Records are set to tumble as an early-season north London derby takes centre stage in the Women's Super League this afternoon. More than 52,000 tickets and ...
On the pitch, Arsenal showed no hangover from missing out on the title by a single point on the final day last season as they thrashed Brighton 4-0 in their delayed opener, though they have decided to leave Stina Blackstenius on the bench today. Surely the WSL attendance record has been absolutely smashed here. With on-the-day sales open up until half-time, we could well see a new record for a domestic women’s match in England, which has stood at 53,000 for some 102 years. Arsenal 2-0 Tottenham 44 mins: Arsenal do get their second before the break and it’s a first of the season for Miedema! Arsenal 2-0 Tottenham LIVE!
Little tries to chip it to Miedema in the six-yard box, but it's headed behind for another corner.
That's not the way to go about a football game. "It shows that the interest there is for real. Walti, from the holding midfielder position, plays the ball out wide, it's then tucked inside to Little on the left side of the Spurs box. It's a well-placed cross from McCabe on the left to pick out her team-mate, but Foord's header is just wide. "It's not giveaways, it's not sold for a discounted price. The Gunners have now sold 51,000 tickets. Make no mistake, we will be ready to go today when the first whistle goes. Certainly the excitement on the pitch today in our last training session was evident. She takes a touch and goes for it, but it just sneaks wide, rippling the side netting instead of the back of the net. Foord with a cracking glancing header inside the Spurs box following a poorly cleared corner. Mead scored, her second of the season, inside five minutes. Miedema is straight onto that, it's two-on-one and she slots it past Spencer.
Over 50000 tickets have already sold for the rivals' clash at the Emirates with more mouthwatering ties to come on Sunday with Liverpool and Chelsea both in ...
[Aston Villa](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/aston-villa-fc) started their season in style. Euro 2022 Player of the Tournament [Beth Mead](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/beth-mead) netted twice, with in-form Stina Blackstenius also on target. There’s no better way to go out there, get three points and make the blue half of Merseyside happy.” “When I started, we were meeting up with some of the core group. “As I've said time and time again, it's the first fixture that you look for," he said. I think the whole city is buzzing when you have a derby,” said Sørensen. [Manchester United](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/manchester-united-fc) and the final local derby of the weekend comes in the midlands as [Leicester](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/leicester-city-fc) play Aston Villa at the King Power Stadium. In Denmark, I wasn’t an Everton or Liverpool fan when I was younger, I watched those games because of the intensity and just knew how much it meant.” [Chelsea](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/chelsea-fc) and [Manchester City](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/manchester-city-fc) going head-to-head at Kingsmeadow. [Liverpool](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/liverpool-fc). [Arsenal](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/arsenal-fc) began their season in typically ruthless fashion with a 4-0 win over [Brighton](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/brighton-and-hove-albion-fc) last time out. [Tottenham](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/tottenham-hotspur-fc) Hotspur Stadium for the same fixture in 2019.
Jonas Eidevall on Arsenal Women v Tottenham in today´s North London Derby clash by Michelle. Jonas Eidevall is expecting a very physical game today: ...
It shows that the interest is for real and the investment that we have as a team, but also what all the past generations and past teams before us have done to put us onto this stage here. For me, that’s something you need to look at it as an official and say “if you want the game to be that way, let go of it. It’s phenomenal, so we feel that we want to go out and make the most of it so it can happen again more frequently. I had that last season as well, and I don’t expect anything less from us that we need to be 100 per cent to win the game. The only player that missed the squad in the Champions League midweek was Mana and she was ill. I think it’s a hard question and to be honest, I haven’t thought about it so much like that.
Get a report of the Arsenal vs. Tottenham Hotspur 2022-23 English Women's Super League football match.
[Katie McCabe](https://www.espn.com/football/player/_/id/219079/katie-mccabe) and early goalscorer Mead. Across every game there's a responsibility we all have to keep trying to engage with the fans to make it something everyone wants to be a part of. [Beth Mead](https://www.espn.com/football/player/_/id/280982/beth-mead)'s deflected effort trickled just wide early on, and it was a sign of things to come as Mead opened the scoring two minutes later. "I felt we were a little bit tentative in terms of our press in particular and that created a few challenges for us when we were on the ball. "We didn't do the things that we're known [to do]," she said. In a frantic spell of pressure, Eidevall's side reaped further rewards, with Miedema notching a brace. "The club has been investing a lot of time and energy and commitment into that. [Caitlin Foord](https://www.espn.com/football/player/_/id/158678/caitlin-foord) dispossessed [Evelina Summanen](https://www.espn.com/football/player/_/id/267666/eveliina-summanen) and the ball deflected into the path of the clinical Miedema, who raced through on goal and dispatched a cool finish past [Rebecca Spencer](https://www.espn.com/football/player/_/id/286883/rebecca-spencer). "When you give away tickets, it's something else. [Stina Blackstenius](https://www.espn.com/football/player/_/id/240274/stina-blackstenius), who had scored twice in as many games, to the bench alongside [Lina Hurtig](https://www.espn.com/football/player/_/id/255416/lina-hurtig) and [Noelle Maritz](https://www.espn.com/football/player/_/id/220024/noelle-maritz). [Manuela Zinsberger](https://www.espn.com/football/player/_/id/252339/manuela-zinsberger) wasn't called into action until the 38th minute, when she produced a routine stop in response to a tame strike by [Celin Bizet](https://www.espn.com/football/player/_/id/328108/celin-bizet-ildhusøy). [Molly Bartrip](https://www.espn.com/football/player/_/id/312487/molly-bartrip), but the ball came back out to the Arsenal forward, who curled in a fantastic finish at the second time of asking to score her third goal of the season.
Arsenal and Tottenham clash in a record-breaking north London derby in the Women's Super League (WSL) this afternoon.
Follow Arsenal vs Tottenham reaction LIVE with Standard Sport’s blog below! It wasn’t quite enough to break the record for a domestic women’s match in England, which has stood at 53,000 for some 102 years. More than 53,000 tickets were sold for a one-sided contest at the [Emirates Stadium](/topic/emirates-stadium), with the WSL’s previous highest attendance mark of 38,262, which was set when these two sides met at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium back in 2019, shattered with a crowd of 47,367.
Supporters of Arsenal and Tottenham smashed the WSL attendance record in the first north London derby of the season.
The attendance was confirmed as 47,367, beating the previous record of 38,262 set in the north London derby back in November 2019. Clubs like Arsenal have a great following and deserve the opportunity to play in front of strong attendances on a more regular basis. A league-record crowd turned out at the Emirates to watch Arsenal cruise past Tottenham on Saturday afternoon.
Arsenal ran rampant against north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur to secure a 4-0 victory in front of a record-breaking attendance of 47,367 in the Women's ...
[Katie McCabe](https://www.espn.com/football/player/_/id/219079/katie-mccabe) and early goalscorer Mead. Across every game there's a responsibility we all have to keep trying to engage with the fans to make it something everyone wants to be a part of. [Beth Mead](https://www.espn.com/football/player/_/id/280982/beth-mead)'s deflected effort trickled just wide early on, and it was a sign of things to come as Mead opened the scoring two minutes later. "I felt we were a little bit tentative in terms of our press in particular and that created a few challenges for us when we were on the ball. "We didn't do the things that we're known [to do]," she said. In a frantic spell of pressure, Eidevall's side reaped further rewards, with Miedema notching a brace. "The club has been investing a lot of time and energy and commitment into that. [Caitlin Foord](https://www.espn.com/football/player/_/id/158678/caitlin-foord) dispossessed [Evelina Summanen](https://www.espn.com/football/player/_/id/267666/eveliina-summanen) and the ball deflected into the path of the clinical Miedema, who raced through on goal and dispatched a cool finish past [Rebecca Spencer](https://www.espn.com/football/player/_/id/286883/rebecca-spencer). "When you give away tickets, it's something else. [Stina Blackstenius](https://www.espn.com/football/player/_/id/240274/stina-blackstenius), who had scored twice in as many games, to the bench alongside [Lina Hurtig](https://www.espn.com/football/player/_/id/255416/lina-hurtig) and [Noelle Maritz](https://www.espn.com/football/player/_/id/220024/noelle-maritz). [Manuela Zinsberger](https://www.espn.com/football/player/_/id/252339/manuela-zinsberger) wasn't called into action until the 38th minute, when she produced a routine stop in response to a tame strike by [Celin Bizet](https://www.espn.com/football/player/_/id/328108/celin-bizet-ildhusøy). [Molly Bartrip](https://www.espn.com/football/player/_/id/312487/molly-bartrip), but the ball came back out to the Arsenal forward, who curled in a fantastic finish at the second time of asking to score her third goal of the season.
Spurs fans were worried about the experienced Croatian who has quickly become a big part of Antonio Conte's Tottenham team.
The wing-back appeared to allay those Spurs fans' fears about his fitness on Saturday as he shared photographs of himself training with the Croatia squad in Vienna ahead of Sunday evening's Nations League game against Austria. The 33-year-old had run into the back of the Danish midfielder and not too long after, in the 71st minute, [Perisic](https://www.football.london/all-about/ivan-perisic) walked off gingerly around the pitch with a couple of Croatia staff on either side having been substituted. [Antonio Conte](https://www.football.london/all-about/antonio-conte)'s side now he has recovered fully from a calf injury suffered in his final match for Inter last season. Sessegnon played on Thursday in England's 2-0 friendly win against Italy but does not turn out again until Tuesday night's home friendly against Germany. Both Perisic and Sessegnon will be hoping to get the nod from Conte to start against Mikel Arteta's Arsenal team on Saturday when the Premier League returns in a north London derby which already has plenty on the line. [Spurs](https://www.football.london/tottenham-hotspur-fc/) fans took to social media in the aftermath of Croatia's 2-1 victory at home against Denmark on Thursday, concerned that a 'challenge' by another Tottenham player in [Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg](https://www.football.london/all-about/pierre-emile-hojbjerg) had caused an injury for Perisic.
Supporters of Arsenal and Tottenham smashed the WSL attendance record in the first north London derby of the season.
The attendance was confirmed as 47,367, beating the previous record of 38,262 set in the north London derby back in November 2019. Clubs like Arsenal have a great following and deserve the opportunity to play in front of strong attendances on a more regular basis. A league-record crowd turned out at the Emirates to watch Arsenal cruise past Tottenham on Saturday afternoon.