Chelsea vs West Ham, WSL preview: 3 wins remaining
Sam Kerr has collected five goals this season against the east London side, and given the high she is on coming off the FA Cup final, the Australian is almost bound to find the back of the net. Players like Erin Cuthbert and Maren Mjelde who played the entire 90 minutes at Wembley could be due for a rest as Arsenal is on the agenda this upcoming weekend. The health of this squad is growing at the perfect time as the club heads into the third consecutive week with a mid-week match.
Jelena Cankovic should be slated to play in the No.10 role having not contributed a minute on Sunday afternoon. In the backline, Jess Carter who did not back it in the starting XI must be featured as her one-on-one defending is going to be key in maintaining the three-game clean sheet streak. With this potentially being the last three games of Pernille Harder’s and Magdalena Eriksson’s CFC careers, the two should be set to start in the majority of their minutes remaining.
Even with the short turnaround, the difference in the current forms of the two sides is quite glaring. The Irons have plummeted to eighth in the table which would be tied for their worst-ever finish in the WSL.
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The west London outfit has been all business since going out in the Champions League. Harder and Kerr are back combining for goals while the defense is molding together a nice run of form despite the injuries. The timing of the match after 8:00 pm UK time is quite interesting, but other than that, there is not much compelling about a match between two teams where one has outscored the other 10-1 in 180 minutes of football in 2022/2023.