Brighton & Hove Albion Women v Arsenal Women: How to watch, live stream, kick-off time & head-to-head stats

Arsenal Women continue their search for silverware as they travel to Brighton for the Women's League Cup quarter-finals.

Prologue

It's been a busy week for the Gooner Fanzine covering Arsenal Women.

On Friday, the Gooner was present at Renee Slegers' unveiling as the club's permanent head coach, prior to sitting down with Leah Williamson for an in-depth chat for our most-read digital article of the week. We also had the privilege of watching the squad's open training on the manicured pitches of London Colney. 

The Gooner then covered AWFC's 5-0 rout of Crystal Palace as the WSL returned to Meadow Park on Sunday. 

The Gooner was back at the club's training HQ on Tuesday to interview boss Slegers again, ahead of the club's trip to Crawley this evening where the Gunners will take on Brighton in the League Cup quarter-finals. 

We at Colney, we also had a chat with Steph Catley 

So, why not read the online gooner as the Gooner Fanzine continues to grow our already extensive coverage - and watch this space for our next digital issue and further big news (you can read our previous AWFC digital issue here completely free)

How to watch Brighton & Hove Albion Women v Arsenal Women and live stream

Brighton & Hove Albion Women v Arsenal Women will be available to watch live in the UK via the WSL YouTube channel.

Brighton & Hove Albion Women v Arsenal Women kick-off time, date and venue

The match will be played at Broadfield Stadium in Crawley, with kick-off 715pm tonight, Wednesday, January 22. 

Preview:

Slegers' side are in imperious form at the moment.

Thirteen matches unbeaten, following Sunday's 5-0 WSL thrashing of Palace at a sold-out Meadow Park.

Brighton Women have been winless since their 3-2 win over West Ham back in November, with a 6-2 Women's League Cup group stage win over Bristol City their only win during that spell.

With a place in the semi-finals at stake tonight, Brighton Women will be aiming to cause an upset and knock out the holders and one of the favourites - even if Slegers' team will be doing everything in their power to prevent such a thing.

Arsenal team news:

During her pre-match press conference attended by the Gooner Fanzine, Renée gave an update on the progress of Victoria Pelova and Amanda Ilestedt, saying: "They are still in a return-to-play phase. They’re joining up with the team which is great.

"Lina [Hurtig] wasn’t in the squad last Sunday.

"She’s progressing really well, she’s trained in parts with the team, so we’ll see how she reacts after today but she was on the pitch as well."

Renee also confirmed Stina Blackstenius was back in training.

What the managers say:

Renee Slegers on Brighton & Hove Albion: “They have a very strong identity. I think they’re very persistent with their style of play and when they do it well they do it really well, so it’s going to put a challenge on us.

“They’ve changed a little bit, not in possession in the way they’ve been playing, but we’ve seen them change what they do out of possession, so in that sense, it’s going to be a little bit different from the other game [against them].”

Dario Vidoši? on the game…

"We go in confident, that we believe that we can do it. That’s the most important thing: that you have the belief that you can win”.

Brighton & Hove Albion Women v Arsenal Women stats and head-to-head record (H2H)

Brighton Women have never beaten AWFC in any of their previos 15 previous meetings, with only a goalless draw back in November 2019 to show for their efforts.

Played: 15

AWFC wins: 14

Draws: 1

BHA wins: 0

The two most recent matches between the two sides ended in 5-0 wins for the Gunners back in May and November 2024 in the Women's Super League.

Read the Gooner Fanzine's website onlingooner for Freddie Cardy's coverage and Suzy Lycett's photos from Arsneal Women vs Brighotn Women at Crawley this evening.