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Starting XI | Skinner makes four changes for Leicester clash in Perth

Boss Rehanne Skinner has made four changes to her West Ham United women's team line-up for their Perth International Football Cup third-place play-off clash against Leicester City.

Amber Tysiak, Marika Bergman Lundin, Dagný Brynjarsdóttir and Ruby Doe all come into the starting XI at HBF Park, in place of Shannon Cooke, Anouk Denton, Katrina Gorry and Viviane Asseyi.

Brynjarsdóttir will appear from the start in Claret and Blue for the first time since the end of the 2022/23 campaign, having come on during the first half of Thursday evening's narrow 1-0 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain.

The 33-year-old is set to start in midfield alongside Kristie Mewis and Bergman Lundin, in front of a backline including captain-for-the-day Shelina Zadorsky, Camila Sáez, Kirsty Smith and Tysiak. Kinga Szemik will once again start in goal.

Line-up v Leicester City women

There will be an emotional first senior start for young forward Ruby Doe, who came on just after the hour mark against PSG last time out.

Doe, 18, will line up in attack next to Emma Harries and Riko Ueki.

Australia international Gorry is missing from the matchday squad after picking up a knock in the PSG game, while Cooke, Denton and Asseyi are named among the substitutes, along with Megan Walsh, Halle Houssein and Soraya Walsh.

 

Leicester City: Kop ©, Tierney, Howard, Rantala, Mouchon, Cayman, Ale, Goodwin, Momiki, Mace, Swaby
Subs: Leitzig (GK), Nevin, Bott, Takarada, Rose, Petermann, Thibaud, Pelgander, Kees

 

West Ham United: Szemik, Tysiak, Sáez, Zadorsky ©, Smith, Bergman Lundin, Mewis, Brynjarsdóttir, Harries, Ueki, Doe
Subs: M. Walsh (GK), Denton, Asseyi, Cooke, Houssein, S. Walsh

 

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