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Renée Slegers has made five changes to the starting XI for this evening’s Barclays Women’s Super League clash with Brighton & Hove Albion.
Following our 3-1 defeat away to Lyon in the UEFA Women’s Champions League semi-final second leg, the players coming into the side are Smilla Holmberg, Laia Codina, Taylor Hinds, Victoria Pelova and Frida Maanum.
They replace Emily Fox, Leah Williamson, Katie McCabe, Mariona Caldentey and Stina Blackstenius.
The players keeping their place in the 11 are Daphne van Domselaar, Lotte Wubben-Moy, Kim Little, Olivia Smith, Caitlin Foord and Alessia Russo.
Kick-off is at 7.45pm at Broadfield Stadium in Crawley as we look to keep the pressure on Manchester City.
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Arsenal XI: Van Domselaar, Holmberg, Wubben-Moy, Codina, Hinds, Pelova, Little (C), Maanum, Smith, Foord, Russo
Substitutes: Borbe, Votikova, Fox, Williamson, McCabe, Mariona, Mead, Kelly, Blackstenius
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