Arsenal are Conti Cup finalists once again!

Full time: Arsenal 4-0 Aston Villa!

90+1' Two added minutes. 4-0

90' Lia comes on for Maanum to huge cheers. 4-0

87' 3,507 fans are in attendance at Meadow Park tonight. 4-0

87' Great work again by Foord who jinks into the box and cuts the ball pack, where it's fired over by Pelova. 4-0

85' Mullett replaces Dali. 4-0

84' Rapid Arsenal counter-attack as Foord threads the ball up to Blackstenius, but she fires high and wide. 4-0

84' A little smile on Codina's face as McCabe shows absolutely no interest in getting the ball to take a throw-in, and Daly reluctantly kicks it back to her. 4-0

81' Little and Pelova come on for Russo and Walti. 4-0

80' Arsenal keep trying for a fifth, with Foord the latest player to have a shot blocked. 4-0

77' Blackstenius' cross almost finds the onrushing Russo. 4-0

72' Nobbs finds herself in a lot of space and takes aim, only finding the hands of Zinsberger. 4-0

70' Blackstenius latches onto Foord's clever pass but she can't make anything of it. 4-0

67' It's now Cooney-Cross' turn to shoot from a long way out but she can't hit the target. 4-0

65' Maanum takes aim from range and Leat dives to her right to make a routine stop. 4-0

64' Dali swings in a corner, and its headed into the side netting by Corsie. 4-0

63' Codina and Foord replace Williamson and Mead. 4-0

63' Excellent pass by Pacheco to play Salmon in behind, but Wubben-Moy slides in to make an important block. 4-0

60' Mead curls a shot just wide of the top left corner! 4-0

59' Codina looks set to be substituted on, whilst Little and Lia have been sent to warm up. 4-0

57' Salmon bursts past Mead into the box, delivering a cross which is cleared away. 4-0

56' The resulting corner is worked short but Mead blocks Magill's cross before Catley concedes another corner. 4-0

55' Nearly an own goal from McCabe who has to slide in to try and cut out a low cross, sending the ball just wide of the net. 4-0

53' Another chance for Blackstenius, this time chipping a shot just over the bar via a deflection. 4-0

53' Another chance for Blackstenius, this time chipping a shot just over the bar via a deflection. 4-0

53' Good defending from Williamson to clear the ball away from the onrushing Salmon. 4-0

52' Catley unleashes a first-time strike from the edge of the box that flies just over the crossbar, moments after Blackstenius failed to turn the ball home from close range. Maanum then draws a save from Leat. 4-0

48' Arsenal thought they had a fifth goal, and the goal music is still playing, but the offside flag is up after Maanum converted Catley's low cross. 4-0

47' One change at half time for the away side, with Simone Magill on for Lehmann. 4-0

46' Underway! 4-0

Aston Villa are back out for the second half, and now Arsenal join them.

Arsenal substitutes Lia, Pelova, Foord and Codina are all warming up.

Now news that Arsenal have sold over 22,000 tickets for their Emirates Stadium clash with Leicester City.

An early brace from Blackstenius before Maanum’s quality strike. Blackstenius then headed home to compete her hat-trick and all but seal Arsenal’s spot in the Conti Cup final.

Half time: Arsenal 4-0 Aston Villa

45+1' Three minutes of added time. 4-0

44' Carla Ward makes a first half change as Ebony Salmon comes on for Hanson. 4-0

44' That really should be game over now. Three for Blackstenius, four for Arsenal who have been relentless against a struggling Villa side. 4-0

40' Goal! Arsenal 4-0 Aston Villa: Mead's free kick is headed back across goal by Wubben-Moy, and Blackstenius heads the ball past Mayling to seal a super hat-trick! 4-0

39' First yellow card of the game as Nobbs brings down her former teammate Mead! 3-0

38' McCabe has to be alert to clear Mayling's cross away from danger. 3-0

35' Leat has to punch away Wubben-Moy's deep cross, under pressure from Russo. Last time I saw Wubben-Moy cross the ball in, Jen Beattie was there to meet it at a sold out Emirates... 3-0

35' Mead's ball in is a poor one and easily cleared away. 3-0

34' Trip on Russo and Arsenal have a free-kick on the left after Wubben-Moy headed away Villa's corner. 3-0

32' A rather theatrical scream from Lehmann who hits the deck and is laughed at by the home fans. Villa do win a corner up the other end... 3-0

28' Typical Walti as she picks up the ball under pressure from Daly on the edge of her box but just turns away and sets the Arsenal attack in motion. Such an intelligent footballer. 3-0

25' Cooney-Cross gets in behind the defence and has to slide in to get to the ball, conceding a goal-kick for Villa. 3-0

22' Free-kick for Arsenal on the right corner of the penalty area. McCabe goes for goal and hits the crossbar! 3-0

20' Very close to a fourth as Williamson's shot is saved by Leat. 3-0

18' Goal! Arsenal 3-0 Aston Villa: Maanum with a piledriver from range that flies past leat into the bottom corner. 3-0

17' Lehmann can't direct her shot towards goal at the back post from a deep cross. 2-0

16' Arsenal's free-kick from the left is headed away. 2-0

14' Could have been the hat-trick for Blackstenius as the ball was slipped across goal, but it was cut out by a Villa defender. 2-0

11' Goal! Arsenal 2-0 Aston Villa: An easier finish this time but it's Blackstenius again, two goals in as many minutes. Mead's cross is headed down by Russo and the super Swede thumps it into the roof of the net from close range. 2-0

10' Goal! Arsenal 1-0 Aston Villa: Blackstenius again is able to get in behind the defence and smashes the ball past Leat to put Arsenal in front. 1-0

8' Villa's first long ball looking for Daly is well watched by Catley who clears for a throw. 0-0

5' Mead drives through the middle but her shot is blocked. 0-0

4' Intense start from Arsenal, and Villa are up against it. 0-0

1' Very close to an opener! Blackstenius gets in behind and crosses for Russo at the back post, but she can't find the net. 0-0

1' Underway, a minute early! 0-0

A big chorus of North London Forever and we're all set to kick-off!

Both sides are in their huddles as kick-off approaches. Arsenal in red and white, Villa in their blue away kit.

The teams are in the tunnel! And here they come.

The Conti Cup always produces quirky stories, and just now I spotted Gunnersaurus taking a picture with... Olaf from Frozen, who appears to be an Aston Villa fan.

Arsenal beat Aston Villa 3-0 in the quarter-finals of last year's Conti Cup, with Frida Maanum scoring a brace. The Norway international starts for the Gunners tonight.

Villa ended 2022/23 with a 2-0 win here at Meadow Park to seal 5th place in the WSL, but Carla Ward's side have been unable to make any further progress this season. The Villans are 8th in the current table.

Aston Villa were defeated 4-1 by Liverpool at the Bescot Stadium, another poor display in what has been an underwhelming season.

Arsenal come into this game after beating rivals Tottenham 1-0 thanks to Alessia Russo's goal early on in the second half.

News just in that Arsenal Women have sold 4,200 tickets for their trip to Chelsea next week, out of their total allocation of 6,000.

Big cheers for Patten and even bigger for Nobbs from the home fans as their names are announced.

Former Gunners Jordan Nobbs and Anna Patten start for Aston Villa.

Leah Williamson starts again, with Maanum, Cooney-Cross and Blackstenius all coming into the side.

Lia Walti makes her 150th appearance for Arsenal.

Aston Villa subs: Poor, Salmon, Mullett, Magill, MacPhail, Sallaway.

Arsenal subs: Little, Foord, Pelova, Codina, Williams, Lia, Earl, Bouhaddi.

Aston Villa: Leat, Maylijg, Patten, Corsie, Lehmann, Nobbs, Daly, Dali, Turner, Hanson, Pacheco.

Arsenal: Zinsberger; Catley, Wubben-Moy, Williamson, McCabe; Walti, Cooney-Cross; Maanum, Russo, Mead, Blackstenius.

Team news is in, starting with Arsenal

Welcome to our live blog of tonight's Conti Cup semi-final!