Set to start: Arsenal goalkeeper Daphne van Domselaar has trained this week after injury
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Arsenal head coach Renee Slegers faces some key selection calls for today’s Women’s Champions League final showdown with Barcelona.
The first of which is who gets the nod in between the posts. Daphne van Domselaar returned from injury for the semi-final second-leg victory against Lyon but hasn’t featured since because of a niggling ankle issue.
Van Domselaar has trained this week in a bid to prove her fitness ahead of the UWCL final and is expected to start. Manuela Zinsberger is on standby to deputise once again if needed, though she has conceded 12 goals in her last three appearances.
Slegers confirmed ahead of the match that her squad has close to a perfect bill of health, saying: “We have a great squad and a lot of players available. The only player not available tomorrow is Rosa Kafaji.”
Chloe Kelly and Beth Mead are battling for a spot on the right-hand side of the attack. The pair have often rotated in this competition and that logic suggests the latter will be picked after Kelly started the second leg win over Lyon.
The rest of Sleger’s XI is fairly easy to predict. Women’s Super League (WSL) Player of the Year Mariona Caldentey is set to start in midfield against her former club, Leah Williamson lines up in defence, Alessia Russo leads the line and Kim Little captains the side.
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Predicted Arsenal XI: Van Domselaar; Fox, Williamson, Catley, McCabe; Maanum, Little, Mariona; Mead, Russo, Foord
Injured: Kafaji
Time and date: 5pm BST on Saturday May 24, 2025
How to watch: TNT Sports and DAZN
Venue: Estadio Jose Alvalade, Lisbon