The Seagulls have made themselves hard to beat in recent weeks, winning three and drawing two games in all competitions, including their Adobe Women\u2019s FA Cup quarter-final success against us, which setup a semi-final with Liverpool this weekend.<\/p>\n
Since then, Brighton produced a shock 3-2 win at home to Manchester City thanks to two goals from Madison Haley and one from Kiko Seike, before earning a 1-1 draw away to Manchester United by way of Jelena Cankovic\u2019s opener.<\/p>\n
Those results have them sixth in the WSL with 25 points from 20 games and a goal difference of 0, having scored and conceded 25 goals each.<\/p>\n
Seike is their top scorer in all competitions with 11 goals, including eight in the league.<\/p>\n
Gunners loanee Rosa Kafaji has been regularly involved in Brighton\u2019s matches this season, making 24 appearances so far in all competitions, but naturally she won\u2019t be eligible to play against us in this match.<\/p>\n
WHAT THE MANAGERS SAY<\/h3>\n\n<\/article>\nSlegers: <\/strong>\u201cI think Brighton is a very good team. I think they’re very brave and convinced in the way they play, both in and out of possession. But I think what they also have is they have a versatility and they can do things in different ways, adjusting to opposition and circumstances, which I’m really impressed with. <\/p>\n“So they’ve been doing really, really well and they’re a hard team to play against.” – Read every word of Ren\u00e9e\u2019s pre-Brighton press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n Read more<\/span> <\/p>\n Every word of Ren\u00e9e\u2019s pre-Brighton press conference <\/span>
\n <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/article>\n\n\n<\/article>\n<\/article>\nVidosic: <\/strong>\u201cPlenty for us to play for in the league as well. We\u2019re three points off of our best ever season. So we\u2019ve got to games left, so there\u2019s still that small accomplishment that we could then overtake last season and become the best team in terms of points wise in our history.<\/p>\n\u201cI think that would be a good progression from last year.\u201d<\/p>\n
TEAM NEWS<\/h3>\n\n\n<\/article>\n<\/article>\nRen\u00e9e Slegers confirmed that Beth Mead is back and available to be in the squad on Wednesday, but the same can’t be said for Steph Catley.<\/p>\n
There are no fresh injury concerns following the weekend’s game at Lyon.<\/p>\n
FACTS AND STATS<\/h3>\n\n\n<\/article>\n<\/article>\nWe have won six of our seven away matches against Brighton in the WSL (L1), keeping a clean sheet and scoring at least three times in each victory.<\/p>\n
Among fixtures to be played as often as this one (at least 15), our win rate of 93% against Brighton (14\/15) is the greatest one side boasts over another in the WSL.<\/p>\n
Our 7-0 win against Leicester City last time out was our biggest in the league since May 2022 (7-0 vs Aston Villa); with 5-0 (vs West Ham) and 5-2 (vs Spurs) wins in the games prior, we could become the first team in WSL history to score five or more goals in four consecutive matches.<\/p>\n
We are unbeaten in each of our last 13 WSL games (W10 D3) and could equal our longest unbeaten streak in a single WSL campaign, set in our invincible title winning season of 2012 (W10 D4).<\/p>\n
Smilla Holmberg has six goal involvements across just three WSL starts (2 goals, 4 assists), the joint-most by any player after three starts in WSL history (level with Rachel Williams (2011) and Caitlin Foord (2020)) – the Swede could also become the first player in the competition to score or assist in each of their first four starts, and the first teenager to do so in four consecutive starts overall in the WSL.<\/p>\n
Stina Blackstenius is enjoying her best ever goalscoring season in the WSL with nine goals \u2013 the striker could net in three consecutive English top-flight appearances for only the second time, after a run in November 2023 which included goals against Leicester and Brighton.<\/p>\n
MATCH OFFICIALS<\/h3>\n\n\n<\/article>\n<\/article>\nCallum Jones has been appointed to take charge of Wednesday\u2019s game. He will be assisted by Georgia Ball and Lauren Whiteman, with Sophie Dennington the fourth official.<\/p>\n
Jones has seen over two WSL fixtures this season, handing out five yellow cards and one red.<\/p>\n
Referee: <\/strong>Callus Jones <\/strong><\/p>\nAssistants: <\/strong>Georgia Ball and Lauren Whiteman <\/strong><\/p>\nFourth official: <\/strong>Sophie Dennington<\/p>\nHOW TO WATCH<\/h3>\n\n\n<\/article>\n<\/article>\nThis match will be shown live on BBC Three, BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and Sky Sports Main Event in the UK. For supporters elsewhere in the world, take a look at which broadcasters are showing the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n Read more<\/span> <\/p>\n How to watch Brighton v Arsenal Women live on TV <\/span>
\n <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\nCopyright 2026 The Arsenal Football Club Limited. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Slegers: <\/strong>\u201cI think Brighton is a very good team. I think they’re very brave and convinced in the way they play, both in and out of possession. But I think what they also have is they have a versatility and they can do things in different ways, adjusting to opposition and circumstances, which I’m really impressed with. <\/p>\n “So they’ve been doing really, really well and they’re a hard team to play against.” – Read every word of Ren\u00e9e\u2019s pre-Brighton press conference.<\/p>\n \n Read more<\/span> <\/p>\n Vidosic: <\/strong>\u201cPlenty for us to play for in the league as well. We\u2019re three points off of our best ever season. So we\u2019ve got to games left, so there\u2019s still that small accomplishment that we could then overtake last season and become the best team in terms of points wise in our history.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that would be a good progression from last year.\u201d<\/p>\n Ren\u00e9e Slegers confirmed that Beth Mead is back and available to be in the squad on Wednesday, but the same can’t be said for Steph Catley.<\/p>\n There are no fresh injury concerns following the weekend’s game at Lyon.<\/p>\n We have won six of our seven away matches against Brighton in the WSL (L1), keeping a clean sheet and scoring at least three times in each victory.<\/p>\n Among fixtures to be played as often as this one (at least 15), our win rate of 93% against Brighton (14\/15) is the greatest one side boasts over another in the WSL.<\/p>\n Our 7-0 win against Leicester City last time out was our biggest in the league since May 2022 (7-0 vs Aston Villa); with 5-0 (vs West Ham) and 5-2 (vs Spurs) wins in the games prior, we could become the first team in WSL history to score five or more goals in four consecutive matches.<\/p>\n We are unbeaten in each of our last 13 WSL games (W10 D3) and could equal our longest unbeaten streak in a single WSL campaign, set in our invincible title winning season of 2012 (W10 D4).<\/p>\n Smilla Holmberg has six goal involvements across just three WSL starts (2 goals, 4 assists), the joint-most by any player after three starts in WSL history (level with Rachel Williams (2011) and Caitlin Foord (2020)) – the Swede could also become the first player in the competition to score or assist in each of their first four starts, and the first teenager to do so in four consecutive starts overall in the WSL.<\/p>\n Stina Blackstenius is enjoying her best ever goalscoring season in the WSL with nine goals \u2013 the striker could net in three consecutive English top-flight appearances for only the second time, after a run in November 2023 which included goals against Leicester and Brighton.<\/p>\n Callum Jones has been appointed to take charge of Wednesday\u2019s game. He will be assisted by Georgia Ball and Lauren Whiteman, with Sophie Dennington the fourth official.<\/p>\n Jones has seen over two WSL fixtures this season, handing out five yellow cards and one red.<\/p>\n Referee: <\/strong>Callus Jones <\/strong><\/p>\n Assistants: <\/strong>Georgia Ball and Lauren Whiteman <\/strong><\/p>\n Fourth official: <\/strong>Sophie Dennington<\/p>\n This match will be shown live on BBC Three, BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and Sky Sports Main Event in the UK. For supporters elsewhere in the world, take a look at which broadcasters are showing the game.<\/p>\n \n Read more<\/span> <\/p>\n Copyright 2026 The Arsenal Football Club Limited. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our Barclays Women\u2019s Super League campaign gets back under way with a trip to Broadfield…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} Every word of Ren\u00e9e\u2019s pre-Brighton press conference <\/span>
\n <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/article>\nTEAM NEWS<\/h3>\n
FACTS AND STATS<\/h3>\n
MATCH OFFICIALS<\/h3>\n
HOW TO WATCH<\/h3>\n
How to watch Brighton v Arsenal Women live on TV <\/span>
\n <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n