Chelsea Women midfielder Jessie Fleming says every game is a clean slate and no opponent can be underestimated ahead of the Blues meeting with Leicester City in the Women’s Super League at Kingsmeadow tonight.

The Canadian was on the scoresheet as the Blues ran out 7-0 winners against Everton on Sunday evening, helping us to three points which moved us up to second place, four points behind top spot with two games in hand.

Pernille Harder bagged a brace from the bench alongside goals from Guro Reiten, Sam Kerr, Sophie Ingle, Erin Cuthbert and Fleming, who netted our fifth goal of the night with a fine strike from the edge of the box on the stroke of half-time.

We recorded our biggest league win of the season against Leicester in the reverse fixture at the King Power Stadium in December, and our joint-biggest win of the campaign having scored eight without reply against Vllaznia in the UEFA Women’s Champions League in October.

Ahead of the match against Leicester, Fleming was asked about our success in recent meetings against Wednesday’s opposition, but the midfielder stressed we cannot be reliant on past results.

‘At this stage of the season, the main focus is just on winning the rest of our games,’ she stated.

‘We take every game extremely seriously, we don’t go into any game counting on the fact that we’re going to beat a team by a number of goals. Sometimes you get into a rhythm and you find the success in terms of goals, but for us the focus is about getting the win.

From a psychological perspective, big scorelines on previous occasions should breed confidence amongst the squad. However, Fleming reiterated that every game is a fresh start and that no team in the WSL should be underestimated.

‘For us, having beaten them like that before, we know we are capable of doing it again but we don’t take them lightly by any means. Just because we’ve got those results before, we know every team in the league can cause any team problems.

‘We just know how important it is to win every game for the rest of the season. Maybe it does give us a bit of confidence against them, but we treat it like a clean slate every time we play them.’

Our first meeting with Leicester in the WSL was very different to what has come since. We required two late goals to break their resolve at Kingsmeadow which Fleming believes reiterates the fact that every game presents a different challenge.

‘It reinforces what I was saying: we have it in us to score a number of goals, but we can’t take any team lightly. If they defend well and play their game, it could be really challenging for us. We’ve just got to treat it like a clean slate.’

There are several eyes on an intense title race at the top, but Leicester are fighting for survival at the bottom and every point is invaluable as they look to secure their WSL status, something Fleming knows will make them a danger.

‘That’s definitely something else to take into account. I think for us, with the title race, we know if we win every game until the end of the season then we win the title. Leicester is one of those games. The focus is just on winning.’

For those who cannot attend, the match will be streamed on the FA Player