Right then, let's head back to Walton Hall park to hear what the managers have said ahead of kick-off

Want something that's a bit of fun to watch ahead of this afternoon's games?

Chelsea's Millie Bright and Kadeisha Buchanan tackle the Football Focus Honesty Cards, dishing the dirt on their team-mates... and each other.

Liverpool

There's a late change to the Liverpool starting XI as midfielder Ceri Holland is replaced by Rachel Furness following the warm-up.

Wales international Holland is a key player for Liverpool so that's a blow.

Watch the best goals from last weekend's WSL action, including strikes from Chelsea's Pernille Harder and Arsenal's Lia Walti.

Brighton manager Hope Powell on what to expect against Spurs: “They look very organised, very strong, very aggressive and they move the ball very well

“They have got some experienced players in there, I certainly think that Drew Spence has been a really good signing for them.

“We know that it is going to be tough as it always seems to be for us. I think it is going to be quite competitive and I really think that we have to be as aggressive, we have to match them for pace and again, we really have to be up for the fight if we want to get something out of the game.”

Tottenham are without forward Ellie Brazil, who would have been facing her former club against Brighton, after she tore her anterior cruciate ligament this week.

Spurs manager Rehanne Skinner said: “I was gutted for her. She has worked incredibly hard to be back fit and she was in a really good place.

"Unfortunately it was one of those moments where she had a lack of control on impact and it’s created a problem for her in the game.

"She’s doing as well as can be in the circumstances. It’s always difficult for players to be out for a chunk of time and she’s worked so hard to be back and now is facing another spell out of the game.

"We only signed her in the summer. She is an exciting young player so it’s a huge blow for her and the team. Obviously we will do everything we can do to get her on track and moving forward for us."

Chelsea will be wary of the threat that Aston Villa pose this afternoon after a summer of strong recrutiment.

They struggled for goals last season but reinforcements have transformed their attack.

“The recruitment that Carla (Ward) did in the summer has really improved them from an attacking point of view,” said general manager Paul Green. “Adding Rachel Daly, a proven scorer in America, and the loan signing of Kirsty Hanson from Manchester United has made them a lot stronger as an attacking unit.

“They’ve got more goals in them and they’re certainly a threat with the pace that they’ve got in transition, I think we are going to have to guard against that. We are expecting a tough game but we know that we’ve got the squad to cope with that and we are all looking forward to another game hopefully in front of a sell-out crowd at Kingsmeadow.”

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Chelsea may have strolled past Albanian side Vllaznia 8-0 in the Champions League this week but Aston Villa manager Carla Ward believes that her side will be able to be competitive.

“You saw the form that Chelsea were in when they played in midweek and I hope it is not going to be one of those days,” Ward said.

“They are a good side but so are we, we are playing some of the best football that we’ve ever seen from this group. We can take a lot of confidence from the position that we are in and the pressure will not be on us, everyone will expect Chelsea to win the game.

“We will go there and do what we can do and hopefully, be competitive in that.”

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It's a huge game at the bottom of the table as 11th-placed Reading and 12th-placed Leicester look to get their first points on the board after poor starts to the season.

Reading have not led for a single minute in the WSL this season and are without a win in their last 14 league games.

Leicester prop up the table after five straight defeats in 2022-23. Lydia Bedford's side have managed just one WSL goal - and that was an own goal!

"We know that there’s an opportunity this weekend to put on a performance that deserves points and to come away with them," said Bedford.

“Obviously, if we don’t, we’ll have to keep pushing next week to put ourselves in a position to keep fighting for those points, but we see this as one where, as a squad, we’re ready to go, we’re raring for the game."

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It was a tough start to the season for Manchester City after a high turnover of players in the summer.

Two defeats from their opening two games against Aston Villa and Chelsea was not the way Gareth Taylor would have wanted things to start.

But they have looked strong in their last two WSL games, beating Leicester City 4-0 and Tottenham 3-0, with a 6-0 thrashing of Championship side Blackburn in the cup afterwards.

They will go into today's game as favourites too with Liverpool struggling to build on their shock opening victory over Chelsea.

Matt Beard's side have struggled for consistency though they looked well organised for large parts against Arsenal last weekend.

Can they get another shock result here today or will City make it three wins in a row?

Let's take a look at what's happening elsewhere in the WSL this afternoon...

It was a night to forget for Manchester United on Wednesday as they were beaten on penalties by Championship side Durham in the League Cup.

United will be hoping to bounce back from their midweek loss and produce a result against Everton this afternoon.

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Everton have put last season’s torrid campaign to the back of their minds and have started this season well.

They won five games out of 22 last year — they’re already up to three wins from a possible five this time around.

Brian Sorensen has led the Toffees’ resurgence and overseen a wealth of improvement for the club, with them now sitting fourth in the table.

With United only scraping past pointless Leicester last weekend, get ready for what could be an exciting encounter

• Manchester United have beaten Everton five times in the Women’s Super League, their joint-most wins against any opponent in the competition (also five against Brighton, Reading and Spurs).
• Manchester United have kept a clean sheet in seven of their last eight league games. Goalkeeper Mary Earps has kept 46 clean sheets in the competition, three more than any other goalkeeper.
• Everton remain winless against Manchester United in the WSL, losing five of their six meetings (D1). The game in which they managed to avoid defeat was the last time the Toffees were hosts (1-1 in November 2021).

Alphabetical order is all that separates Manchester United and Arsenal at the top of the table.

They’ve both won all of their five opening games, have the same goal difference, have scored and conceded the same number of goals and are level on points.

Will the table open up after this afternoon’s game or can the Reds carry on their winning start to the campaign?

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Brighton have made just the one change to the side that were beaten 3-0 at home by Chelsea, with Zigiotti replacing Olme.

Brighton XI: Walsh, Green, Williams, Kullberg, Pattinson, Zigiotti, Bance, Lee, Terland, Sarri, Robinson.

Subs: Startup, Fox, Park, Carter, Jarvis, Ferguson, Connolly, Stott.

Tottenham bring in three new faces from the side that lost 3-0 at home to Man City, with Korpela, Bizet and Karczewska replacing Spencer, Ildhusey and Brazil.

Tottenham XI: Korpela, Turner, Bartip, Zadorsky, Ale, Summanen, James, Spence, Bizet, Karczewska, Neville.

Subs: Spencer, Pearse, Harrop, Cho, Ubogagu, Ayane, Naz.

Chelsea make six changes to the side that beat Brighton 3-0 in their last WSL outing.

Ingle, Reiten, Eriksson, Kerr, Harder and Buchanan come in for Nouwen, Carter, Fleming, Charles, Rytting Kaneyrd and England drop out.

Chelsea XI: Berger, Bright, Ingle, James, Reiten, Perisset, Eriksson, Kerr, Cuthbert, Harder, Buchanan.

Subs: Musovic, Nouwen, Carter, England, Svitkova, Fleming, Kaneryo, Charles, Abdullina.

Aston Villa are unchanged from the side that lost 1-0 to Everton.

Aston Villa XI: Leat, Mayling, Patten, Turner, Pacheco, Corsie, Dali, Blindkilde, Lehmann, Daly, Hanson.

Subs: Draper, McLoughlin, Harding, Gregory, Goodwin.

Reading make two changes after the 3-2 defeat to West Ham last weekend.

Defender Faye Bryson and experienced Republic of Ireland international Diane Caldwell both return.

Deanna Cooper and 18-year-old Tia Primmer drop out.

Leicester also make two changes as they - like Reading - aim to get their first points on the board.

Nineteen-year-old midfielder Carrie Jones, who is on a season-long loan from Manchester United, starts along with Shannon O'Brien.

Out drop Josie Green and Missy Goodwin.