Preview: Leicester Women vs. Arsenal Women - prediction, team news, lineups

Arsenal Women will have the chance to record a fifth straight victory in all competitons when they face Leicester Women in Sunday's Women's Super League clash.

The Gunners are currently sitting in fifth place with 10 points to their name, while the hosts are three points further back in seventh position.

Match preview

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After avoiding relegation last term, Leicester made an impressive start to the new campaign, recording three consecutive victories across all competitions.

However, since beating Liverpool 2-1 in the League Cup on October 11, Leicester's early momentum has started to tail off, even though they produced battling displays against the two Manchester clubs.

After holding Manchester United to a 1-1 draw, Willie Kirk's side fell to a narrow defeat in their home meeting with Manchester City.

Unfortunately for the Foxes, they were unable to avoid a second straight loss after being edged out in their away clash with Liverpool despite troubling the scorers courtesy of Missy Goodwin's 57th-minute effort.

Having lost all four of their WSL meetings with Arsenal, the hosts know that they will have their work cut out to claim a positive result this weekend.

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Arsenal experienced a difficult start to the season, losing in Champions League qualifying rounds, before picking up just one point from their opening two league games.

However, the Gunners have not looked back since scoring two stoppage-time goals to beat Aston Villa 2-1 in their third WSL match of the season.

Since that result, Jonas Eidevall's side have gone on to claim two more 2-1 victories over Bristol City and Manchester City, before they beat the Robins for a second time in Thursday's League Cup game.

Goals from Frida Maanum, Lotte Wubben-Moy and Stina Blackstenius helped the Gunners sweep past Bristol City via a 3-1 scoreline in their opening group match.

They will now turn their attention back to WSL action, and they will be looking for another dominant display after winning 5-0 and 4-0 in their last two away games against Leicester.

Team News

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Kirk has confirmed that Leicester forward Shannon O'Brien is set to miss two months of action after picking up a quad injury.

The Leicester boss also revealed that Remy Siemsen could feature in the matchday squad for the first time this season after recovering from an injury issue.

Midfielder Aileen Whelan is also a doubt for Sunday's home encounter after missing the defeat to Liverpool last weekend.

As for the visitors, Leah Williamson, Laura Wienroither and Teyah Goldie remain sidelined with anterior cruciate ligament injuries.

Beth Mead is expected to drop down to the bench after making her first start since returning from a lengthy injury layoff.

Eidevall made wholesale changes for the midweek League Cup win, and he could decide to revert back to the lineup that started against Man City last weekend.

Leicester Women possible starting lineup:

Leitzig; Bott, Howard, Green, Thibaud, Nevin; Cain, Tierney, Rantala, Goodwin; Petermann

Arsenal Women possible starting lineup:

Zinsberger; McCabe, Ilestedt, Wubben-Moy, Catley; Little, Walti; Lacasse, Pelova, Foord; Russo

We say: Leicester Women 0-2 Arsenal Women

Although we expect Sunday's contest to be much closer than Leicester's last two home meetings with Arsenal, we still expect the in-form visitors to leave with all three points.

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