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Brighton v Aston Villa team news:
Brighton (4-3-3): Nnadozie; McLauchlan, Rule, Minami, Olislagers; Kirby, Cankovic, Symonds; Seike, Haley, Agyemang
Subs: Auée, Baggaley, Camacho, Carabalí, Hayes, Kafaji, Noordam, Rayner, Tsunoda
Aston Villa (3-4-1-2): D’Angelo; Wilms, Patten, Deslanders; Grant, Kearns, Baijings, Maritz; Daly; Salmon, Hanson
Subs: Kelly, Kendall, Maltby, Mayling, Mullett, Parker, Roebuck, Taylor
The Gareth Taylor era at Liverpool begins with the visit of Everton to Anfield in the Merseyside derby. The Reds finished 7th last season and will want to kick on now under the former Manchester City manager.
As Tom Garry points out, Everton have won on each of their last five trips to Anfield, which their manager Brian Sørensen joked was “our training pitch” last season.
Merseyside derby team news
Liverpool (4-3-3): Kirby; Fisk, Bonner, Evans, Woodham; Nagano, Höbinger, Kerr; Holland, Enderby, Kapocs
Subs: Morgan, Parry, Risa, Kiernan, Roman H, Olsson, Clark, MacLean, Silcock
Everton (4-3-3): Brosnan; Robinson, Ishikawa, Fernández, Pacheco; Hayashi, Van Gool, Ladd; Vignola, Snoeijs, Momiki
Subs: Ramsey, Wheeler, Payne, Gago, Weir, Stenevik, Holmgaard, Mace
In case you missed it yesterday, Arsenal got off to a winning start as they look to challenge Chelsea in the title race. The Gunners didn’t have it all their own way though, having to come from behind against promoted London City Lionesses.
Suzanne Wrack was there to watch £1m signing Olivia Smith turn the game in Arsenal’s favour:
Preamble
Hello and welcome to Sunday in the Women’s Super League. Four teams have already kicked off their campaigns and the rest will follow at 12pm (BST) today. Four matches kick off simultaneously at midday and we’ll endeavour to bring you all the key moments from each of them. Those getting their season under way today are …
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Brighton v Aston Villa (at Crawley’s Broadfield Stadium)
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Liverpool v Everton (at Anfield)
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Manchester United v Leicester (at Leigh Sports Village)
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Tottenham v West Ham (at Leyton Orient’s Brisbane Road)
That’s a Merseyside derby and a London derby, plus Michelle Agyemang’s second Brighton debut – and all starting before we’ve even thought about lunch.
If you’d like to get in touch with your predictions for the season or thoughts on Chelsea and Arsenal’s opening victories, you can email me here.
