Freddie Cardy at Emirates Stadium
Renee Slegers has named a changed forward line as Arsenal Women host Manchester City at Emirates Stadium in the Women’s Super League.
Olivia Smith, Caitlin Foord, Beth Mead and Alessia Russo all start for the Gunners, with Smith expected to lead the line with Russo in the ten.
Goalkeeper Daphne van Domeslaar makes her first start since November, having come on for Anneke Borbe in the closing stages of Arsenal’s Champions Cup final win over Corinthians. Deadline day loan signing Barbora Votikova is included on the bench.
Stina Blackstenius, a frequent goalscorer against Manchester City, is out with a calf niggle.
Arsenal: van Domselaar; McCabe, Catley, Wubben-Moy, Fox; Little, Caldentey; Foord, Russo, Mead; Smith.
Substitutes: Votikova, Williams, Codina, Williamson, Holmberg, Harwood, Pelova, Maanum, Kelly.
How we line up against Arsenal ?XI | Yamashita, Rose, Knaak, Greenwood (C), Casparij, Blindkilde Brown, Hasegawa, Hemp, Kerolin, Miedema, ShawSUBS | Keating, Clinton, Coombs, Ouahabi, Coffey, Lohmann, Beney, Prior, Murphy? @etihad pic.twitter.com/yOo1hmqoRl
— Manchester City Women (@ManCityWomen) February 8, 2026
