A gargantuan conflict helps kick off the 2024/25 Girls’s Tremendous League season as Arsenal host final time period’s runners-up Manchester Metropolis on Sunday.
The Gunners have already been in motion a lot this season, taking part in three matches within the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Girls’s Champions League. Victories over Rangers and Rosenborg had been adopted by a shock 1-0 defeat to Swedish outfit BK Hacken on Wednesday, with the return leg going down subsequent week.
They now flip their consideration to an extremely difficult begin to the home marketing campaign, with final season’s Conti Cup winners welcoming Man Metropolis to the Emirates Stadium.
Man Metropolis had been additionally in European motion midweek as they seek for Champions League qualification and so they put 5 unanswered targets previous Paris FC to all however safe their spot within the continent’s premier competitors.
With Emma Hayes having left Chelsea, Gareth Taylor will probably be hoping that that is the yr his Man Metropolis aspect leapfrog the Blues within the desk. They’ve completed second to the west London outfit in three of the final 5 seasons, coming behind Chelsea on aim distinction alone in 2023/24.
Right here is 90min’s information to a blockbuster WSL conflict.
Arsenal vs Man Metropolis H2H Report (Final 5 Video games)
Present kind (all competitions)
Arsenal | Man Metropolis |
|---|---|
BK Hacken 1-0 Arsenal – 18/09/24 | Paris FC 0-5 Man Metropolis – 18/09/24 |
Arsenal 1-0 Rosenborg – 07/09/24 | Man Metropolis 0-1 PSG – 01/09/24 |
Arsenal 6-0 Rangers – 04/09/24 | Man Metropolis 0-0 Leicester – 28/08/24 |
Southampton 0-3 Arsenal – 31/08/24 | Aston Villa 1-2 Man Metropolis – 18/05/24 |
Chelsea 1-0 Arsenal – 25/08/24 | Man Metropolis 1-2 Arsenal – 05/05/24 |
Nation | TV channel/stay stream |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | Sky Sports activities Foremost Occasion, Sky Sports activities Combine, Sky Showcase, Sky Extremely HD, Sky GO, Sky GO Further, NOW TV |
United States | N/A |
Canada | Sportsnet One, Sportsnet Now, Sportsnet Now Plus |
Jonas Eidevall is unlikely to make too many modifications from the aspect that tasted defeat midweek, though he’ll count on a stronger show.
Rosa Kafaji featured in opposition to her former employers within the 1-0 defeat and is in line to make her first WSL begin. Former Barcelona star Mariona Caldentey may even make her debut WSL look on the left flank, with Beth Mead beginning on the alternative aspect and Alessia Russo up high.
Alongside the backline, Leah Williamson was rested in opposition to Hacken however ought to return to associate Lotte Wuben-Moy, with Katie McCabe and Emily Fox at full-back.
Arsenal predicted lineup vs Man Metropolis (4-2-3-1): Zinsberger; Fox, Williamson, Wubben-Moy, McCabe; Little, Cooney-Cross; Mead, Kafaji, Caldentey; Russo.
Vivianne Miedema made her aggressive debut for Man Metropolis in opposition to Paris FC and will effectively line up in opposition to former aspect Arsenal on Sunday, who surprisingly let her go away totally free through the summer time. She scored in France and will probably be seeking to show some extent on her north London return.
Khadija Shaw did not journey to the French capital as a result of a visa situation and will probably be contemporary to begin up high. The 2023/24 WSL high scorer bagged 21 instances for the Cityzens final time period and will probably be determined to maintain her good kind going.
Man Metropolis predicted lineup vs Arsenal (4-2-3-1): Keating; Casparij, Aleixandri, Greenwood, Ouahabi; Park, Hasegawa; Fowler, Miedema, Hemp; Shaw.
Such an infinite fixture going down on the opening weekend of the season makes it even harder to foretell, with each Arsenal and Man Metropolis fatigued from their midweek journeys throughout Europe. Current conferences between these sides have been fiercely contested and Sunday will probably be no totally different.
Arsenal do boast dwelling benefit and received this precise fixture 2-1 final time period, however Man Metropolis claimed two victories within the different clashes in 2023/24. The Gunners have a formidable entrance line – as do Man Metropolis – and it could be a battle of the forwards this weekend.
Regardless, it is assured to be a cracker.
