Team news: Confirmed LFC Women line-up v Brighton
Mao Itamura and Mari Ward start for Liverpool FC Women against Brighton & Hove Albion today.
The duo come into the line-up in place of Alejandra Bernabe and Natalia Ramos as Gareth Taylor makes two alterations to the XI that took on Arsenal in the Reds’ last Barclays Women’s Super League game.
For Ward, the 5.15pm GMT kick-off at Amex Stadium represents her full Liverpool debut, while Itamura starts in the WSL for the first time.
Mia Enderby is among the substitutes after she was substituted during the midweek win over Aston Villa in the Subway Players Cup due to an injury.
Liverpool: Keating, Kerr, Clark, Fisk, Ward, Nagano, Maclean, Endemann, Itamura, Kapocs, Olsson.
Subs: Kirby, Ramos, Enderby, Höbinger, Woodham, Agrez, Bergstrom, Shaw, Trueman.
