Live Blog: Blackstenius scores twice as Arsenal Women beat Leicester 4-1
Injuries and illness have forced Renée Slegers to name a changed Gunners side
Alessia Russo and Taylor Hinds inspect their surroundings at the King Power Stadium. Credit- Suzy Lycett @boodlepim
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Full time: Leicester 1-4 Arsenal
90+1' Five added minutes. 1-4
88' Little is replaced by Reid for Arsenal's final change. 1-4
84' Goal! What were you worried about? Blackstenius with a thumping finish on the counter attack and that will seal it. 1-4
83' Goal! Mouchon pulls one back for Leicester, leaving the Arsenal defence for dead and finishing well. Completely did Little and Codina for pace. 1-3
83' 3,923 in attendance including around 1,700 Arsenal supporters. 0-3
80' Half a chance for Eiriksdottir from the edge of the box but she drags her effort wide. 0-3
77' A fantastic display from Hinds comes to an end as she is replaced by Nighswonger. 0-3
71' Fox with a searching ball down the right side to find Blackstenius and her shot is into the sidenetting. 0-3
67' Arsenal have a free-kick after Ale's handball and Codina gets her head on Kelly's delivery- straight at Leitzig. 0-3
63' Nice cross from Blackstenius and it's headed over by Russo. 0-3
60' Cayman is replaced by summer signing Ayane. 0-3
58' Pelova, Kelly and Fox come on for Caldentey, Foord and McCabe. 0-3
56' Chance! Blackstenius drives into the area and her shot is behind for a corner. 0-3
54' Mead's cross is blocked and there are some big appeals for handball but the referee says no. 0-3
50' Mouchon came on at half time along with Eiriksdottir and van Egmond. 0-3
50' Real chance for Mouchon for Leicester who gets in between the Arsenal centre-backs and her shot is beaten away by van Domselaar. Either side of her and that would have been in. 0-3
48' Caldentey sets up Foord inside the box and she sends a powerful effort over the crossbar. 0-3
46' The second half is underway. 0-3
An outstanding 45 minutes for the Gunners who have run Leicester ragged and lead thanks to Russo, Blackstenius and a Kees own goal.
Half time: Leicester 0-3 Arsenal
45' Blackstenius wins a free kick on the right side of the box, it's fired in by McCabe and cleared. Three added minutes. 0-3
41' A free-kick from Mead on the left flashes all the way across goal and behind. 0-3
38' McCabe tries her luck from range, and why not! Just over the bar. 0-3
36' Mead has been excellent and sets up Blackstenius, who fires the ball past Leitzig to make it 3-0. This could turn quite ugly for Leicester. 0-3
34' Big chance! Foord finds Mead in the box and she had so much time but her shot was saved by Leitzig down to her left. 0-2
32' Goal! Russo’s cutback is turned into her own net by Kees and it’s an own goal! 0-2
31' Foul on Mead by Ale on the halfway line- a late on that will sting. 0-1
31' Arsenal are committing the entire team forward for corners, with everyone in or on the edge of the box- Leicester not leaving anyone upfield. 0-1
30' A chance for Little on the edge of the box but her shot is straight at Leiztig. 0-1
25' Chance for Leicester! van Domselaar with a careless pass out from the back that hits the on-rushing O'Brien, and fortunately ends up in her hands. 0-1
25' Huge cheers for Mead as she slides in with an important tackle on Ale in the Arsenal box. 0-1
23' There's one of the more blatant tactical goalkeeper timeouts. "Drinks!" shouted one of the Leicester players the moment Leitzig went down, for some sort of hand problem. No idea. 0-1
21' Lovely cross from McCabe on the right side just evades Blackstenius, and Leitzig will go down for a tactical timeout. 0-1
16' McLoughlin fires in a cross from deep towards the back post but there's too much on it and Arsenal have a goal kick. 0-1
10' Blackstenius gets in behind again Swaby but the Leicester defender does superbly to get in front of her. 0-1
7' Goal! Mead’s excellent cross is controlled by Blackstenius into Russo’s path and it’s a firm finish past Leitzig! 0-1
6' O'Brien finds some space and looks to slip Cain in behind but the flag is up for offside. 0-0
3' Now Mead slips the ball across goal and McCabe's driven effort is blocked. 0-0
1' Little and Hinds are both able to get shots off, the first is blocked and the second wide. 0-0
1' Catley sends Blackstenius in behind almost immediately and Leicester have to clear for a corner. 0-0
1' Underway! 0-0
There will be a minute's silence ahead of kick-off with this being Leicester's final home game before Remembrance Day.
Here come the teams!
Leicester are winless in their last four league games but thrashed WSL2 Ipswich in the League Cup.
Time for, of course, Kasabian to get this Leicester crowd going ahead of kick-off. It's a big month for the Gunners, with Chelsea, Bayern and Spurs all to come. Can they find their flow today with a changed side?
Arsenal won 6-2 here two seasons ago but only 1-0 last year in what was a poor display. The Foxes' drew with Chelsea here last December and are a well-organised side, who seem to struggle mostly going forward.
Leicester are ninth in the table with five points on the board- four of those five have been picked up at home.
As expected, Hinds is crossing from the right side in the warm-up and McCabe left. Fox is on the bench.
Arsenal are fifth in the WSL and a huge eight points behind leaders Chelsea, who visit N5 on Saturday in a game the Gunners simply have to win.
The Gunners are back in action after an injury-hit international break- Reid and Wubben-Moy withdrew from the England squad, with Brighton loanee Michelle Agyemang rupturing her ACL against Australia. Zinsberger suffered the same injury in training on the eve of Arsenal's win over Benfica last time out.
Around 1,700 Arsenal fans have made the trip up to Leicester, with roughly 4,000 expected to be the attendance here at the King Power.
Leicester subs: van Egmond, Goodwin, Mouchon, Eiriksdottir, Keane, Las, Sherwood, Ayane.
Leitzig; Ale, Thibaud, Swaby, Kees; McLoughlin, Tierney; Cayman, Rantala, Cain; O'Brien.
Leicester could be a back three or four. BBC Sport reckons a four, so here they are:
Smith is out with a bruised hip, and Maanum a knock- both sustained on international duty. Wubben-Moy and Cooney-Cross are ill, with the former building up to match fitness.
Arsenal subs: Borbe, Liddiard, Fox, Kelly, Pelova, Nighswonger, Reid, Harwood.
van Domselaar; McCabe, Catley, Codina, Hinds; Caldentey, Little; Foord, Russo, Mead; Blackstenius.
The Arsenal team is in and there is plenty of news! It is as follows:
Good morning (yeah, that still doesn't seem right) and welcome to the King Power Stadium. It's another 12pm kick off, and there are more to come!