Tottenham v Manchester United: Women’s Super League – live

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The players gather round the centre circle for a minute’s silence to commemorate those who died in the shocking tragedy in Turkey and Syria.

Here come the players. So let’s have a reminder of the teams.

Tottenham Hotspur (3-4-2-1) Korpela; Turner, Bartrip, Zadorsky; Neville, Summanen, Spence, Harrop; Ildhusoy, Iwabuchi; England.
Substitutes: Spencer, Ale, James, Ubogagu, Ayane, Karczewska.

Manchester United (4-2-3-1) Earps; Batlle, Le Tissier, Turner, Blundell; Zelem, Ladd; Parris, Toone, Galton; Russo.
Substitutes: Baggaley, Mannion, Thorisdottir, Tounkara, Boe Risa, Cascarino, L Garcia, Thomas, Williams.

Referee Amy Fearn.

Some pre-match listening

Team news

Spurs are unchanged; United bring in Nikita Parris for Lucia Garcia on the right wing.

Preamble

The WSL is a marathon and a sprint. The pace at the top is so unforgiving that any dropped points, especially against the have-nots, feel like a disaster. Manchester United’s goalless draw with Everton last weekend was the first time this season they had failed to beat a team outside the top four. They can’t afford m/any more dropped points if they are to qualify for the Champions League, never mind take Chelsea’s title.

A cursory look at the table suggests this will be a comfortable victory for United at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. A cursory look at 150-odd years of football history suggests it is a funny old game, and that such assumptions are both joyless and dangerous.

Spurs gave Chelsea a scare last weekend, eventually losing 3-2, but that was their sixth WSL defeat in a row. Life isn’t going to get much easier in the next few weeks: their next four games are against United, Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal.

Kick off 12pm