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57 min: Substitution for Chelsea as Lauren James returns to the pitch after a spell on the sidelines with a calf harm. She replaces Baltimore on the left wing.

56 min: Now Baltimore makes an attempt a shot from distance after receiving the ball from Nüsken in midfield. The winger goes for purpose from round 25 yards out however her effort flies over the crossbar.

54 min: Arsenal battle to clear their traces as Chelsea pile on the stress. Catley is finally caught out by Cuthbert, however Van Domselaar comes off her line to assert possession.

52 min: Shiny makes an attempt an audacious shot from not less than 30 yards out, however her effort flies effectively broad of the goal.

49 min: The nook is crossed into the field and reaches Nüsken on the entrance put up. The midfielder makes an attempt to flick it in direction of purpose along with her heel however as an alternative the ball runs behind for a purpose kick.

48 min: Baltimore receives the ball on the left and appears to drive into the field, however Fox is there to make the deal with and see it out for a nook.

46 min: Chelsea made one change on the break, with Maika Hamano changing Ramírez. Macario will now play as a striker.

Kick-off: Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal

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It was all Chelsea within the early levels of the primary half, however Arsenal managed to get themselves again into the match. Beth Mead, Alessia Russo and Emily Fox all got here shut for the guests, however arguably the perfect probability fell to Catarina Macario, who pressured an amazing save from Van Domselaar within the thirty sixth minute. An enormous half of soccer awaits!

Half-time: Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal

45+1 min: 4 minutes have been added on…

44 min: Arsenal are pressured right into a change as Foord walks off with an harm simply earlier than half-time. She is changed by Frida Maanum, with Mariona transferring out to the wing.

42 min: Enormous probability for Arsenal! The ball is drilled into Russo on the sting of the field, who kills the velocity with an ideal contact throughout to Little. The midfielder then shifts possession again out to Mead on the left, who cuts inside earlier than trying to shoot for the top-right nook, however her effort flies broad!

39 min: Arsenal have improved massively within the final 20 minutes or so, forcing Chelsea onto the again foot at occasions. However they need to cautious – Chelsea might catch them out in a matter of seconds…

36 min: Huge probability for Chelsea now as Nüsken crosses the ball into the field. It will definitely falls to the ft of Macario, who makes an attempt to shoot on the half-turn and forces an amazing save from Van Domselaar.

33 min: Macario sends a Chelsea nook into the field. Nüsken and Little each go to floor following a collision and the referee awards Arsenal a free kick. Each gamers are nice to proceed.

30 min: One other probability for the guests. Three fast passes finally result in Fox within the field, who goes for purpose and forces a save from Hampton.

28 min: McCabe wanders out of possession and finds herself briefly within the No9! She receives a protracted cross by means of earlier than trying the shot, however Charles is there to ship it behind for a nook.

26 min: One other big probability for Arsenal! McCabe sends a cross to Mead on the again put up, who brings the ball down earlier than going for the shot. Her effort deflects off the leg of Charles earlier than going behind for a nook.

23 min: A poor again cross from Cuthbert in midfield presents possession to Russo on the sting of the field! The striker cuts inside earlier than going for purpose, however her effort is dragged broad. An enormous probability missed there for Arsenal.

20 min: Arsenal followers can breathe a sigh of reduction as Mead seems to be okay following that problem. She will play on for now.

19 min: Mead goes to floor and seems to be in some discomfort following a collision with Kaneryd. She is holding her proper knee.

18 min: Chelsea have a nook and the ball is swung into the field, however the referee blows her whistle when Little goes to floor following a collision with Shiny. Arsenal have a free kick.

15 min: Simply when Arsenal are struggling to interrupt by means of, Cooney-Cross splits the Chelsea defence with an excellent cross to Mead within the field. It bounces awkwardly as Bronze makes an attempt to make the deal with, however play shortly stops when the offside flag is waved.

13 min: Cuthbert takes a heavy contact, permitting Russo to win the ball again for Arsenal. Nonetheless, Chelsea are again in numbers and aren’t letting the guests although.

10 min: Charles is given far an excessive amount of house on the left, permitting her to float in direction of the Arsenal penalty space. She sends a cross to Baltimore, who simply shrugs off Fox earlier than crossing the ball into the six-yard field. Fortunately for Arsenal, McCabe is there to get a contact on it, steering the cross away from Kaneryd on the again put up.

8 min: Arsenal must get a grip on this sport. They’ve been caught out by Chelsea far too many occasions to this point. The hosts aren’t giving their opponents any respiratory house.

6 min: Arsenal are very fortunate to nonetheless be stage right here. A direct cross is distributed throughout the pitch to Kaneryd, who crosses the ball in to Baltimore from the best. Arsenal can clear, however solely so far as Cuthbert, who goes for the shot from the sting of the field and her effort skims narrowly previous the put up.

3 min: Arsenal face an early scare as a miscommunication between Van Domselaar and Williamson sees the ball spill out in direction of the ft of Macario within the six-yard field. Fortunately for the guests they’ll finally scramble it away.

1 min: Little intercepts a cross in midfield earlier than setting the ball to Mead, who’s pressured to go backwards. Chelsea shortly pin Arsenal again into their very own half earlier than profitable possession and giving it to Kaneryd. The winger goes for purpose, however her effort is comfortably saved by Van Domselaar.

Kick-off

Proper, that’s sufficient switch information for now. Kick-off is in slightly below 5 minutes!

Chelsea verify Naomi Girma switch

In case you weren’t already conscious, Chelsea agreed a $1.1million take care of San Diego Wave for USA defender Naomi Girma this week. Right here’s what our very personal Tom Garry needed to say concerning the historic switch…

Sonia Bompastor has simply all-but confirmed the signing of Naomi Girma. The Chelsea supervisor advised BBC Sport: “Sure, we’ll most likely need to announce one thing about Naomi quickly.”

Arsenal midfielders Lia Wälti and Kim Little spoke to Suzanne Wrack this week about this afternoon’s big London derby, Jonas Eidevall’s exit and the way issues have modified underneath new head coach Renée Slegers.

Discussing Chelsea throughout her pre-match press convention on Friday, Arsenal head coach Renée Slegers mentioned: “I’m very impressed with what they’ve been doing however what we wish to do is take this sport and method it as another sport. The issues we’ve been doing rather well is being composed and calm about any opposition we play. Being humble, but additionally having a giant perception in what we’re doing. We attempt to method this sport in the very same method.”

Arsenal followers, you’ll be happy to know that the guests are sporting RED socks this afternoon. No last-minute sprint to the megastore right now!

Discussing Arsenal throughout her pre-match press convention earlier this week, Chelsea head coach Sonia Bompastor mentioned: “Our mentality is to concentrate on the sport and each sport is simply price three factors, it’s not more than that on Sunday. So we concentrate on ourselves and our mentality is to ensure in each sport we put ourselves in the best mentality to ensure we win the sport. We don’t concentrate on the desk, we take it sport by sport, and we’re extra targeted on how we are able to carry out the perfect on sport day.”

Guro Reiten claims Chelsea are “not pleased with the place they’re proper now” regardless of remaining undefeated throughout all competitions. The winger mentioned right now’s derby with Suzanne Wrack earlier this week…

In case you in some way missed it, the final time these two groups met at Stamford Bridge there was one main speaking level – socks.

Sure, Arsenal took white socks throughout London for the fixture, leading to a equipment conflict. The match was subsequently delayed by half-hour and the Gunners needed to put on Chelsea’s darkish blue and black away socks bought from the stadium megastore…

Hopefully we received’t see the identical drawback once more this afternoon!

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