Manchester City v Everton, Chelsea v West Ham and more: WSL clockwatch – live

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Plenty has happened in the WSL over the last month, so let’s quickly recap some of the main talking points and headlines…

Ashleigh Neville STARTS for Leicester against Tottenham this afternoon, just a few days after leaving Spurs for the Foxes.

Ashleigh Neville makes her first start for Leicester against her former club. Photograph: Plumb Images/Leicester City FC/Getty Images

Team news - Aston Villa v Brighton

Aston Villa starting line-up: D’Angelo, Maritz, Patten, Parker, Wilms, Kendall, Taylor, Maltby, Hijikata, Hanson, Daly.

Substitutes: Roebuck, Kelly, Sallaway, Deslandes, Staniforth, Kearns, Salmon, Mullett.

Brighton starting line-up: Baggaley, Vanegas, Minami, Kafaji, Symonds, Seike, Kirby, Olislagers, Haley, Tsunoda, Rule.

Substitutes: Nnadozie, Poulter, Noordam, Hayes, Tvedten, Camacho, McLauchlan, Martin.

Team news - Tottenham v Leicester City

Tottenham starting line-up: Kop, A. Nildén, Gaupset, England, Holdt, Rybrink, Vinberg, Hunt, Spence, Summanen, Koga.

Substitutes: Heeps, Jackson, Bartrip, M. Nildén, Wijk, Hamano, Thomas, Gunning-Williams, Dennis.

Leicester City starting line-up: Clark, Kees, Tierney, Van Egmond, Ale, Mayling, Cain, McLoughlin, O’Brien, Neville, Swaby.

Substitutes: Leitzig, Thibaud, Payne, Las, Jansson, Ayane, Goodwin, Mouchon.

Team news - Manchester City v Everton

Manchester City starting line-up: Yamashita, Rose, Knaak, Greenwood, Casparij, Blindkilde Brown, Hasegawa, Hemp, Kerolin, Miedema, Shaw.

Substitutes: Keating, Clinton, Coombs, Wienroither, Ouahabi, Beney, Prior, Thomas, Murphy.

Everton starting line-up: Brosnan, Pacheco, Fernández, Mace, Holmgaard, Wheeler, Hayashi, Van Gool, Payne, Vignola, Vignola.

Substitutes: Ramsey, Blundell, Hobson, Gago, Kitagawa, Lawley, Galli, Weir, Momiki.

Team news - Chelsea v West Ham

Chelsea starting line-up: Hampton, Carpenter, Bright, Buurman, Girma, Baltimore, Nüsken, Cuthbert, Kaneryd, Thompson, James.

Substitutes: Spencer, Peng, Reiten, Kaptein, Kerr, Bronze, Potter, Sarwie, Shooter.

West Ham starting line-up: Szemik, Morgan, Endo, Nyström, Hanshaw, Belloumou, Siren, Gorry, Ueki, Asseyi, Martinez.

Substitutes: Walsh, Csiki, Brasero, Wandeler, Cascarino, Houssein, Taylor-Brown, Cemal, Piubel.

Today’s fixtures (12pm GMT kick-off unless stated otherwise)

• Chelsea v West Ham

• Tottenham v Leicester City

• Aston Villa v Brighton

• Manchester City v Everton

• Liverpool v London City Lionesses (2:30pm GMT)

Preamble

Hello and welcome to another WSL clockwatch! The winter break is finally over and the league is back in full swing. Arsenal and Manchester United kicked off the new year with a 0-0 draw at the Emirates Stadium yesterday, leaving them third and fourth in the table respectively. Manchester City and Chelsea will have the chance to extend the gap at the top of the league this afternoon, which could all-but make it a two-team title race.

It is also a huge day for Gareth Taylor and Liverpool, who will be determined to kick off 2026 with their first WSL win of the season.

I’ll be guiding you through the 12pm GMT kick-offs - join me!