Battle at the top: Chelsea v Man United Preview
New arrivals, Maya Le Tissier from Brighton and Canadian international Adriana Leon have provided that spark to go along with the firepower of Alessia Russo, and Elle Tonne among others in the attack. The English international Nikita Parris has scored in back-to-back league games, and with Russo coming back from injury last week, the Blues are going to see a Red Devils attack with all its weapons ready to go.
Chelsea is going to take on two of its former players including Hannah Blundell who played five seasons for the club, capturing four trophies in the process. For both clubs, this match is one that is going to make a difference at the end of the season. Skinner has aspirations of winning the WSL in the near future, and while he knows that Chelsea and Arsenal are the cream of the crop, the Red Devils are demonstrating even without their star striker at times that this is a team ready to compete for Champions League spots right now.
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Both clubs have rotated their squads regularly during the opening few matches of the year, but with the depth this Chelsea team has, it should be able to find a way to break down this defense for the first time this season. There is far too much quality at each level in the starting IX, and on the bench for the Blues compared to the Red Devils. United has nothing to lose in a match like this against the defending champions, while CFCW is still trying to play catch up following its early blunder against Liverpool. An ambitious Skinner leads a determined Manchester United team against a red-hot Chelsea, it is all anyone could want from a WSL match.