Arsenal return to UEFA Ladies’s Champions League motion this weekend with the go to of Italian giants Juventus.
The Gunners made it six video games unbeaten underneath interim supervisor Renee Slegers with a north London derby victory in opposition to Tottenham over the weekend. Her facet shall be stuffed with confidence forward of Thursday’s European conflict on the Emirates, and so they might put themselves inside touching distance of qualification with a victory this week.
Arsenal confronted Juventus solely final week within the reverse of this fixture and emerged with a cushty 4-0 victory, with Frida Maanum and Mariona Caldentey among the many goalscorers. They are going to be hopeful of attaining an identical end result this day trip forward of the November worldwide break.
90min brings you a full preview of Thursday’s Champions League conflict on the Emirates…
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Tottenham 0-3 Arsenal – 16/11/24 |
Juventus 2-2 Sassuolo – 17/11/24 |
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Juventus 0-4 Arsenal – 12/11/24 |
Juventus 0-4 Arsenal – 12/11/24 |
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Arsenal 5-0 Brighton – 8/11/24 |
Juventus 3-0 AC Milan – 9/11/24 |
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Arsenal 1-1 Man Utd – 3/11/24 |
Hellas Verona 0-4 Juventus – 6/11/24 |
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West Ham 0-2 Arsenal – 20/10/24 |
Napoli 0-3 Juventus – 3/11/24 |
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Victoria Pelova is Arsenal’s long-term absentee as she continues her restoration from an ACL damage sustained over the summer season. Defender Amanda Ilestedt can be nonetheless sidelined following the start of her child.
Slegers made one change to the beginning lineup over the weekend from the facet that beat Juventus final week as Caldentey returned to the staff. Beth Mead dropped to the bench on Saturday, so the interim boss could look to rotate once more with one other worldwide break across the nook.
Arsenal predicted lineup vs Juventus
Arsenal predicted lineup vs Juventus (4-2-3-1): Van Domselaar; Fox, Williamson, Catley, McCabe; Walti, Little; Caldentey, Foord, Maanum; Russo
Defender Cecilia Salvai is the one main doubt for Juventus after she underwent surgical procedure to restore the femoris tendon in her proper thigh earlier this month. Whereas an actual timeline for her restoration hasn’t been revealed by the membership, it’s unlikely she shall be obtainable for Thursday’s assembly with Arsenal.
Max Canzi made quite a lot of adjustments to his beginning lineup of their league match in opposition to Sassulo over the weekend, together with Martina Lenzini, Estelle Cascarino and Pauline Peyraud-Magnin, who might all return to the staff on Thursday.
Juventus predicted lineup vs Arsenal
Juventus predicted lineup vs Arsenal (3-4-3): Magnin; Lenzini, Calligaris, Cascarino; Bergamaschi, Caruso, Schatzer, Boattin; Cantore, Vangsgaard, Beccari
If final week’s assembly between the 2 groups is something to go by, this must be one other snug victory for Arsenal. Final day trip, they scored 4 in opposition to the Italian facet with out response.
This week, they’ve the house benefit on the Emirates and no WSL sport to issue on this weekend. Victory on Thursday evening would put Slegers’ facet inside touching distance of qualification for the knockout rounds, one thing the interim boss shall be determined to attain.