Grace Clinton arrives at the Etihad
Grace Clinton – the former Manchester United midfielder now at City – arrives at the Etihad
1:01PM
Manchester United manager Marc Skinner has made four changes from the side which beat Paris St Germain in the Women’s Champions League on Wednesday.
Ella Toone, Elisabeth Terland, Dominique Jansssen and Leah Galton return, with Fridolina Rolfo and Simi Awujo dropping to the bench.
Galton replaces Melvine Malard, and Safia Middleton-Patel stays in goal with Phallon Tullis-Joyce still out with injury.
Manchester United XI: Middleton-Patel, Sandberg, Le Tissier, Toone, Park, Terland, Galton, Riviere, Janssen, Zigiotti, Miyazawa.
Subs: Rendell, George, Blundell, Malard, Rolfo, Awujo, Naalsund, Williams, Griffiths.
12:57PM
Andree Jeglertz has made one change from his side’s last WSL outing - a 2-1 win over Everton.
Lauren Hemp makes her first start since coming back from injury, and takes the place of Iman Beney in the starting line-up.
Manchester City XI: Yamashita, Rose, Shaw, Miedema, Hemp, Ouahabi, Casparij, Blindkilde Brown, Fujino, Hasegawa, Knaak.
Subs: Keating, Clinton, Coombs, Wienroither, Lohmann, Beney, Prior, Thomas, Oldroyd.
12:54PM
Good afternoon and welcome to our live coverage of the Women’s Super League Manchester derby at the Etihad Stadium.
The season might still be young, but there are already a handful of teams, including both Manchester clubs who are separated by just a few points.
Manchester United travel across the city in third place, four points behind City who sit at the top of the table after eight matches.
In their last WSL outing, Manchester United suffered a surprise defeat to Aston Villa at home, but should they lose a second successive league game it would severely dent their title hopes, as they would drop to seven places below Manchester City.
For two players, today will have a special meaning. In the summer transfer window Jess Park moved from Manchester City to United, with Grace Clinton going the other way.
Park struggled to make a significant impact last season, but has flourished since moving across the city.
Clinton on the other hand has been hampered by injury.