How to follow Arsenal v United Women

HOW CAN I FOLLOW THE GAME?

Saturday’s lunch-time kick-off will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Main Event. Meanwhile we will have live radio commentary on ManUtd.com and regular updates throughout the 90 minutes on both our website and the United App, followed by a match report and post-match interviews.

TICKET INFORMATION

Our away end at the Emirates is completely sold out for this fixture. However, you can still join us for our next home game in March, and for all the remaining five league fixtures at LSV and Old Trafford as follows:

Sun 17 Mar: Bristol City (12:00 GMT)*
Sun 31 Mar: Everton (14:00 BST)*
Sun 21 Apr: Tottenham (12:00 BST)*
Sun 18 May: Chelsea (15:00 BST)**

*Times and dates TBC
**This game is being played at Old Trafford

You can buy tickets for all of these games here.

WHAT IS THE TEAM NEWS?

United's long-term absentees Gabby George, Emma Watson and Jess Simpson remain unavailable for selection due to their knee injuries, while Hinata Miyazawa’s foot injury keeps her out of action as well. 

Jayde Riviere was absent for our fifth-round victory over Southampton after picking up a knock in our last league outing against Brighton. It looks as though she is set to be sidelined for the Reds this weekend, too, having withdrawn from Canada’s squad for the CONCACAF Gold Cup, which begins next week. Skinner could provide an update on her, and other impending team news, in his press conference on Thursday. 

The Gunners will be without United States defender Emily Fox, who is on international duty ahead of the Gold Cup, while Vivianne Miedema is expected to miss out as she nurses a small injury. Swedish centre-back Amanda Ilestedt is expected to be in contention, after returning from an illness that kept her out of their FA Cup defeat to Manchester City.

THE OPPOSITION 

After reaching the semi-finals of the UEFA Women’s Champions League last term, and with the return of players like Beth Mead and Miedema from long-term knee injuries, expectations coming into the 2023/24 campaign were high for the Gunners. A shock exit in the first-round of qualifying for the UCL to Paris FC was not on the cards, nor was losing to Liverpool at the Emirates on the opening day of the season. 

Their form soon picked up, however, and it looked as though they were ready to go toe-to-toe with Chelsea for the WSL title, especially in December when they dispatched Emma Hayes’s side in a comfortable 4-1 victory that not many saw coming. However, another shock defeat to Tottenham Hotspur away, followed by losing to relegation-threatened West Ham, saw their title hopes fade rapidly. A defeat to Manchester City last weekend saw Jonas Eidevall’s exit the FA Cup, too, leaving them with the Conti Cup to play for along with a place in the top three needed to secure a return to UCL action next season.