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It's all Liverpool in the opening stages at Kingsmeadow. They're really taking the game to the reigning champions.

Martha Thomas is the next player in red to take aim at the target but Hannah Hampton gets down well at the front post to deny her.

Fern Whelan
Former England defender on Sky Sports

It's been all Manchester United in the first five minutes but Freya Godfrey was really brave on the ball there.

It's a super header from Nikita Parris against her former side. She will be hungry and will want to add more to that.

Emma Sanders
BBC Sport women’s football news reporter at Leigh Sports Village

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"Freya, well done!" shouts Eder Maestre and gives the young winger a big thumbs up.

She was the one who created space on the right and lifted in an inch-perfect cross for Nikita Parris to head into the bottom corner.

It was a brilliant header from Parris too against her old club.

Inma Gabarro expertly flicks a bouncing ball over her head and hits a volley from range at the West Ham goa.

It flies well over the top in the end but a decent effort all the same.

Liverpool have the ball in the net but it's not going to count.

Alice Bergstrom has time to bring a high cross under control but it bobbles up off her hand as she twists and fires into the top left corner.

Tottenham have kept hold of the ball nicely in the opening few minutes at Villa Park.

The visitors are likely to enjoy the lion's share of possession today, so Villa will have to bide their time and take their chances when they come.

Emma Sanders
BBC Sport women’s football news reporter at Leigh Sports Village

An early disruption for London City Lionesses as Wassa Sangare picked up a knock in the warm-up and had to withdraw.

I saw Eder Maestre come over to speak to his coaching staff with around 15 minutes to go before kick-off to discuss the change.

They have decided on Elena Linari starting, while goalkeeper Sophia Poor has also been added to the bench.

We're under way in all four of the noon kick-offs.

Aston Villa

Aston Villa boss Natalia Arroyo: "Each of the [past] three losses have different reasons behind them, different details.

"Today we need to start strong with lots of energy. But we must expect them [Spurs] to react, they are really good.

"When they have their moments we must suffer together and not stop trying."

Chelsea

Chelsea manager Sonia Bompastor speaking to Sky Sports: "Liverpool had a really good transfer window in January. They've improved the squad. They will be very confident because of the good run of results. We are prepared for that. We had a good result last week and we want to build on that.

"We know that every game will be really important from now to end of the season. We need to focus on ourselves."

Manchester City are sitting pretty at the top with an 11 point advantage over their nearest challengers Manchester United, though that will close back to eight if they manage a win at London City this lunchtime.

Chelsea and Arsenal are also aiming for wins as the race for Champions League qualification heats up.

At the other end Leicester's defeat in Manchester on Friday has handed the likes of West Ham, Liverpool and Everton the chance to pull further clear in the dash to avoid the relegation play-off.

Champions-elect Man City hit six goals past Leicester on Friday to put any worries that they might be having a wobble firmly to bed.

We're just under five minutes away from kick-off in the four 12pm games, which is enough time to grab a brew if you're quick.

Ellen White
Former England striker on BBC Women's Football Weekly podcast

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It was a really important three points for West Ham [against Brighton]. They looked down and out, pretty awful, but to have the desire and togetherness to come back from 2-0 down, that's massive.

The shoulders get higher, people are making more runs, people want the ball to feet and more starts to happen. It shows what the manager is doing and the togetherness in this group.

West Ham United

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Two of West Ham's three WSL wins this season have come in Rita Guarino's four league games in charge, after she replaced Rehanne Skinner as manager in December.

The Italian says that her side have taken "a lot of energy" from their remarkable comeback win against Brighton in the Women's Super League last Sunday.

"We keep a lot of energy from the weekend. From the first minute until the end of the game, the performance was very high.

"In the last 10 minutes I was surprised about the energy, effort and resilience of my players."

Despite the upturn in fortunes of late, Guarino is still demanding more consistency in the side's performance levels, starting with today's trip to Everton.

She added: "It's something we need to work on every day. Consistency is something I want to see in my team not only during one game but also across [several] games."

Everton

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Everton interim head coach Scott Phelan says recent performances have given him hope that the end of the season can be positive.

"Change brings fresh opportunity, and that's something we've been keen to stress to the players," said Phelan before the visit of West Ham to Goodison Park on Sunday (12:00 GMT)

"The start that the players have made has been really encouraging and that's given me more hope that things can be really bright and positive between now and the end of the season."

Phelan led the side to a battling 1-0 win at London City Lionesses in his first game in charge last weekend, a win that stretched the gap to the relegation play-off zone to five points.

He feels the back-to-back victories have lifted the atmosphere at Everton.

"If training is anything to go by, [the players] are definitely in a good mood," he said. "The noise and enthusiasm around the sessions has been really, really notable, and that was something we asked them to bring."

Jen Beattie
Former Scotland defender on BBC Women's Football Weekly podcast

It just feels like things are starting to click for Liverpool. They have made some good signings over the winter break, ok not a huge amount but sometimes you don’t need that.

It’s a different conversation around them now with the points they have been picking up, so credit to them, whatever they have been doing it has been working. They should stick with it.

Liverpool

Liverpool manager Gareth Taylor speaking to Sky Sports: "Good progress. We have some good options which we didn't have before. It's always a team effort. But we know we have a lot of work to do and the challenge today is a really tough one.

"We need to be tactically good today. Chelsea have some really talented players there. So we know regardless of what team they put in, they've really good side there."