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Manchester United

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Manchester United boss Marc Skinner has called on his side to "be more aggressive" in possession against Arsenal in their League Cup final four tie.

"The reality was [the last league game between us] became increasingly more difficult when we went down to 10 players, but up until that point we needed to be more aggressive with the ball, so that's what I expect in this game," said Skinner in his pre-match press conference.

The Red Devils will have to defy the form book if they are to secure a maiden League Cup final appearance, having not beaten Arsenal in their last six meetings in all competitions.

Skinner added: "I want us to show our qualities with the ball. We have unbelievable footballers, but that doesn't just come from the front.

"It comes from the back, from that confidence to build and be aggressive."

Arsenal

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With three of the last four meetings between Arsenal and Manchester United ending goalless, Gunners boss Renee Slegers has urged her side to "take the next step" in Wednesday's League Cup semi-final meeting.

"I think at the Emirates last time we do create much more but we don't have that finishing edge or create a clear-cut chance that gives us the goal," said Slegers.

"We definitely want to take the next step at home at Borehamwood with the fans around us. "

She added: "It's going to be two good teams going against each other but there's definitely things we've been looking at that we want to apply in the League Cup."

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Arsenal welcome Manchester United to Meadow Park this evening with a record-extending 12th League Cup final appearance in their sights.

The Gunners have reached the final 11 times before, winning it seven times, most recently defeating Chelsea 1-0 at Molineux in 2023-24.

Meanwhile Manchester United are aiming to reach the final of this competition for the very first time.

They reached three consecutive semi-finals between 2019 and 2022, but were knocked out on each occasion, the first a 2-1 defeat by Arsenal on this same pitch in 2018-19.

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Both sides surged into the semi-finals with big victories in the last eight.

Chelsea thrashed Liverpool 9-1, the first time in competition history that a team has scored nine goals in a single knockout match.

Johanna Rytting Kaneryd scored a hat-trick, with Sam Kerr hitting a double.

Manchester City made light work of West Ham in London, with Kerolin, Lauren Hemp, Grace Clinton, Khadija Shaw and Laura Coombs scoring in a 5-1 victory.

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You have to go back to 2019 to find a Women's League Cup final that didn't involve Chelsea.

The serial WSL champions have reached the final in each of the last six seasons, the longest ever run of any side

They haven’t exited the competition earlier than the final since 2018-19, when they were beaten 2-0 in the semi-finals by Manchester City.

Chelsea have won three of the last six editions of the competition.

Both sides make five changes from their teams who played in the FA Cup at the weekend, with Arsenal having beaten Aston Villa 2-0 on Sunday.

Steph Catley, Kim Little, Beth Mead and Stina Blackstenius drop to the bench, while Emily Fox is absent.

Coming in as replacements are Taylor Hinds, Laia Codina, Victoria Pelova, Frida Maanum and Caitlin Foord.

Arsenal XI: Borbe, Hinds, Wubben-Moy, Codina, McCabe, Pelova, Caldentey, Maanum, Smith, Foord, Russo.

Subs: Van Domselaar, Liddiard, Catley, Mead, Little, Blackstenius, Holmberg, Harwood.

For Marc Skinner's Manchester United, who beat Burnley, Hanna Lundkvist, Millie Turner, Lisa Naalsund, Melvine Malard and Lea Schuller move out of the starting line-up.

Anna Sandberg, Elisabeth Terland, Jayde Riviere, Ellen Wangerheim and Hinata Miyazawa take their places.

Manchester United XI: Tullis-Joyce, Sandberg, Le Tissier, Park, Terland, Awujo, Riviere, Janssen, Zigiotti, Wangerheim, Miyazawa.

Subs: Middleton-Patel, Rendell, Lundkvist, Turner, Griffiths, Naalsund, Drury, Malard, Schuller.

Emma Sanders
BBC Sport women’s football news reporter at Joie Stadium

Manchester City boss Andree Jeglertz makes four changes to the side who beat Bournemouth 6-0 in the FA Cup on Sunday.

Ayaka Yamashita returns in goal, while captain Alex Greenwood is back in defence.

Laura Coombs and Iman Beney drop out for Vivianne Miedema and Kerstin Casparij. Khiara Keating and Leila Ouahabi are on the bench.

Manchester City XI: Yamashita, Rose, Knaak, Greenwood, Casparij, Blindkilde Brown, Hasegawa, Hemp, Clinton, Miedema, Shaw

Subs: Keating, Coombs, Ouahabi, Beney, Prior, Thomas, Murphy, Lewis, Adedini.

There are also four changes to the Chelsea side that beat Crystal Palace 5-0 on Saturday.

Ellie Carpenter and Lucy Bronze return, replacing Johanna Rytting-Kaneryd and Veerle Buurman.

Lauren James and Guro Reiten drop to the bench, making way for Sjoeke Nusken and Sandy Baltimore.

There's a return to the squad for England's Aggie Beever-Jones following her recovery from injury and she is named as a substitute.

Chelsea XI: Hampton, Carpenter, Girma, Bright, Bronze, Baltimore, Cuthbert, Nusken, Kaptein, Thompson, Kerr.

Subs: Spencer, Peng, Buurman, James, Reiten, Rytting-Kaneryd, Potter, Beever-Jones.

Hello and welcome to our coverage of the Women's League Cup semi-finals.

We've got two cracking ties to get stuck into this evening.

At the Joie Stadium it's a repeat of last season's final, as holders Chelsea take on current Women's Super League leaders Manchester City.

Arsenal host Manchester United in London, and both will view this competition as a great opportunity to win silverware.

Let's get straight to it - team news incoming.