Starting XI | Smith set for 50th Hammers WSL appearance

The reliable, ever-present midfield pairing of skipper Katrina Gorry and Oona Siren once again start from the off for the Hammers, with the former looking to add to the three league goals she has chalked up already this term.

And looking to cause the Chelsea backline problems at Chigwell Construction Stadium are Viviane Asseyi, Seraina Piubel and Riko Ueki.

Should Skinner look to add more attacking firepower to her side, she could hand Shekiera Martinez her first appearance in Claret and Blue, as the forward is named in a West Ham matchday squad for the first time after returning from her loan at SC Freiburg.

Striker Princess Ademiluyi also returned to the women’s team earlier this month following her loan at Charlton Athletic, and could play her first minutes for the Hammers since May, as she joins Martinez as one of the manager’s attacking threats on the bench.

Also on the substitutes’ bench are Megan Walsh, Shannon Cooke, Camila Sáez, Marika Bergman Lundin, Halle Houssein, Emma Harries and Paví. 

West Ham United: Szemik, Denton, Tysiak, Zadorsky, Mengwen, Smith, Siren, Gorry ©, Piubel, Asseyi, Ueki 
Subs: M. Walsh (GK), Sáez, Cooke, Bergman Lundin, Houssein, Harries, Paví, Martinez, Ademiluyi

Chelsea: Hampton, Bright ©, Nüsken, Ramírez, Cuthbert, Macario, Björn, Baltimore, Charles, Bronze, Beever-Jones
Subs: Mušović (GK), Reiten, Lawrence, Périsset, Rytting Kaneryd, Hamano, Mpomé, Jean-François, Bernabé

Referee: Amy Fearn