SportsMall previews Thursday's Women's Champions League clash between FC Twente Women and Chelsea Women, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.
Chelsea Girls They will need to maintain their 100% start to the season when they travel to the Netherlands on Thursday. Women's Champions League conflict with FC Twente Women.
The Blues beat Real Madrid on the opening day of the tournament, while the hosts recorded a win over Scottish champions Celtic.
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Twente are making their first appearance in the Women's Champions League group stage after successfully negotiating qualification.
The Dutch champions dispatched Cardiff City and Valour in the first qualifying round before securing their place in the main draw with an 8-1 aggregate win over Osijek.
Twente enjoyed great success in their first group match Kaylee Van Doeren Recorded a 2-0 win against Celtic.
They will have been frustrated by Excelsior's exit on Saturday, with Twente needing an 80th-minute equalizer to salvage a 1-1 home draw against Excelsior.
Although they will be disappointed by the result, they will be delighted that the draw extended their unbeaten start to the season to nine matches.
They will have their work cut out for them to continue their unbeaten run in their first meeting with Chelsea in the Women's Champions League.
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After winning their first four matches, Chelsea will travel to the Netherlands in high spirits Sonya BombasterTenure of
The former Lyon boss opened his reign with league wins over Aston Villa and Crystal Palace before beating Real Madrid in a European clash at Stamford Bridge last week.
Good naskan, Kuro Raiden And Mayra Ramirez All got on the scoresheet in a 3-2 win over Chelsea to extend their unbeaten run in head-to-head meetings with Real Madrid to five matches.
Ramires and Sandy Baltimore A goal on 20 minutes gave the team a 2-1 win at the Emirates Stadium.
As a result of that win, Chelsea have now gone seven matches unbeaten since losing 4-3 to Liverpool in May's WSL encounter.
The WSL champions will fancy their chances of extending their unbeaten run on Thursday, having won seven and drawn three of their previous 10 European Championships.
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Twente will be without forward services Liz RijsbergenHe has been sidelined since April due to a knee injury.
After making wholesale changes at the weekend, Twente are the boss Joran Pat Celtic can return to the line-up that started the win.
Nicky van Dijk He will be tasked with leading the line as the striker looks to add to the six goals he has scored since arriving from Leuven in the summer.
Chelsea still have to cope without Sam Kerr, Sophie Ingle, Mia Fischl, Niamh Charles And Anik Nouwen.
Scotland International Erin Cuthbert He bounced back from coming on as a substitute against Arsenal and pushing for a starting spot.
Ramires will look to score for the third straight game as he leads the line against the Dutch champions.
FC Twente Women's probable starting line-up:
Clerk; Vliek, Knol, Carleer, Tuin; De Brak, Van Doeren, Van Ginkel; Andradottir, Peddemors, Van Dijk
Chelsea Women Probable Starting Line-up:
Hampton; Bronze, Bright, Buchanan, Baltimore; Cuthbert, Nasken, James; Rytting Kaneryd, rider, Ramirez
We say: FC Twente Women 1-3 Chelsea Women
Chelsea have impressed in the early stages of Bompastor's tenure, and with the Blues in confident mood, we think they will continue to build on the momentum with a relatively comfortable win in their first Women's Champions League meeting with Twente.
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