Full time: Aston Villa 1-3 Arsenal!

90+2' Tactical foul by Cooney-Cross, and the Aussie is shown yellow for dragging down Mayling as she tried to break. 1-3

90+2' Taylor comes on for Leon. 1-3

90+1' Six added minutes. 1-3

90' Foord bends a shot onto the roof of the net- not far away! 1-3

89' 10,074 fans are in attendance at Villa Park but a few are heading home early now. 1-3

87' Goal! Aston Villa 1-3 Arsenal: Blackstenius gets into the box and slips before she gets a shot away, but gets to her feet and finds the bottom corner! 1-3

84' Goal! Aston Villa 1-2 Aston Villa: Wubben-Moy puts Arsenal in front, up from the back to head home! 2-1

83' Russo heads onto the crossbar from Fox's cross! 1-1

81' Mullett replaces the goalscorer Salmon, and Cooney-Cross comes on for Pelova. 1-1

80' Arsenal have now had 30 shots to Aston Villa's 1. It's still 1-1 at Villa Park. 1-1

77' Now Blackstenius can go for goal, but her header from Russo's cross is saved down low. 1-1

75' And then an even better one to tip Pelova's effort over! Top-drawer from the Kiwi. 1-1

74' Anna Leat is on a one-player mission here, another brilliant save to deny Foord from close range! 1-1

71' Blackstenius replaces Maanum. 1-1

70' More positive play from Arsenal and Little's shot is saved by Leat. 1-1

69' Mead then drives a shot at Leat, who is up to the task again. 1-1

68' Now Maanum fires over from inside the box! 1-1

67' Brilliant save from Leat to tip Wubben-Moy's header over the bar! A series of chances for Arsenal here but Villa are holding on. 1-1

65' McCabe and Lacasse are replaced by Catley and Foord. 1-1

64' Off the post from Maanum! Almost a brilliant goal from the Norwegian, who bends a left-footed shot onto the woodwork. 1-1

63' Russo's shot is blocked after Pelova couldn't get one off. 1-1

62' Catley, Foord and Blackstenius are all preparing to come on for Arsenal whilst Corsie gets ready for the home side. 1-1

57' Arsenal looked to be going nowhere in the second half but are back level thanks to Pelova and it's Villa who are under pressure now. 1-1

54' Goal! Aston Villa 1-1 Arsenal: Russo's shot is saved by Leat but the ball comes out to Pelova and she fires in the equaliser. 1-1

52' Mead is adjudged to have dived in an attempt to win a penalty, and Villa win a free-kick. No contact on her there, show the replays. 1-0

50' Good play by the home side and Salmon gets in behind again, before trying to tee up Daly. Williamson does well again to intercept. 1-0

48' Williamson's header falls to Mead at the back post but she can't create a chance. 1-0

46' Underway! 1-0

Both sides are unchanged for the second half. 1-0

Arsenal were 4-0 up against Villa at this stage not long ago in the Conti Cup, but Ebony Salmon's goal means that Villa have their noses in front.

Half time: Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal.

45+2' Fox tries her luck from the edge of the box, and her lobbed effort sails over the top corner. 1-0

45+1' Pelova glances a header towards goal but Leat can claim easily. 1-0

45+1' Three added minutes. 1-0

42' More worries for Arsenal as Williamson has to cut out another counter. 1-0

39' Arsenal try to respond and Maanum's delicate shot is deflected behind. 1-0

36' Goal! Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal: A rare foray into the Arsenal box for Villa, and Leon can cut the ball back to Salmon, who sweeps a tidy shot into the far corner. 1-0

34' Mead's corner is claimed well by Leat, who had shipped three goals at this stage of the last meeting between these two sides. 0-0

29' And Arsenal can now create a chance for Russo, who heads straight into the hands of Leat. 0-0

28' Maanum drills a shot towards goal and it's blocked by a defender. 0-0

25' Salmon's cross strikes the hand of Wubben-Moy, but appeals for a penalty are waved away. 0-0

24' Villa boss Carla Ward is unwell, and communicating with her touchline from up in the stands. 0-0

24' Great pressure from Lacasse and Russo to force Maritz a good 15 yards back into her own half on the ball, but eventually the referee blows for a free-kick. 0-0

22' Mayling is down and both teams group together to talk tactics- Villa with their coaches, and Arsenal on the other side of the pitch as a team. 0-0

20' Good from Arsenal as Fox and Maanum combine before Mead cuts onto her left foot and sees her shot blocked. 0-0

15' Little finds space after some patient build up play, and drives a shot that is saved by Leat. 0-0

12' Leon gets in behind the Arsenal defence but Williamson does enough to divert the danger. 0-0

10' Excellent ball forward to Lacasse by Wubben-Moy, but her low cross is cut out before Zinsberger has to rush forward to clear a counter-attack. 0-0

9' Her corner is headed away and Little can fire an effort towards goal on her left foot. It's deflected wide. 0-0

8' Arsenal win a corner and Mead will take... 0-0

7' Villa are lining up in a back five, it's certainly a more cautious approach after that recent 4-0 thrashing against Arsenal in the Conti Cup. 0-0

2' The first chance of the game falls to Maanum, who drags her shot wide from inside the box. 0-0

1' Chants of "we're in the right socks" from some of the away fans. 0-0

1' We are underway! 0-0

Arsenal are in their pink, white and blue away strip, with Villa in their traditional home colours.

Here come the teams!

A big lights show and Freed From Desire to get the crowd going.

The teams are in the tunnel!

Arsenal dispatched Aston Villa in their Conti Cup semi-final meeting earlier this month thanks to a first-half hat-trick from Stina Blackstenius. Villa led 1-0 for the majority of their WSL meeting with Arsenal at the Emirates, but were undone by late Katie McCabe and Alessia Russo goals.

Warm handshakes between Jonas Eidevall and former Arsenal players Jordan Nobbs and Noelle Maritz as they leave the pitch- both teams have finished their warm-ups.

Jonas Eidevall told Sky Sports that Lia Walti suffered a "Minor knee injury in training" and will be out for "several weeks".

Aston Villa will remain in seventh place no matter of tonight's result, in what has been a difficult season for Carla Ward's side, who have been hampered by injuries.

Arsenal are seven points off top spot after their defeat at Stamford Bridge, but can close the gap on City and Chelsea if they win at Villa Park.

Chelsea have beaten West Ham 2-0 to move top of the WSL, thanks to a slightly superior goal difference over Manchester City.

Huge cheers as the Austrian's name is announced over the tannoy too.

Great to see Laura Wienroither back with the Arsenal squad for the first time since sustaining an ACL injury against Wolfsburg in May last year.

Aston Villa are out first to warm up- Carla Ward's side will of course have also been affected by this delay.

Both sets of goalkeepers are warming up for this delayed kick-off. We will get underway at 7:30pm.

Both sets of goalkeepers are warming up for this delayed kick-off. We will get underway at 7:30pm.

Three former Arsenal players start for Villa- Nobbs, Patten and Maritz, the latter who was cup-tied when these sides met in the Conti Cup.

Russo, Lacasse, Fox and Maanum replace Blackstenius, Foord, Catley and Walti for Arsenal.

Aston Villa subs: Poor, Corsie, Lehmann, Gregory, Mullett, Magill, Taylor, MacPhail, Sallaway.

Arsenal subs: D'Angelo, Williams, Catley, Wienroither, Codina, Reid, Cooney-Cross, Foord, Blackstenius.

Aston Villa: Leat, Mayling, Patten, Nobbs, Daly, Dali, Turner, Salmon, Leon, Maritz, Pacheco.

Laura Wienroither is back on the bench for Arsenal, but Lia Walti is not in the squad.

Arsenal: Zinsberger; McCabe, Wubben-Moy, Williamson, Fox; Pelova, Little; Lacasse, Maanum, Mead; Russo.

Five minutes until team news- Jonas Eidevall said there were no new injuries since the Chelsea defeat.

Arsenal arrived about 20 minutes ago for a brief pitch walk.

Kick-off has been delayed by 45 minutes after Arsenal's journey up to Birmingham was disrupted.

Good evening from Villa Park, and welcome to the live blog of Aston Villa vs Arsenal in the WSL. Freddie Cardy is here to talk you through all the action.