WHEN AND WHERE
City travel to Meadow Park to face Arsenal on Sunday 2 April with kick-off scheduled for 12:30 (UK).
The match is available to watch live in the United Kingdom on BBC Two, the BBC Sport website, BBC iPlayer and the FA Player, while you can also follow comprehensive coverage on the official Man City app.
Our Matchday Centre, offering detailed text updates, stats and analysis across the day, begins at 11:00, to keep you up to date on proceedings in north London.
Those with push notifications turned on will also be alerted to all the key moments as they unfold.
A detailed match report and reaction from Gareth Taylor and players alike can be accessed soon after the final whistle, while highlights and a full-match replay (via CITY+ and Recast) will be made available from 12:00 on Monday, 3 April.
team news
Defensive duo Alanna Kennedy and Demi Stokes are a doubt for this weekend’s clash with “little niggles.”
“But, outside of that everyone else is really good,” said Taylor in his pre-match press conference on Friday afternoon.
“Everyone’s come through the training session earlier today. In terms of availability, numbers wise we’re in a good place.”
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“I think when you look at how he performed over the last few seasons home or away our form in general has been pretty good,” he said.
“I think our away form is good. This run of WSL games that we’ve put together have obviously involved CFA games and games away from home as well. We are confident, we are very confident at the moment. We are in a good place.
“The confidence is good, the confidence is good within the team, the energy is good. And of course it’s a game we are obviously looking forward to we know these games will be key, the same things I was saying before last weekend’s game so I think it’s just about concentrating on what we do, what we do really well and trying to execute that to the highest standards we possibly can.”
Ticket information
Tickets for our trip to Meadow Park are now on general sale in South Stand.
This end of the stadium is standing only. More information can be found on Arsenal’s official website.
Secure your ticket by clicking here.
FORM GUIDE
City are unbeaten in the WSL across our past 14 matches after securing a 2-0 victory over Chelsea last time out.
Across this run, which stretched back to September 2022, we have won 12 and drawn two which has seen our title bid gather momentum as we sit second in the table – joint on points with Manchester United with a slightly lower goal difference.
Meanwhile, the Gunners are unbeaten in their past three league games – including a 5-1 win away at rivals Tottenham in their previous league fixture.
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Chelsea Chelsea | 22 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 71 | 18 | 53 | 55 | WLWWW | |
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Arsenal Arsenal | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 53 | 20 | 33 | 50 | WWDWW |
LAST TIME OUT
Taylor’s side secured a vital win over Chelsea in our last assignment with a hard-fought 2-0 success over Emma Hayes’ side.
A fantastic strike from Filippa Angeldahl opened the scoring on 21 minutes as she chipped Ann-Katrin Berger from the right edge of the box.
Lauren Hemp then doubled our advantage nine minutes later with a fizzing drive which nestled into the top corner to send the majority of the 5,000-strong Academy Stadium crowd into raptures.
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PREVIOUS ENCOUNTER
First-half goals at the Academy Stadium from Hemp and Chloe Kelly in what was an electric opening 45 minutes gave City a commanding lead at the interval.
The former’s strike represented her 50th for the Club in all competitions, before the latter prodded home at the back post on the cusp of the break.
Rafaelle Souza pulled a goal back for the visitors on 59 minutes, but we held on to secure three points.
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