2019–20 Arsenal W.F.C. season

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Arsenal Women
2019–20 season
Arsenal celebrating after Leah Williamson scores in the League Cup final
ManagerJoe Montemurro
StadiumMeadow Park
Super League3rd
FA CupSemi-finals
League CupRunners-up
Champions LeagueQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Vivianne Miedema (16)
All: Vivianne Miedema (29)
Highest home attendance4,000 (vs Chelsea, 24 January 2020)
Lowest home attendance595 (vs Fiorentina, Champions League, 26 September 2019)
Average home league attendance2,209
Biggest win11–1 (vs Bristol City, 1 December 2019)
Biggest defeat1–4 (vs Chelsea, 24 January 2020)
All statistics correct as of 29 February 2020.

The 2019–20 season is Arsenal Women's Football Club's 33rd season of competitive football. The club participates in the Champions League, the Women's Super League, the FA Cup and the League Cup. The club is the defending Women's Super League champion.

Background[edit]

The 2019–20 season came off the back of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup which was played in France. A total of ten Gunners were competing at the World Cup with five different countries. Both Scotland and The Netherlands both had three Arsenal players in their roster: Jen Beattie, Kim Little and Lisa Evans for Scotland and Daniëlle van de Donk, Jill Roord and Vivianne Miedema for The Netherlands. Leah Williamson and Beth Mead were in the England squad while Pauline Peyraud-Magnin played for hosts France and Leonie Maier for Germany.

The Dutch got the furthest in the tournament, ultimately being defeated 2–0 by the United States in the final winning them the silver medal in only their second World Cup appearance. England got fourth place after losing the third place play-off against Sweden 1–2. France got knocked out in the quarter-finals by the United States (1–2), Germany was beaten 1–2 by Sweden in the quarter-finals and Scotland was not able to get out of their group.

Pre-season[edit]

The first pre-season friendly was against Bayern München in the Emirates Cup on 28 July, played in the Emirates Stadium. The women's team played this as a double-header with the men, who played Olympique Lyonnais later that afternoon. The team were still missing their Dutch and English internationals, who were not yet in training as they just returned from holiday after playing in the later stages of the World Cup. Aside from those missing internationals, the team had only been in pre-season for one and a half weeks whilst Bayern's season would start in a few weeks. Bayern won the match 0–1, with Melanie Leupolz heading in a free-kick in the first half. The match was overshadowed by Danielle Carter going off the field on a stretcher late in the second half. It was later revealed that she had sustained an ACL injury, which will keep her off the pitch for a long time. This just after she had come back from an ACL injury for which she had been out for almost a year.[1]

Coach Joe Montemurro admitted that the game came a bit too early in their pre-season, but that it was a great occasion to showcase the women's game to a bigger crowd. He would've liked to come up against opposition of this kind a bit further into the pre-season, but the chance came along to be part of the Emirates Cup. It was important though to make sure the World Cup players were given a good rest before starting pre-season at the club.[2]

The first part of pre-season included the previously mentioned match against Bayern and further friendlies against VfL Wolfsburg (two-time Champions League winner and 2018-19 quarter-finalist) and FC Barcelona (2018-19 Champions League finalist). A 3–0 defeat against the current German champions in the Austrian mountains and a 2–5 defeat at home against Barça showed that the team still has work to do in order to prepare for the upcoming European season. One of the issues seems the absence of Lia Wälti, who is still recovering from a knee injury. She plays as defensive midfielder and Joe Montemurro has attempted to work around her injury by trying other players on that position or other formations, but none seem to have had the desired effect - a problem that will need solving before the season begins.[3]

After going head-to-head against the best European teams, Montemurro's team went on to play two more friendlies to prepare for the domestic season. They first played West Ham United behind closed doors, winning it 2–0.[4] The final pre-season game came on 25 August against North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur which was won 6–0 with a hat-trick by new signing Jill Roord and further goals by fellow new signing Jen Beattie, 2018/19 topscorer Vivianne Miedema and Jordan Nobbs, who returned to the pitch after being out since November 2018 with an ACL injury.[5]

Match details

28 July 2019 Emirates Cup Arsenal England 0–1 Germany Bayern Munich Holloway
12:30 BST Report Leupolz 24' Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 28,500[6]
Referee: NA
7 August 2019 Friendly VfL Wolfsburg Germany 3–0 England Arsenal Kössen, Austria
15:30 CEST
Arsenal Twitter Soccerway Stadium: Akademie Liefering Platz 1
Attendance: NA
Referee: NA
14 August 2019 Friendly Arsenal England 2–5 Spain Barcelona Borehamwood
19:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Meadow Park
Attendance: NA
Referee: NA
25 August 2019 Friendly Arsenal 6–0 Tottenham Hotspur Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
14:00 BST
Report Stadium: Meadow Park

FA Women's Super League[edit]

Main article: 2019–20 FA WSL
Daniëlle van de Donk (pictured against Slavia Praha) scored the only goal in the 89th minute of the away tie against Manchester United.

September–November[edit]

The Gunners' season started in September with a home game against West Ham United (8 September), which saw the official debuts of Jill Roord, Leonie Maier and Manuela Zinsberger – Jen Beattie made her second debut for the club. Beth Mead put Arsenal ahead after 14 minutes and Roord scored on her debut before half-time. A second half goal by Martha Thomas saw West Ham bring the score to 2–1 and they could've leveled it just before the end of the match when they were awarded an indirect free-kick after Arsenal goalkeeper Zinsberger picked up what the referee perceived to be a backpass, but the shot was saved by Zinsberger.[7]

On 16 September the Gunners traveled to Leigh Sports Village to play newly promoted Championship champions Manchester United. It was a very tight match, with good chances on both sides: Jane Ross had her promising attack stopped by Zinsberger and Miedema saw her attempts frustrated by Mary Earps. A 89th-minute goal from Daniëlle van de Donk proving to be the difference between the two teams that evening, the fixture ending in 0–1 and Arsenal maintaining their good start to the league season.[8]

Brighton & Hove Albion visited Meadow Park on 29 September for the third league game of the season. The Gunners ran out clear 4–0 victors, with Little, Miedema, Van de Donk and Nobbs all bagging one goal each. Besides scoring one goal, Miedema also assisted the goals for Little and Van de Donk.[9]

Captain Kim Little scored a penalty in both Champions League ties against Slavia Praha.

After the October international break, Arsenal visited Chelsea at Kingsmeadow on 13 October. The Gunners took the early lead through a Van de Donk goal but seemed disjointed and underperforming in the second half, allowing in two Chelsea goals causing the first defeat this season and ending their run of 11 matches unbeaten. As a result of the 2–1 defeat, the team dropped down to third in the league rankings.[10] Manchester City came to Arsenal's home on 27 October. City were the only side who hadn't dropped any points in the league yet and were on top of the league. Great play between Little and Miedema saw the latter score her 49th goal in as many starts for the club, slotting the ball low past City goalkeeper Ellie Roebuck. Her goal turned out to be the only one in the game, though Nobbs came very close in the latter stages of the second half, but missed an absolute sitter a few yards from the goal. With the 1–0 victory, Arsenal moved up to second, just one point behind Chelsea.[11]

The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium played host to the first WSL North London Derby, turning out a record 38,262 spectators.

After the international break, the Gunners played Tottenham Hotspur on 17 November in the first women's league North London Derby, at the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The first half was pretty even between Arsenal and rivals Spurs, but in the end a league record crowd of 38,262 saw Arsenal win 2–0, thanks to second-half goals from Little and Miedema.[12]

The last game of November, on the 24th was against bottom of the league Liverpool. Although standing last in the league, Liverpool hadn't conceded many goals throughout the season. This game was no different, a first-half goal by Miedema making the difference to decide this match: 1–0.[13]

December–February[edit]

Vivianne Miedema (pictured against Lewes) scored six goals and assisted four against Bristol City. She claimed the league's topscorer title for the second year running.

When Bristol City returned to Meadow Park for the league on 1 December, Arsenal continued where they left off in the League Cup 10 days prior. In a new record win for the Women's Super League, the Gunners put 11 goals past Bristol, in what could only be described as a Miedema masterclass. In her 70 minutes on the pitch, she scored six and assisted another four goals: two scored by Evans, and one each by Williamson and Nobbs. Miedema was thus involved in all ten goals scored when she was on the pitch. After being substituted, two further goals were scored: one by Mitchell - who substituted on for Miedema and one by Bristol's Yana Daniels, who put away a penalty rebound ending the game in 11–1.[14]

A week later on 8 December Arsenal went to Adams Park to take on Reading in the league. After a slow start (first 30 minutes) in which Reading played a high press, making it difficult for Arsenal to execute their game plan, Miedema was the first to score. Ten minutes later Little finished a superbe team-goal, engineered by her with one-touch passing between her, Nobbs and Williamson. After the break, not much changed for the scoreline until the first minute of extra time when Miedema dinked the ball over the keeper into the net after a long pass by Van de Donk, ending the game in 0–3.[15]

In the last game of 2019, Arsenal traveled to Everton on 15 December for their league game. Game started off well, Miedema scoring the first inside 15 minutes. Halfway through the first half, Gabrielle George collided with Mead causing the latter to be stretchered off the field, letting Arsenal fans - all to familiar with injuries over the last seasons - fear the worst. The second half produced the result: a Little penalty, another Miedema goal and an Everton goal by Chloe Kelly ending the game in 1–3.[16] Luckily for the Gunners, Arsenal later reported that after taking x-rays of her leg, Mead's injuries weren't as bad as they seemed during the game - only sustaining bruising to her lower leg.[17]

The new year started off with a visit by Birmingham City to Meadow Park on 5 January. A first-half goal each from Little and Nobbs resulting in a 2–0 win. The Birmingham side had been a mainstay in the top four for recent seasons, but managerial changes and important players transferring out has left the club fighting to stay up thus far this season.[18]

A week later (12 January), the Gunners traveled to Brighton & Hove Albion. In the reverse fixture, Arsenal had beaten the Seagulls 4–0 and this match had the same result: first-half goals by Van de Donk and Roord and second-half goals by Nobbs and Mead ensuring another 0–4 win.[19]

On 19 January, the Gunners welcomed Chelsea to Meadow Park. The first 20 minutes from the visitors was an onslaught, striking three times - by England, Kerr and Ingle, leaving the Gunners no chance to get into the game. Reiten scored a fourth in the second-half before Mead got a consolation goal. Manager Montemurro later admitted that he got the tactics wrong in attempting to press a bit higher up the pitch and stop them from playing through the middle and to create overloads in the middle of the park,[20] which allowed Chelsea to easily attack from the sides.[21]

Arsenal visited the Academy Stadium on 2 February to play Manchester City for the league, only four days after their League Cup semi-final victory. This time around though the roles are reversed with City scoring two goals around half time. Van de Donk put one in the back of the net halfway through the second half to produce the result: 2–1.[22]

After the little snag in the Gunners' league campaign, they visited Liverpool on 13 February. Liverpool went a goal up early in the first half via Babajide. Miedema scored the equalizer halfway through, for Nobbs to add to the tally just minutes later. Just before half-time, Liverpool drew back level via Furness to got 2–2 into the break. Late in the second half, Arsenal were able to get the result they wanted: Miedema scoring to end the game 3–2.[23]

Season curtailed due to COVID-19[edit]

See also: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on association football

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the FA decided to suspend the league on 13 March,[24] first until April but later indefinitively. On 25 May it was announced that the season will not be continued,[25] with the end standings determined on 5 June based on points per game, resulting in a third place for Arsenal.[26] The season's Champions League play-offs will be played in August,[27] while the FA Cup will be finished in September.[28]

Match details

8 September 2019 1 Arsenal 2–1 West Ham United Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
14:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Meadow Park
Attendance: 1,795
Referee: Stacey Pearson
16 September 2019 2 Manchester United 0–1 Arsenal Leigh, Greater Manchester
19:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Leigh Sports Village
Attendance: 2,530
Referee: Abigail Byrne
29 September 2019 3 Arsenal 4–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Meadow Park
Attendance: 1,607
Referee: Elliot Swallow
13 October 2019 4 Chelsea 2–1 Arsenal Kingston upon Thames, London
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 4,149
Referee: Rebecca Welch
27 October 2019 5 Arsenal 1–0 Manchester City Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
14:30 GMT
Report
Stadium: Meadow Park
Attendance: 2,424
Referee: Rebecca Walsh
17 November 2019 6 Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Arsenal Tottenham, London
14:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Attendance: 38,262
Referee: Abigail Byrne
24 November 2019 7 Arsenal 1–0 Liverpool Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
14:00 GMT
Report Stadium: Meadow Park
Attendance: 2,017
Referee: Elizabeth Simms
1 December 2019 8 Arsenal 11–1 Bristol City Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
14:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Meadow Park
Attendance: 1,513
Referee: Helen Conley
Note: New FA WSL record scoreline
8 December 2019 9 Reading 0–3 Arsenal High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
14:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 943
Referee: Richard Hulme
15 December 2019 10 Everton 1–3 Arsenal Southport
14:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Haig Avenue
Attendance: 451
Referee: Benjamin Speedie
5 January 2020 11 Arsenal 2–0 Birmingham City Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
14:00 GMT
Report Stadium: Meadow Park
Attendance: 2,106
Referee: Elizabeth Simms
12 January 2020 12 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–4 Arsenal Crawley, West Sussex
14:00 GMT Report
Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 1,312
Referee: Kirsty Dowle
19 January 2020 13 Arsenal 1–4 Chelsea Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
14:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Meadow Park
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Abigail Bryne
Note: New Arsenal Women record attendance at Meadow Park.
2 February 2020 14 Manchester City 2–1 Arsenal Manchester, Greater Manchester
14:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Academy Stadium
Attendance: 3,664
Referee: Stacey Pearson
13 February 2020 15 Liverpool 2–3 Arsenal Chester, Cheshire
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Deva Stadium
Attendance: 660
Referee: Rebecca Welch
Note: Moved from Prenton Park[29]

Partial league table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG Qualification
1 Chelsea (C) 15 12 3 0 47 11 +36 39 2.60 Qualification for the Champions League
2 Manchester City 16 13 1 2 39 9 +30 40 2.50
3 Arsenal 15 12 0 3 40 13 +27 36 2.40
4 Manchester United 14 7 2 5 24 12 +12 23 1.64
5 Reading 14 6 3 5 21 24 −3 21 1.50
Source: FA WSL, BBC
Rules for classification: Initially: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored. After abandonment of season: 1) Points per game
(C) Champions

Women's FA Cup[edit]

Main article: 2019–20 Women's FA Cup

Arsenal entered the Women's FA Cup in the fourth round against West Ham United on 26 January 2020, Wälti's side-footed volley and McCabe's early goal meant the "Gunners" comfortably moved into the fifth round of the competition. Arsenal's win came after their 4–1 league defeat to Chelsea; after the match, both Montemurro and Wälti said that they were happy with the team's response after the defeat.[30] Arsenal then played Lewes on 23 February, a match which was postponed a few days earlier due to poor weather conditions caused by Storm Dennis.[31] The club progressed to the quarter-finals following a "dominant" 2–0 home win over the second-tier side with goals from Foord and Van de Donk,[32] it was Foord's first appearance and goal for the club since joining in January.[33]

The competition was then delayed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic with the quarter-final against Tottenham Hotspur in March postponed; the Football Association later rescheduled the remainder of the competition in July, set to be played from September, three weeks into the following WSL season.[34] During Arsenal's match against "Spurs", which was played behind closed doors at Meadow Park, the "Gunners" comfortably won 4–0 with an Evans hat-trick and a goal from Nobbs.[35] Arsenal were then drawn against title holders Manchester City for their semi-final fixture. The "Gunners" were defeated 2–1 at the Academy Stadium, goals from City's Sam Mewis and former Arsenal player Steph Houghton meant that Arsenal left the competition early.[36] Manchester City later won the FA Cup after defeating Everton 3–1 in the final.[37]

Match details

26 January 2020 Fourth round West Ham United 0–2 Arsenal Romford
13:00 GMT
West Ham United F.C.
Arsenal F.C.
Stadium: Rush Green Stadium
Attendance: 959
Referee: NA
23 February 2020 Fifth round Arsenal 2–0 Lewes Borehamwood
13:00 GMT
Sofascore womensfacup.co.uk Stadium: Meadow Park
Attendance: 1,663
Referee: NA
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 16 February 2020, it was postponed to 23 February due to adverse weather conditions
26 September 2020 Quarter-finals Arsenal 4–0 Tottenham Hotspur Borehamwood
17:15 BST
Arsenal F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Stadium: Meadow Park
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
Referee: Lucy Oliver
Note: The match was originally scheduled for March 2020, it was postponed to 26 September due to the COVID-19 pandemic
1 October 2020 Semi-finals Manchester City 2–1 Arsenal Manchester
19:15 BST
Arsenal F.C.
Football Association
Stadium: Academy Stadium
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
Referee: Helen Conley

FA Women's League Cup[edit]

Main article: 2019–20 FA Women's League Cup

Group stage[edit]

Arsenal began their FA Women's League Cup campaign away against second-tier side London City Lionesses in September 2019. The "Gunners" dispatched the newly-formed side 5–0, Mead scored a hat-trick whilst Roord and Mitchell bagged the other goals which gave Arsenal a winning start to the group stage.[38] After the match Mead explained that Arsenal's league campaign was most important to the team, but also said that "we are a team that wants to win things and we should be winning things", hinting at Arsenal's desire to win the competition.[38] In late October, Arsenal later defeated Charlton Athletic 4–0 at Meadow Park with goals from Mead, Beattie and two from Van de Donk.[39] After a penalty defeat against Brighton & Hove Albion, and wins against Bristol City and the London Bees, Arsenal qualified for the knockout phase with 13 points on their group stage table.[40]

Match details

22 September 2019 1 London City Lionesses 0–5 Arsenal Dartford
14:00 BST Football Association
Arsenal F.C.
Stadium: Princes Park
Attendance: 577
Referee: Jacob Miles
20 October 2019 2 Arsenal 4–0 Charlton Athletic Borehamwood
14:00 BST
Football Association
Arsenal F.C.		 Stadium: Meadow Park
Attendance: 1,171
Referee: Andrew Humphries
3 November 2019 3 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–0
(4–2 p)		 Arsenal Crawley
14:00 GMT
Football Association
BHA F.C.		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 761
Referee: Paul Howard
Penalties
21 November 2019 4 Arsenal 7–0 Bristol City Borehamwood
15:00 GMT
Football Association
Arsenal F.C.		 Stadium: Meadow Park
Attendance: 805
Referee: Louise Saunders
11 December 2019 5 Arsenal 9–0 London Bees Borehamwood
19:30 GMT
Football Association
Arsenal F.C.		 Stadium: Meadow Park
Attendance: NA
Referee: Lisa Benn

Group B table

Pos Team
 Pld W WPEN LPEN L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ARS BHA BRI LON CHA LCL
1 Arsenal 5 4 0 1 0 25 0 +25 13 Advance to Knock-out stage — — 7–0 9–0 4–0 —
2 Brighton & Hove Albion 5 3 1 0 1 13 4 +9 11 0–0 — 1–2 — — —
3 Bristol City 5 3 0 1 1 11 11 0 10 — — — 3–0 — 1–1
4 London Bees 5 1 1 0 3 3 17 −14 5 — 0–5 — — 0–0 —
5 Charlton Athletic 5 1 0 1 3 3 12 −9 4 — 0–3 2–5 — — 1–0
6 London City Lionesses 5 0 1 0 4 3 14 −11 2 0–5 2–4 — 0–3 — —
Source: playmakerstats.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record

Knockout phase[edit]

Arsenal hosted WSL side Reading on 15 January for their quarter-final tie, the "Gunners" defeated Reading with a late strike from Little which was teed up by Evans down the right wing.[41] After the match, Montemurro acknowledged Arsenal's struggle to stick to their principles saying that "there were lots of elements of frustration."[42] Later in the month, Arsenal played Manchester City at Meadow Park. They qualified for the competition's final after a 2–1 win with goals from Miedema and Van de Donk; City almost got back into the game with pressure on the Arsenal defence, but goalkeeper Zinsberger made several high quality saves to keep Arsenal in the match.[43] The City Ground played host for the final against Chelsea, who had defeated Manchester United 1–0 in the semi-finals.[44] Arsenal lost the League Cup final 2–1 with Bethany England scoring both goals for Chelsea; the first was a strike in bottom corner from close range, Williamson then equalised for Arsenal in the second half through a corner, but Chelsea responded late in the game when Sam Kerr set up England to finish in an open net.[45]

Match details

15 January 2020 Quarter-finals Arsenal 1–0 Reading Borehamwood
19:30 GMT
Football Association
Arsenal F.C.
Stadium: Meadow Park
Attendance: NA
Referee: Emily Heaslip
29 January 2020 Semi-finals Arsenal 2–1 Manchester City Borehamwood
19:30 GMT
Football Association
Arsenal F.C.
Stadium: Meadow Park
Attendance: NA
Referee: Abigail Byrne
29 February 2020 Final Arsenal 1–2 Chelsea West Bridgford
17:30 GMT
Football Association
Arsenal F.C.
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 6,743
Referee: Helen Conley

UEFA Women's Champions League[edit]

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League

Knockout phase[edit]

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase

Round of 32[edit]

Arsenal returned to the UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time since March 2014, the club qualified for the round of 32 on virtue of finishing first in the WSL in the previous season; Arsenal travelled to Florence, Italy to face Fiorentina on 12 September 2019 in what was their first European match in over five years. The "Gunners" won 4–0 with a brace (two goals) from Miedema, a far corner finish by Little, and an Evans volley setup by Mead to all but send Arsenal into the next round.[46] They later confirmed qualification when they defeated the Italian side 2–0 in the second leg at home.[47]

Match details

12 September 2019 First leg Fiorentina Italy 0–4 England Arsenal Florence, Italy
19:00 CEST
UEFA
playmakerstats.com
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 5,338
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
26 September 2019 Second leg Arsenal England 2–0 Italy Fiorentina Borehamwood
19:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Meadow Park
Attendance: NA
Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)

Round of 16[edit]

Arsenal comfortably qualified for the quarter-finals after they defeated Czech side Slavia Praha 13–2 on aggregate; Tumaini Carayol from The Guardian characterised Arsenal's 8–0 second leg win as a "rout".[48] Miedema scored seven goals over the two matches.

Match details

16 October 2019 First leg Slavia Praha Czech Republic 2–5 England Arsenal Prague, Czech Republic
18:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Sinobo Stadium
Attendance: NA
Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece)
31 October 2019 Second leg Arsenal England 8–0 Czech Republic Slavia Praha Borehamwood
19:30 GMT
Report
Stadium: Meadow Park
Attendance: NA
Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

Quarter-finals[edit]

Arsenal were drawn against French side Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) for their quarter-final tie, the legs were originally scheduled to be played in March and April 2020.[49] In March, the competition was put on hold indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, along with all other UEFA competitions and matches including UEFA Euro 2020.[50] In July, UEFA announced that the quarter-final ties were to be played over a single leg at a neutral venue behind closed doors in August; Arsenal were set to play PSG at Anoeta Stadium in San Sebastián, Spain, the home stadium of La Liga side Real Sociedad.[51] Clubs were allowed to register six new eligible players for the tie due to the extended tournament delay;[51] Summer signing Noelle Maritz started the match, whilst Australian international Steph Catley made an appearance from the substitutes bench.[52] Arsenal lost 2–1 and were knocked out from the competition, Marie-Antoinette Katoto gave PSG an early lead before Mead equalised just before the end of the first half; despite Arsenal creating good chances in the second half, PSG substitute Signe Bruun scored the winner after stealing possession deep in Arsenal's half.[53]

Match details

22 August 2020 Quarter-final Arsenal England 1–2 France Paris Saint-Germain San Sebastián, Spain
20:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Anoeta Stadium
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
Note: The match was originally scheduled for March 2020, it was postponed to 22 August due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Squad statistics[edit]

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No. Pos. Nat. Name Super League[55] FA Cup[A] League Cup[60] Champions League[61] Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals A yellow rectangular card A red rectangular card
1 GK  AUT Manuela Zinsberger 12 0 4 0 4 0 2 0 22 0 1 0
2 MF  DEN Katrine Veje 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0
3 DF  SCO Emma Mitchell † 0 (2) 1 0 0 3 1 0 (3) 0 3 (5) 2 0 0
DF  ENG Lotte Wubben-Moy ‡ 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
5 DF  SCO Jen Beattie 9 (1) 0 1 0 3 (1) 2 5 0 18 (2) 2 0 0
6 MF  ENG Leah Williamson 15 1 3 (1) 0 5 (1) 1 4 0 27 (2) 2 0 0
7 MF  NED Daniëlle van de Donk 14 (1) 5 3 (1) 1 6 (1) 3 5 3 28 (3) 12 5 0
8 MF  ENG Jordan Nobbs 12 (2) 5 3 2 6 (1) 1 1 (3) 0 22 (6) 8 0 0
10 MF  SCO Kim Little 12 5 3 0 3 (1) 3 5 4 23 (1) 12 0 0
11 FW  NED Vivianne Miedema 14 16 3 (1) 0 5 (2) 3 5 10 27 (3) 29 1 0
12 DF  AUS Steph Catley ‡ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
13 MF  SWI Lia Wälti 9 (1) 0 1 (1) 1 4 (2) 0 2 (2) 0 16 (6) 1 1 0
14 MF  NED Jill Roord 9 (5) 2 2 0 8 2 3 (2) 1 22 (7) 5 5 0
15 DF  IRL Katie McCabe 12 (1) 0 3 1 5 (2) 3 4 0 24 (3) 4 6 0
16 DF  SWI Noelle Maritz ‡ 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0
DF  IRL Louise Quinn 3 (3) 0 2 0 6 1 1 (2) 0 12 (5) 1 0 0
17 FW  SCO Lisa Evans 14 (1) 2 2 (1) 3 4 (3) 2 5 1 25 (5) 8 0 0
18 GK  FRA Pauline Peyraud-Magnin 3 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 10 0 0 0
19 FW  AUS Caitlin Foord ✭ 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 (1) 0 4 (1) 1 0 0
20 DF  GER Leonie Maier 6 (7) 0 2 (1) 0 6 0 2 0 16 (8) 0 1 0
21 MF  SWI Malin Gut ‡ 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
22 MF  AUT Viktoria Schnaderbeck 10 0 3 0 5 (1) 0 1 (3) 0 19 (4) 0 1 0
23 FW  ENG Beth Mead 11 (3) 3 2 (1) 0 5 (2) 5 5 1 23 (6) 9 2 0
26 MF  ENG Ruby Grant 0 0 1 0 1 (1) 0 0 0 2 (1) 0 0 0
27 MF  ENG Mel Filis 0 (1) 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 3 (1) 2 0 0
30 DF  ENG Ruby Mace ‡ 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0

Transfers[edit]

Injuries

Position No. Player Injury Last game Estimated return
FW 9 England Danielle Carter Knee (ACL) vs. Bayern München, 28 July 2019 Entire season [88]
MF 2 Denmark Katrine Veje Foot vs. Brighton & Hove Albion, 11 November 2019 Short-term [89]
MF 10 Scotland Kim Little Foot vs. Chelsea, 19 January 2020 This season [90]
MF 13 Switzerland Lia Wälti Hamstring [91] vs. Manchester City, 29 January 2020 This season [92]
FW 23 England Beth Mead Knee (MCL) vs. Liverpool, 13 February 2020 This season [93]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ Women's FA Cup appearance statistics, discipline statistics and squad numbers are sourced individually from each match report: West Ham United,[56] Lewes,[57] Tottenham Hotspur,[58] and Manchester City.[59]

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