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\n Sonia Bompastor has named her first line-up of 2026, which includes a return for Hannah Hampton in goal after a period on the sidelines with injury.
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The England stopper has been out of action for two months and replaces Livia Peng<\/a> in Bompastor’s XI for today’s clash with West Ham.<\/p>\n Bompastor confirmed in Friday’s press conference<\/a> that Aggie Beever-Jones<\/a> and Keira Walsh<\/a> would miss today’s match. <\/p>\n That sees Erin Cuthbert<\/a> return to the side alongside fellow midfielder Sjoeke Nusken<\/a> after the Scot missed the 9-1 Women’s League Cup win over Liverpool before the winter break. <\/p>\n Attackers Lauren James<\/a> and Alyssa Thompson<\/a> also come into the side with Beever-Jones absent, and Johanna Rytting Kaneryd<\/a> retains her place after netting a hat-trick in that emphatic win in St Helens. <\/p>\n Chelsea: Hampton, Carpenter, Bright (c), Buurman, Girma, Nusken, Cuthbert, James, Thompson, Baltimore, Rytting Kaneryd<\/p>\n Substitutes: Peng, Spencer, Reiten, Kaptein, Kerr, Bronze, Potter, Sarwie, Shooter<\/p>\n
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