Key events
Liverpool’s home form has been particularly dicey this season, with Matt Beard’s side picking up only two points on their own turf. Arsenal, meanwhile, have been strong away from home, losing only to Chelsea. The omens favour the visitors.
Team news
Liverpool: Micah, Fisk, Clark, Bonner, Matthews, Hinds, Nagano, Shaw, Holland, Enderby, Smith.
Arsenal: Van Domselaar, Fox, Williamson, Catley, Caldentey, Mead, McCabe, Maanum, Foord, Russo, Cooney-Cross.
Preamble
It’s the last round of matches before the WSL’s winter break and Arsenal, the league’s form team after Chelsea, are set to take on Liverpool. Since stepping in as Arsenal’s interim head coach after the departure of Jonas Eidevall, Renée Slegers has presided over a nine-match unbeaten run in all competitions and will be aiming to extend that run at St Helens Stadium this afternoon.
Liverpool are seventh as things stand and have lost their last three league games on the bounce, failing to score in any of them. They had more luck in the League Cup in midweek, beating Everton 4-0 in the Merseyside derby, and will be hoping to build on that momentum, but lost 2-0 when Arsenal last visited in January.
