WSL League preview: Chelsea journey to West Ham stay on Sky Sports activities

Crew information and stats for the Thursday night time Ladies’s Premier League match between West Ham and Chelsea, stay on Sky Sports activities.

West Ham vs Chelsea – Thursday, 7.45pm, stay on Sky Sports activities

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Thursday March 10 7:30 PM

West Ham Maisie Parker and Grace Jarrad are anticipated to overlook the Chelsea recreation resulting from harm.

Chelsea Defender Magdalena Ericsson is unavailable after contracting Covid-19, Canada worldwide Jesse Fleming stays doubtful after her newest optimistic take a look at, whereas striker Fran Kirby stays unfit.

In the meantime, midfielder Melanie Leopoles won’t play in matches for the remainder of the season after saying her being pregnant and might be supported by the membership throughout maternity depart.

“All through our league we have offered good companies and naturally we’ll help her in every thing we do – and I am simply trying ahead to seeing the little woman come to be sincere,” stated Emma Hayes, Blues Supervisor.

Hayes: We’ve got to deal with each recreation because it comes

Chelsea President Emma Hayes She hopes her facet have realized from the frustration of defeat within the Continental Cup Remaining as they appear to protect the Ladies’s Premier League title en route towards West Ham.

The Blues misplaced 3-1 to Manchester Metropolis at Cherry Purple Data on Saturday night time, after taking the lead within the first half by means of Sam Kerr. Arsenal took benefit of their likelihood in Sunday’s league matches to maneuver eight factors off the highest of the English Premier League desk after beating backside membership Birmingham. However Chelsea have three video games in hand and Hayes remains to be decided to maneuver ahead with a optimistic mindset for the rest of the season.

“You do not have a variety of time (to stay), it has been like that each one yr spherical with recreation after recreation, and that is factor,” Hayes stated.

“After all, it is disappointing to lose, however so long as we’re taking classes from that. I see a really huge alternative tomorrow towards a workforce that I actually consider. I am solely trying ahead to matches on the rebound, personally I like them thick and quick and we do not have a variety of defeats right here.”

“We’ve not been first (within the desk) earlier than, so for us there’s completely no feeling that we have misplaced something, we simply have one thing to realize. I do not really feel it is any totally different. We simply must deal with one recreation at a time. This week it is West Ham. Let’s get three factors if we are able to and if we try this, we’re getting nearer in direction of what we’re attempting to realize.”

Phyllis: West Ham are prepared for a busy schedule

West Ham He confronted Chelsea in his first 4 matches in 10 days, which additionally consists of the FA Cup quarter-final at third-tier Ipswich.

Iron midfielder Mel Phyllis He assures that Ole Tougher’s workforce might be able to face the challenges head-on.

“Ole spoke to us about it,” Phyllis West Ham TV stated. “We’ve got 4 video games in a brief area of time after which we’d like everybody to be at our greatest collectively.”

“It may be robust, however we’ve got a versatile group. We’re very a lot collectively, and we’ll assist one another by means of. I am certain we’ll get the outcomes we wish and wish.”

Eight stats

• West Ham have solely taken one level from seven video games towards Chelsea in WSL (W0 D1 L6); A 1-1 draw with Chelsea within the second half of the 2018-2019 season.
• Chelsea have received all three of their away video games towards West Ham within the World Sequence of Poker – they solely have a 100 per cent higher away win proportion towards Doncaster Rovers Payments within the competitors (4/4).
• West Ham have received simply considered one of 19 London derby matches to this point, beating Tottenham at residence in November. They’ve misplaced 79 per cent of their London derby matches in competitors (15/19).
• West Ham have solely been defeated as soon as of their final 10 WSL matches at residence, which got here towards Manchester Metropolis final Might (W3 D6). The Hammers need to win three consecutive residence video games for less than the second time within the World Sequence of Poker, the final of which was in February 2020.
• Chelsea have received simply two of their final 5 WSL matches (D2 L1) – the primary time since March 2019 that they’ve scored simply two wins over 5 video games.
• Chelsea failed to attain of their final two away matches within the World Sequence of Poker, and final failed to attain in three consecutive matches of their travels in October 2018 (three attracts in a row with out targets).
• Sam Kerr scored 4 targets and offered one help in simply 139 minutes of play towards West Ham final season within the Ladies’s Basketball Affiliation, averaging a aim or help each 28 minutes towards them.

This is how one can observe WSL on Sky Sports activities…

Sky Sports activities – All 35 video games might be out there throughout the most important Sky Sports activities channels, together with Sky Sports activities Premier League, Sky Sports activities Soccer and Sky Sports activities Important Occasion.

Sky Sports activities Digital – Atone for the most recent information from WSL by way of SkySpots.com and the app, together with unique options and interviews, plus devoted stay weblog protection and clips from the video games stay on Sky Sports activities. You possibly can watch free match highlights from each WSL match this season on Sky Sports activities’ digital platforms and YouTube channel.

Sky Sports activities Information – 24 hours a day, seven days every week, Barclays FA WSL followers can get pleasure from Sky Sports activities Information (Channel 409) the league’s common editorial protection and tales all through the season.

Inside WSL – Hosted by award-winning media and journalist Jessica Creighton, inside WSL This can be a complete report on every thing associated to the Barclays Ladies’s Premier League and ladies’s soccer. The weekly present will air from Thursday 9 September on Sky Sports activities Premier League, and this system will characteristic half-hour previews of matches, in-depth evaluation and unique participant interviews. Viewers can anticipate backstage entry in addition to a abstract of all of the motion on and off the sphere.

Sky Sports activities Social – Together with protection and visibility of the league throughout all main social media channels of Sky Sports activities, there’s a new devoted Twitter channel Tweet embed It is going to be the house of all Barclays FA WSL content material on Sky Sports activities.

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