The Blues head coach has made a defensive and attacking change from last weekend's 5-0 win against Everton at Goodison Park. Returning to the starting XI, Lucy Bronze will take her place in defence, while Mayra Ramirez is set to lead the line in St Helens.

After reaching 100 WSL appearances last weekend, Hannah Hampton is named in goal once again and will be protected by a defensive line of Bronze, Kadeisha Buchanan, captain Millie Bright and Sandy Baltimore.

Sjoeke Nusken and Erin Cuthbert start in midfield with Maika Hamano, Johanna Rytting Kaneryd, Guro Reiten and Ramirez making up our attacking options in Merseyside.

On the substitutes bench for the first time since October's win against Arsenal is Catarina Macario who is joined by Zecira Musovic, Nathalie Bjorn, Eve Perisset, Maelys Mpome, Ashley Lawrence, Oriane Jean-Francois, Wieke Kaptein, and Aggie Beever-Jones.

Chelsea starting XI: Hampton; Bronze, Buchanan, Bright, Baltimore, Nusken, Cuthbert, Hamano, Rytting Kaneryd, Reiten, Ramirez

Chelsea substitutes: Musovic, Bjorn, Perisset, Mpome, Lawrence, Jean-Francois, Kaptein, Beever-Jones, Macario