Key events
Two other English clubs were in action in the Women’s Champions League last night and they both came away with wins. Arsenal beat Vålerenga 4-1, while Manchester City escaped a scare in their 3-2 win over St Polten. You can read both reports:
The team news is in. Twente have named a strong side including their captain Danique van Ginkel.
Twente: Clark, Vliek, Carleer, Knol, Tuin, Te Braeke, Van Dooren, Van Ginkel, Andradottir, Van Dijk, Peddemors.
Subs: De Jong, Bussman, Vissers, Evaraerts, Bormans, Hulst, Ravensbergen, Proost, Oude Elberink, Verdaasdonk, Galic, Ivens.
Chelsea, meanwhile, have benched several stars including Millie Bright and Lucy Bronze.
Chelsea: Musovic, Perisset, Buchanan, Bjorn, Lawrence, Kaptein, Jean-Francois, Baltimore, Hamano, James, Beever-Jones.
Subs: Cox, Hampton, Bright, Nusken, Ramirez, Cuthbert, Reiten, Bartel, Kaneryd, Bronze, Mpome.
Preamble
Hello and welcome back to the Women’s Champions League group stage. Tonight we will be focusing on Twente’s match against Chelsea. The European trophy is the one which has evaded the Blues throughout their history and they will be hoping they can claim it this season.
Chelsea have had a good start to their season and head into this game off the back of a win over rivals Arsenal in the Women’s Super League. They also started their Champions League campaign with a 3-2 win over Real Madrid last week.
Twente, meanwhile, drew 1-1 at the weekend against Excelsior in the Eredivisie and came away with a win against Celtic in their opening Champions League group stage match.
Both clubs will want to keep their winning momentum going in the competition. Team news will drop soon so stay tuned before kick-off at 8pm BST.
