Kyra Cooney-Cross makes her first Arsenal start against Leicester City in the WSL this evening. Kim Little and Lia Walti are both not in the squad, so Pelova, Cooney-Cross and Maanum start in midfield.
Manu Zinsberger starts in goal with Katie McCabe at right-back, Amanda Ilestedt, Lotte Wubben-Moy and Steph Catley completing the back line. Caitlin Foord and Cloe Lacasse start either side of Alessia Russo upfront. Academy graduate Vivienne Lia is on the bench.
1.Zinsberger; 15.McCabe, 28.Ilestedt, 3.Wubben-Moy, 7.Catley; 21.Pelova, 32.Cooney-Cross; 24.Lacasse, 12.Maanum, 19.Foord; 23.Russo.
Unused: 9.Mead, 11.Miedema, 14.D’Angelo, 16.Maritz, 17.Hurtig, 22.Kuhl, 25.Blackstenius, 40.Williams, 53.Lia.
Strong bench.
their bench is stronger than the starting lineup of 50% of the teams in the wsl fr
Looking forward to seeing Pelova in her natural position
For a coach who bangs on about relationships and chemistry between players, he doesn’t half like to change his line up every game…
Are Kim or Lia injured? Have been missing from last 2 games.
Good to see Man City getting turned over. I wonder if the Brighton manager was bullying the 4th??