Key events
London City Lionesses v Manchester City Women teams
London City Lionesses: Earps, Fernandez, Perez, Leon, Corrales, Geyoro, Arques, Diani, Putellas, van de Donk, Goodwin. Substitutes: Lete, Pattinson, Linari, Godfrey, Parris, Anyomi, Cascarino, Kafaji, Thomsen.
Manchester City Women: Yamashita, Wamser, Rose, Knaak, Greenwood, Blindkilde, Hasegawa, Fujino, Clinton, Hemp, Shaw. Substitutes: Cumings, Fowler, Wienroither, Coffey, Casparij, Lohmann, Beney, Prior, Davies.
Arsenal Women v Aston Villa Women teams
Arsenal Women: Misa, Batlle, Williamson, Catley, Hinds, Cooney-Cross, Stanway, Smith, Reuteler, Foord, Russo. Substitutes: Borbe, Fox, Wubben-Moy, de Almeida, Little, Maanum, Baum, Blackstenius, Holmberg.
Aston Villa Women: Okuma, Patten, Harviken, Deslandes, Wilms, Kielland, Jean-Francois, Maritz, Kendall, Grant, Vangsgaard. Substitutes: Kearns, Hijikata, Parker, Mullett, Murphy, Imuran, Taylor, Maltby, Kerry.
Preamble
Things are looking up for Arsenal Women and Renée Slegers. Last weekend brought a vital derby win against Tottenham, before a commanding 3-0 victory against Benfica in the Champions League in midweek, including a hat-trick for the inspirational Alessia Russo.
The Gunners return to the domestic stage this afternoon by hosting Aston Villa in the WSL: a third consecutive win would shut down any talk of a crisis after their shaky start to the campaign. London City Lionesses take on the joint-leaders, Manchester City Women, in the other 12pm GMT kick-off.
Birmingham City v Tottenham, West Ham v Liverpool and Brighton v Crystal Palace are the 2pm kick-offs: Charlton v Chelsea is the final match on the menu, beginning at 2.30pm. Let’s
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