this time.

It allows Norway's Elisabeth Terland to run at goal but her effort is deflected behind a corner, which comes to nothing.

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BBC Radio Sussex

Neither of these teams have really so far in this opening period managed to get a sustained period of pressure under their belts. Reading perhaps just getting into their stride here.

BIG chance! Brighton should be ahead.

The ball is cleared by Brighton and Jorja Fox flicks the ball on.

It falls in between two players and Diane Caldwell slides in for Reading, trying to send it back to her keeper, but doesn't get enough on it.

It allows Katie Robinson to break through and she has two unmarked team-mates waiting for a cross, but shoots instead.

She's got to square it!

The first real effort of the game.

The hosts work the ball nicely down the left wing and it falls for Lee Geum-Min, but she skews her effort comfortably wide of the far post from just outside the area.

Reading are definitely growing into this game.

Gemma Evans gets away down the left and finds Lily Woodham in the area but she can't control properly and the ball runs out for a goal kick.

That's late.

Diane Caldwell flies into Veatriki Sarri, a summer signing from Birmingham, and although she takes the ball first, she flies into the ankle.

It initially looks like Caldwell was going to get away with just a talking to, but referee Lauren Impey brandishes the yellow card.

The centre half is under pressure for the rest of the game now.

Reading have settled down a bit and are starting to have some possession.

They haven't won in the WSL since 6 February 2022. They lost seven of their final 10 games last season, before starting with a defeat last weekend.

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It's a beautiful sunny day in Brighton. There have been just under 5,000 tickets sold at the Amex, apparently.

They hosts are doing the early pressing, and look to get in behind but the offside flag goes up.

Hello!

An early high press from Brighton almost forces a mistake out of Grace Moloney but Reading just about force the ball clear.

Reading get us under way at the Amex, after both teams take the knee.

Goals should hopefully be guaranteed with both sides' defensive records in 2022.

I appreciate that means I've probably just cursed us.

Could the Amex Stadium be a happy hunting ground again for Brighton? They’ve won their last three games there.

“I’m hoping that those people who were going to come to the opening game will come to this game,” said manager Hope Powell.

“It gives our players an opportunity to showcase their talents - it gives them an opportunity to see it for themselves and perhaps see the enjoyment.

"It really helps the girls and drives them on. They want to put on a show and show those people who come and support that they can play.”

Saturday saw a record Women's Super League crowd as 47,367 attended Arsenal's 4-0 trashing of Tottenham, but Gunners and England forward Beath says it is "still just the beginning" for women's football.

Arsenal's usual home, Meadow Park, has a capacity of 4,500 and was sold out for their season-opening fixture against Brighton, another 4-0 victory.

Mead said the Emirates Stadium crowd "brought so much energy" to Arsenal's dominant display against Spurs.

"It was incredible what we did in the summer but now we want to continue this and hopefully this is still just the beginning," said Mead.

Vivianne Miedema, who scored twice, said it is important to play well so that "people come back to the stadium".

"You feel like something special is happening," she added. "It is just really nice to be a part of it."

• Brighton have won one of their seven Women’s Super League games against Reading (D1 L5), winning the most recent game in February.
• Reading’s four away WSL matches against Brighton have seen 18 goals scored (eight Brighton, 10 Reading), with both sides finding the net in each game. The Royals have won two of the four visits (D1 L1).
• The two sides to have the fewest shots in the opening round of WSL matches this season were Reading (two) and Brighton (three). The Royals mustered an expected goal tally of just 0.03 against Manchester United.
• Reading have taken just three points from their last 11 WSL matches (D3 L8). Prior to this run, they’d taken 22 points from a possible 24 across their previous eight matches (W7 D1).
• Brighton have conceded 33 goals in the WSL 2022, the most of any side. Reading have conceded the joint second most (32), level with Leicester City.
• This will be Brighton’s fifth WSL match at the AMEX Stadium – they’ve won their last three games there since losing their losing 4-0 to Arsenal in their first game there.

We have full match commentary on three of today's five matches.

Here's what you can listen to - and how:

Brighton v Reading (14:00 BST) - BBC Radio Sussex

Chelsea v Man City (16:00 BST) - BBC Radio 5 Live & BBC Radio Manchester

Liverpool v Everton (18:45 BST) - BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra (uninterrupted on online, on Sports Extra from 19:00 BST) & BBC Radio Merseyside

You can listen to all of those commentaries on this page, using the audio icons at the top of the page.

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Brighton boss Hope Powell sees shared ambitions between her side and opponents Reading after both lost 4-0 on their travels in their first WSL game of the season.

“I'm sure they will see it as an opportunity as well,” said Powell, who took ample positives from her team’s defeat at Arsenal.

“It's going to be a very, very tough game. We expect that. But the girls are keen to go again.

“We recognise it's probably going to be a closer contest than the one we played against Arsenal. Since we've been in the WSL, we've kind of been near each other in the league standing. This is where both teams will want to try to pick up points.”

Brighton make one change to the side that lost 4-0 at Arsenal in their opening match of the WSL season, with 20-year-old winger Katie Robinson replacing suspended Sweden defender Emma Kullberg, 31, who was sent off at Meadow Park.

Brighton XI: Walsh, Fox, Williams, Robinson, Pattinson, Bance, Olme, Lee, Sarri, Terland, Green.

Subs: Park, Carter, Jarvis, Ferguson, Startup.

Reading make four changes as they also bid to bounce back from a 4-0 opening-day defeat at Manchester United. Ireland defender Diane Caldwell, 34, makes her competitive debut for the Royals, while Faye Bryson, Natasha Dowie and Tia Primmer come in for their first starts.

Sanne Troelsgaard, Charlie Wellings and Lauren Wade drop to the bench while Deanne Rose misses out completely after rupturing her Achilles at Manchester United.

Reading XI: Moloney, Cooper, Makundi, Evans, Bryson, Primmer, Rowe, Woodham, Eikeland, Caldwell, Dowie.

Subs: Burns, Poulter, Meadows, Tuson, Wade, Wellings, Troelsgaard.

Let's shift our focus to the opening game of the day as Brighton host Reading at the Amex.

Both sides were on the end of 4-0 defeats in their opening game, by Arsenal and Manchester United respectively, so are looking for their first points of the season.

Let's bring you the team news from that one...

Afternoon!

Ready for more WSL action? We certainly are.

Here's what on the card today:

Brighton v Reading (14:00 BST)*

Leicester v Aston Villa (15:00 BST)*

West Ham v Manchester United (15:00 BST)

Chelsea v Manchester City (16:00 BST)

Liverpool v Everton (18:45 BST)*

The games with a * next to them are at Premier League grounds and could see big attendances.