Arsenal Women vs London City Lionesses W – prediction, team news, lineups

Arsenal women will launch the female season of the Super League with a home confrontation against London City Lionesses W SATURDAY.

The Gunners will aim to win the WSL title for the first time since 2019, while visitors have ambitions to shake the regular order after a loaded transfer window.

Correspondence overview

Arsenal is preparing to play their first competition game since the superb Barcelona in the final of the May Champions League in Lisbon.

Stina Blackstenius marked the decisive objective in close victory 1-0, which obtained arsenal its first European title since 2007.

After driving the artillerymen to European glory in the last quarter, Renee Slegers will surely have ambitions to put an end to the expectations of six years of the club for the WSL title in its first full season in charge.

Slegers welcomed Taylor Hinds,, Olivia Smith and Anneke Borbe at the club during the summer transfer window, while Chloe Kelly Arrived on a permanent agreement following a successful stay in the second half of last season.

Although there will be a lot of excitement surrounding the new additions, Arsenal has just farewell to the legend of the club, Lia waltiWho left after 183 appearances for a new challenge with the Italian team of Juventus.

Slegers should be confident about the chances of his team to take the three points of their first match after having won each of his first eight home games WSL as a boss of Arsenal, leaving only a victory to establish a new record for the longest starting home for a manager in the history of the competition.

London City Lionesses is preparing for his very first WSL game after winning the championship in the last quarter.

The Jocelyn Pre -team team collected 43 points on 20 games to win the title of champion before second place in Birmingham City.

In recent times, the team that comes from the second level has difficulty staying in the elite, as shown in the fact that the promoted club has been relegated in the past two WSL seasons.

However, the owner of London City, Michelle Kang, will surely have higher expectations after supervising an ambitious transfer window, which saw them make 15 permanent additions, including the arrivals of Freya Godfrey and Teyah Goldie of Arsenal.

Jana Fernandez,, Elena LinariDanielle Van de Donk, Alanna Kennedy,, Katie Zelem And Nikita Parris Among the notable names that joined the pre-bail’s team before the 2025-26 campaign, ensuring that there is a lot of excitement and anticipation on what the club can achieve this season.

London City has lost each of its last five competition games against Arsenal without scoring, but this record will not prevent them from participating in the competition on Saturday in the hope of making a statement against the reigning European champions.

Team news

Arsenal is unable to call on one of their main players in Leah Williamsonwhich will miss the start of the season after having undergone a knee procedure after the victory of England of the penalty of England over Spain in the final of Euro 2025.

Alessia Russo Heads the guest line, the international in England trying to enjoy another successful campaign after scoring 24 WSL goals during his first two seasons as a arsenal player.

Hinds and Smith hope to make their Arsenal debut on Saturday, but they may have to be satisfied with a few minutes from the bench in the opening of the WSL.

As for visitors, there will be a lot of excitement and uncertainty about how they could line up following their ambitious summer transfer company.

PRECHER, which has a multitude of defense options, could decide to align with a back of the back composed of Fernandez, Kennedy, Linari and Rofiat Imuran.

At the opposite end of the field, Parris hopes to have the opportunity to direct the line against the club where she spent a season in 2021-2022.

Women Arsenal Possible Start lineage:

Van Domselaar; Fox, Wubben-Moy, Catley, McCabe; Pelova, Little, Caldentey; Kelly, Foord, Russo

London City Lionesses W Possible Demarque lineage:

LETE; Fernandez, Kennedy, Linari, Imuran; Zelem, Kumagai; Goodwin, Asllani, Gothéy; Parris

We say: Arsenal Women 2-1 London City Lionesses W

London City may need time to make their new players gelled after transforming their team during the summer, but that said, they have the quality to make it a difficult game for European champions.

Although we think it will be a close meeting, we always think that Arsenal will do enough to take the three points of their WSL opening match.

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