Key events
And with that, it’s time to wrap this Matchday live up. Thanks for joining us today!
FULL-TIME: Arsenal 1-0 Brighton
It wasn’t particularly pretty, but Arsenal get a much-needed win.
90+10 min: Arsenal should be able to see this one out with three minutes left to play. Brighton haven’t had too many chances in this second half.
90+8 min: Little finds Blackstenius with a fantastic defence-splitting pass into the box. The striker goes for goal with her first touch but drags her shot wide!
90+1 min: We’re into 13 minutes of added time.
90 min: Russo goes for a volley from the edge of the box, but drills her effort inches wide!
89 min: Chloe Kelly is on for the Gunners, replacing Foord. Meanwhile, someone in the crowd starts waving a 3ft cutout of the England star’s face in the stands. That surely can’t be practical to carry on the Piccadilly Line…
88 min: We’re approaching the end of normal time, although there will be a significant amount added on following that injury to Mpomé.
85 min: Blackstenius is currently the furthest player forward for Arsenal, with Russo holding back slightly. The Gunners are on the front foot for now.
83 min: Nnadozie is enjoying a brilliant game for Brighton. The goalkeeper comes out of her box to head clear a through ball. She also made a fantastic tackle on Russo earlier in the match.
78 min: Arsenal continue looking for a second as Little plays a pass to Blackstenius in the box, which is intercepted and sent out for a corner.
McCabe crosses it in and Blackstenius heads it just wide.
72 min: Mpomé is being stretchered off. She will be replaced by Marit Auee.
69 min: Mpomé is still being treated by the medics. A stretcher has been taken over.
63 min: Mpomé suffers a ball to the face and she does not appear to be in a good way. The physios are all over by the Brighton defender.
60 min: Brighton come close as a cross is sent into Camacho in the box. The striker goes for the header but Van Domselaar can make the save.
58 min: Huge chance for the hosts as McCabe sends a corner into the box. Nnadozie punches it out but only as far as Smith, who goes for the volley which is blocked. The ball then drops out to Maanum, who shoots but Mpomé makes a fantastic block on the line.
56 min: Chance for Brighton now as Camacho receives the ball in the box before shooting on the half-turn. Her effort is saved by Van Domselaar.
52 min: McCabe goes for a snap shot on the edge of the box, but her effort is saved by Nnadozie.
48 min: Arsenal kick off the second half all guns blazing (pun intended) and pile the pressure on Brighton. They have three early corners but cannot make the most of any of them.
We’re back under way at the Emirates Stadium!
Tom Garry was at Hill Dickinson Stadium this afternoon as Manchester United came from behind to earn a 4-1 win against Everton.
HALF-TIME: Arsenal 1-0 Brighton
The Gunners lead at the break, but they will need a huge improvement in the second half if they want to avoid dropping points again.
45+1 min: Seike breezes past Reid far too easily before shooting from the edge of the box, forcing a save from Van Domselaar.
45+1 min: Just the one minute has been added on…
40 min: McCabe gets the ball blasted into her face by Kirby from close range – accidental of course – but ouch, that’s got to hurt!
38 min: Chance for Brighton as Kirby loops a brilliant pass over to Seike, who is chased into the box by McCabe before going for goal from a tight angle, forcing a strong save from Van Domselaar.
35 min: Brighton have been let back into the game by Arsenal here. They are starting to put some pressure on but the Gunners seem to be dealing with it relatively well for now.
28 min: The earlier goal has officially been registered as a Marisa Olislagers own-goal.
24 min: Brighton are beginning to gain a bit of momentum now. A cross is looped over to Seike in the box, but McCabe and Van Domselaar eventually make the clearance before a foul is given.
22 min: First chance for Brighton as the ball is played to Kirby inside the box, who looks to chip it over Van Domselaar with a first-time shot. The attempt is easily saved by the goalkeeper.
20 min: Brighton are yet to have a touch in the Arsenal box. The Gunners have dominated this game so far.
GOAL! Arsenal 1-0 Brighton (Marisa Olislagers OG, 15)
It was coming! Arsenal break the deadlock!
The ball is played through to Smith, who looks to either shoot or play a pass inside to Russo, but her effort takes a deflection off Olislagers before rolling into the net!
10 min: Another big chance for Arsenal! Foord plays the ball out to McCabe on the left, who notices Nnadozie off her line and goes for an audacious shot which is brilliantly saved by the goalkeeper.
Foord then picks up possession in the box before going for goal, forcing another strong stop from Nnadozie.
9 min: Huge chance for the hosts! Caldentey steps up to take a corner and drills the ball low into the box. It deflects to Smith around 15 yards out, who goes for the shot but fires her shot over the crossbar!
5 min: Arsenal have had the majority of possession in these early stages but they are yet to do anything effective with it.
KICK OFF – Arsenal v Brighton
We’re under way at the Emirates Stadium!
Just a reminder that Brighton will be without both Michelle Agyemang and Rosa Kafaji, who are both on loan from Arsenal, today.
Both players have been hugely influential this season, with two goals and two assists between them so far.
The Gunners have arguably been at their best going forward with Frida Maanum and Alessia Russo playing together. They need the creativity this afternoon.
Arsenal need a win this afternoon against Brighton. Anything less and they will be all-but out of the title race already. The margin for error is very small in the WSL and the Gunners cannot drop any more points at this stage.
Arsenal v Brighton team news
Arsenal starting line-up: Van Domselaar, Fox, Catley, Reid, McCabe, Little, Caldentey, Smith, Maanum, Foord, Russo.
Substitutes: Zinsberger, Wubben-Moy, Codina, Mead, Kelly, Pelova, Hinds, Blackstenius, Cooney-Cross.
Brighton starting line-up: Nnadozie, McLauchlan, Hayes, Rule, Olislagers, Symonds, Cankovic; Kirby, Camacho, Mpome Seike.
Substitutes: Poulter, Baggaley, Noordam, Carabali, Auee, Tsunoda, Martin, Milner, Heron.
Next up, we’re off to the Emirates Stadium for Arsenal v Brighton. Let me bring you some team news…
Thanks Dominic! Well, after a slow start things certainly picked up in the second half of each game – perhaps not as much at Villa Park, however.
Jess Park certainly made an impact, scoring twice after coming off the bench for United. She has been phenomenal since completing the switch from Manchester City.
Final scores
Aston Villa 0-0 Leicester
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
Everton 1-4 Manchester United
London City Lionesses 1-0 West Ham
I’m handing back to Emillia Hawkins who will guide you through the reaction, and the rest of our live coverage today.
Chelsea win 1-0 over Tottenham which means it’s just the final knockings of the United game to conclude these earlier kickoffs. United have had a couple of injury worries, to Jess Park and Ella Toone, during the added time period.
London City 1-0 West Ham is also a final score which means the visitors are still winless, pointless and rooted to the foot of the WSL table after six matches.
Aston Villa 0-0 Leicester has finished. Not one that will live long in the memory.
Some good news late in the Chelsea game: Lucy Bronze is back playing football. Remember when she revealed she’d played the whole Euros with a broken leg? The England full-back is made of seriously stern stuff.
Into added time now … can Spurs find something at Chelsea? Can Villa or Leicester find a winner?
GOAL! Everton 1-4 Man Utd (Park, 89)
Jess Park has a second goal in a superb cameo! This one is the pick of the bunch, with Galton pressing, winning it, laying it off to Toone, who in turn fed Park to drill home.
In Spain, Barça Femení have just hammered second-placed Atletico Madrid 6-0 away from home, putting an immense seven-point gap between them and their nearest challengers after just seven games. Barcelona have a perfect league record this season with seven wins.
With Spurs losing at leaders Chelsea, United are poised to go second in the WSL.
Manchester City will be able to leapfrog them later if they secure a win at Liverpool.
GOAL! Everton 1-3 Man Utd (Park, 84)
Game, set and match, United. Jess Park opts not to celebrate against her former club but it’s a hammer blow for Everton, with Park’s finish deflected past Ramsey.
83 mins: United are now knocking the ball around with some confidence. It’s hard to see, with Everton having so little possession, how they find a way back into this.
The Everton v Man United game is running slightly behind the rest… and will probably have a fair bit of added time as the managers ring the changes.
Malard, who scored the equaliser and was involved in the melee that yielded the second goal, is taken off, with Leah Galton, Rachel Williams and Julia Zigiotti Olme all on for United.
The only goalless game now is Aston Villa v Leicester and if we haven’t brought you many updates from that one… it’s because there hasn’t been very much to report. Nearly 80 minutes gone, still time for either side to conjure up a winner.
It’s ironic that United have earned those two goals just as Everton were enjoying one of their better spells of the game. On the whole, however, the visitors probably deserve it.
Both scruffy goals really but United will not care.
GOAL! Everton 1-2 Man Utd (Kitagawa OG, 70)
Two in quick succession for Manchester United after a real mess in the Everton box, trying to deal with a set piece. Kitagawa has turned into her own net, a real miscue and a horrid moment for the Everton defender.
GOAL! London City 1-0 West Ham (Asllani, 68)
Kosovare Asllani scores for London City in this derby against West Ham.
West Ham keeper Kinga Szemik slipped at the wrong moment and it was gift-wrapped for Asllani to tap home.
