Chelsea were in action in midweek as they beat Brighton to move closer towards the top.

You can relive that one here.

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Paul Green, Chelsea general manager, provided an update on the fitness of some of today's notable absentees in his press conference before this game.

He said: "Fran (Kirby) has had a second injection into her knee and we've just got to wait and see how that settles down over the next couple of weeks. So we've got no timeframe on her.

"Katerina (Svitkova) is continuing her rehab from the surgery on her knee. That's going to be months rather than weeks.

"Pernille (Harder, who has been recovering from a hamstring injury) has started to go out on the grass to do some pitch rehab, so she's doing well, but it's going to be probably at least a few weeks or a month before she can join in with the rest of the team, so she's still some way away from being in a squad.

"But she's making some good progress and certainly it's good to see her back out there on the grass."

Emma Hayes makes four changes to the Chelsea side that beat Brighton midweek with Lauren James among those returning to the XI.

Goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger, Eve Perisset and Sophie Ingle also start with Zecira Musovic, Maren Mjelde, Jelena Cankovic and Johanna Rytting Kaneryd all dropping to the bench.

Guro Reiten is still out.

Chelsea XI: Berger; Perisset, Bright, Ingle, Charles; Carter, Leupolz; James, Fleming, Buchanan, Kerr.

Subs: Musovic, Eriksson, Mjelde, Ryttting Kaneryd, Abdullina, Cankovic.

Nikita Parris is back among the starters as Marc Skinner makes just one change to the Manchester United XI that started the 5-1 thrashing of Leicester last weekend.

Alessia Russo will hope to continue her good form after scoring her first WSL hat-trick last time out.

Manchester United XI: Earps, Batlle, Le Tissier, Turner, Blundell, Ladd, Zelem, Parris, Toone, Galton, Russo.

Subs: Baggaley, Mannion, Thorisdottir, Boe Risa, Cascarino, Naalsund, Garcia, Thomas, Williams.

It's a packed day of Women's Super League action coming up today.

It all starts with league leaders Manchester United's visit to second-place Chelsea, who will be looking to take advantage of their game in hand.

We'll be taking you all the way through to this weekend's final match when Arsenal host Reading.

12.30 GMT

• Chelsea v Manchester United

14.00 GMT

• Brighton v Manchester City
• Liverpool v Tottenham

15.00 GMT

• Leicester v Everton
• West Ham v Aston Villa

18.45 GMT

• Arsenal v Reading

Coverage of today's game on BBC Two will be "much-reduced", with no presentation and the broadcast starting at a later time of 12.25 GMT.

For all the latest on BBC Sport's reduced TV football coverage this weekend, follow BBC News' live text here.

It's time for this weekend's Women's Super League action to get under way, and it starts with the big one.

Can league leaders Manchester United hold on to their status after facing chasers Chelsea? Or will their title credentials become a doubt?

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