Tottenham Hotspur manager Martin Ho made two changes to his starting lineup for the Women's Super League match against Crystal Palace Women. The game kicked off at Selhurst Park at 2pm UK time.
Martin Ho said, "We can confirm the team line-ups for today’s Women’s Super League fixture against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park (2pm UK)."
Victoria Pelova was handed her first start for Spurs, coming into midfield in place of Eveliina Summanen. Olivia Holdt replaced Matilda Vinberg in the attacking line. Among the substitutes, Alice Sombath was named on the bench and could be in line for her club debut after missing the opening two games with fitness issues.
Spurs started with Kop in goal, a back line of Dijkstra, A. Nilden, Gaupset and Tandberg, a midfield of Holdt, Hanson and Pelova, and an attack of Spence as captain, Koga and Blakstad. The substitutes were Panengstuen, Morris, Sombath, Vinberg, M. Nilden, Martinez, Ahtinen, Wijk and Summanen.
Crystal Palace Women, who sit 8th in the FA WSL on four points from three games, named Peyraud-Magin in goal. Their starting outfield players were Napier, Everett as captain, Lloyd-Smith, England, Blanchard, Goldie, Hopcroft, Tsuonda, O'Brien and Bartrip. Their substitutes were Yanez, Enge, Sharpe, Howat, Weerden, Cosme, Noland, Larkin and Swaby.
Palace entered the match with a goal difference of minus 4, having conceded 7 goals while scoring 3 in their opening three fixtures. Their next match, is away to Birmingham City W, who are 12th in the table, on 27 September.
The match was a key fixture for Palace as they looked to build on a recent form of one win, one draw and one loss from their last three outings. Spurs, meanwhile, were aiming to improve upon their start to the season, having accumulated just one point from their first two games.
This story first appeared at tottenhamhotspur.com
