Jenna Schillaci
Former Spurs captain on BBC 5 Sports Extra

Beth Mead and Vivianne Miedema are massive players for the club. But they have been getting goals elsewhere.

Frida Maanum and Caitlin Foord have stepped up in their absence.

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Zecira Musovic has to be alert to dive low and gather a low cross from the right.

Then Sam Kerr chases a ball down the left channel, but Leah Williamson gathers possession.

There is a sizeable crowd for kick-off at Emirates Stadium, including a packed away end of blue-clad Chelsea fans waving flags.

However, it looks like there have been issues for spectators getting into the ground, with videos of huge queues outside.

Biggest game of the season so far? Possibly. In front of a huge crowd, the top two are back!

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Bosses Jonas Eidevall and Emma Hayes exchange a few words. Both sets of players enter a huddle.

The teams are in their halves.

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Chelsea's Guro Reiten has been involved in more goals than any other player in the WSL this season (11), including a league-high nine assists.

Only three Chelsea players have registered double figures for assists in a single WSL campaign – Karen Carney (15) and Ji So-yun (10) in 2016-17, and Fran Kirby in 2020-21 (11).

The Clash's immortal ode to the capital rings out as the players prepare to emerge from the tunnel. There is the familiar sight of a pyrotechnic display being prepared on the pitch.

This could prove such a massive game this season. The players look like they know it, although the unflappable Millie Bright is able to crack a smile and have a joke.

Here they come. Excited? We are!

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Emma Smith
BBC Sport at Emirates Stadium

Arsenal will wear black armbands today in honour of Beth Mead's mother, while Chelsea will be wearing them for Gianluca Vialli. Both passed away from cancer earlier this month.

A moment of applause from the crowd has been planned for the ninth minute, it has been reported.

Jenna Schillaci
Former Spurs captain on BBC 5 Sports Extra

Chelsea have the extra edge, looking at their squad and bench. In a match like today, looking to the bench is going to be very important.

If you look at Chelsea's squad, they've got Fran Kirby who can come on and be a game changer.

Emma Smith
BBC Sport at Emirates Stadium

England international midfielder Jordan Nobbs left Arsenal this month after 12 years with the Gunners.

She is a guest in the director's box today, and will say farewell to the Arsenal fans on the pitch at half-time.

This is all the day after she made her debut for her new club, Aston Villa, in a 2-1 win over Tottenham - which will have gone down very well with Arsenal supporters.

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Sophie Ingle is one of the starters hoping to help Chelsea make history today by winning 10 consecutive games in the WSL for the first time.

Reckon Chelsea will do it? Give us a thumbs up if you're a believer or a thumbs down if you fancy Arsenal to end their run of victories.

Emma Smith
BBC Sport at Emirates Stadium

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It's very much a day for woolly hats and thick jumpers at Emirates Stadium today - there is a crisp January chill in the air.

There are blues skies above, however, so there should be good conditions for the players and crowd.

Emma Smith
BBC Sport at Emirates Stadium

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This is the third Women's Super League game Arsenal have played at Emirates Stadium in 2022-23.

They beat Spurs 4-0 in September in front of a WSL record 47,367, while 40,064 attended the 3-2 defeat to Man Utd in November.

Arsenal say the latest number of tickets sold today is 46,500. So we are on for a new record attendance.

There are fans sat in the top tier of the Emirates seating, which is always a good sign when it comes to ticket sales.

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Here's Chelsea inspecting the pitch a little earlier. That 3-2 defeat in this fixture last season ended a seven-game unbeaten run away against Arsenal in the WSL, winning five of those games.

They've found the net at least once in each of their last 10 visits to these opponents.

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Arsenal last hosted Chelsea at Emirates Stadium when they won a cracker of a game 3-2 in September 2021, Beth Mead scoring twice as the Gunners triumphed in the fixture for the first time in three years.

They'd love another entertaining win today.

There are four changes to the Arsenal starting line-up from the side which beat Aston Villa 4-1 in their previous WSL match, on December 11 - Laura Wienroither, Leah Williamson, Lena Hurtig and captain Kim Little all come in.

The obvious absence is Vivianne Miedema, who has been ruled out for the season with a knee ligament injury.

Arsenal's three January signings - Victoria Pelova, Katherine Kuhl and Sabrina D'Angelo - are on the bench, as is winger Gio Quieroz, who has been recalled from her loan at Everton.

Arsenal XI: Zinsberger, Wienroither, Williamson, Rafaelle, Catley, Walti, Little, Maanum, Hurtig, Foord, Blackstenius.

Subs: D'Angelo, Wubben-Moy, Beattie, McCabe, Maritz, Pelova, Kuhl, Iwabuchi, Gio.

Emma Hayes has made five changes to the Chelsea team which beat Reading 3-2 in their final league match of 2022.

Obviously absent from that XI is Beth England, who has been sold to Tottenham. There is also a change in goal, with Zecira Musovic starting ahead of Ann-Katrin Berger.

Jessie Fleming starts alongside Sam Kerr up front, with Fran Kirby on the bench.

Chelsea XI: Musovic, Bright, Eriksson, Buchanan; Charles, Cuthbert, Ingle, Reiten, James, Kerr, Fleming.

Subs: Berger, Carter, Svitkova, Kirby, Perisset, Mjelde, Kaneryd, Abdullina, Cankovic.

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We're back to Sunday action after the WSL winter break, and the opening game as these sides return couldn't be much more exciting than this.

Arsenal start the day with a game in hand on Chelsea and with the knowledge that a win would send them level with their opponents on 27 points. Victory by more than one goal would send them top.

Let's get right into it with team news...