The break in play has done the trick for Everton. Arsenal have lost a little bit of momentum and aren't moving the ball quite so sharply.

That can all change very quickly, though.

Unsurprisingly, Courtney Brosnan is able to continue.

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We have the now traditional issue for a goalkeeper as we approach the half hour mark.

Courtney Brosnan goes down and requires treatment. That allows the managers to gather their players for a team talk and pass on some information.

Just a coincidence, I'm sure...

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Arsenal should be ahead again!

Vivianne Miedema feeds Beth Mead inside the area, she brilliantly turns past Megan Finnigan to leave herself with just the goalkeeper to beat.

But Courtney Brosnan is off her line quickly and makes a superb save when Mead looked certain to score.

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Wow. That was against the run of play.

Arsenal spill possession and the ball is threaded through towards Everton's Katja Snoeijs who runs behind the hosts' defence.

She's left totally unmarked and calmly slots the ball past Manuela Zinsberger.

Everton still don't look to have settled into the game and immediately face another wave of Arsenal attacks, but that's a big moment for the visitors as they level the scoring.

The big question now is whether or not they will be able to hold off the Gunners' pressure.

Everton like to get the ball down and play under Brian Sorensen but Arsenal are simply not letting them do so.

The visitors do manage to string three or four passes together across the back line but as soon as they try to play forward, Arsenal are there to pounce and regain possession.

Another flowing move from Arsenal ends with Emily Fox sliding the ball across the face of goal.

Alessia Russo is unmarked in the middle but the pass is fractionally behind her and she stabs the effort wide.

The England striker probably had more time than she realised there.

This is relentless from Arsenal. Any time the ball falls to an Everton player, they are swiftly hounded by at least two players in red and white shirts.

Arsenal win a free-kick on the left corner of the box.

Beth Mead whips it in and finds Amanda Ilestedt at the back post. However, the defender can't keep the header down and it goes harmlessly over the bar.

Arsenal have got their goal but the intensity has not diminished. They're pushing for a second.

Everton are struggling to deal with this onslaught and when they do get a rare chance to break, Lotte Wubben-Moy is there to intercept a pass and get the home side back on the front foot.

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Yep, that definitely had been coming.

It's been all Arsenal so far, and that is a well-worked move to provide the opener for the hosts as Caitlin Foord taps home.

Jonas Eidevall was critical of his side's lack of efficiency in his programme notes and he'll be happy with how they've started this afternoon.

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Arsenal have been in total control so far and it felt like that chance was coming.

Vivianne Miedema knocked the ball inside to Alessia Russo, she played it to Beth Mead, but Mead thrashed her effort off the bar.

That move is a sign of the intent Arsenal have shown so far. Everton have been completely overrun at the back and haven't had a look-in yet.

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So close! Arsenal are ramping it up now and after a superb move down the left, the ball comes to Beth Mead.

She hits the shot first time on her left foot but the hits the top of the bar and goes over.

Jonas Eidevall's look in the mood today.

No chances created as yet but Arsenal as dominating possession and keeping Everton penned inside their own half.

Victoria Pelova shows lovely quick feet to dance around a pair of Everton challenges but her attempted through ball is slightly overhit and Alessia Russo can't get onto it.

The home side attack down the left and Alessia Russo has acres of space on the left. However, her cross sails into the arms of Courtney Brosnan in the Everton goal.

Everton, wearing their grey away kit, get the game under way.

With the freezing temperatures and pitch inspections, it seemed unlikely we'd reach this stage at times!

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Club record goalscorer Vivianne Miedema makes her first league start for Arsenal this afternoon since recovering from her anterior cruciate ligament injury.

United States international Emily Fox makes her league debut at right-back after starting in last weekend's FA Cup victory over Watford.

They are the only two changes from Arsenal's defeat by Tottenham before the winter break, with Steph Catley and Frida Maanum dropping to the bench.

Arsenal XI: Zinsberger; Fox, Wubben-Moy, Mead, Miedema, Walti, McCabe, Foord, Pelova, Russo, Ilestedt.

Subs: D'Angelo, Williams, Beattie, Catley, Codina, Cooney-Cross, Maanum, Lacasse, Blackstenius

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Everton's team is unchanged from their victory over Aston Villa in the FA Cup last weekend, although there are three changes from the side who lost to Manchester City before the break.

Defender Nathalie Bjorn has joined Chelsea and forward Nicoline Sorensen has retired since the international break, with Elise Stenevik and Karoline Olesen taking their places from the City defeat.

Emma Bissell comes in for Martina Piemonte, who is on the bench.

Everton XI: Brosnan; Wheeler, Bennison, Bissell, Payne, Finnigan, Galli, S Holmgaard, Snoeijs, Stenevik, Olesen.

Subs: Hart, Campbell, Duggan, Hope, Piemonte, Madsen, Wilding.

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Third-placed Arsenal are firmly in the title race, thrashing Chelsea 4-1 on December 10, for what was then their seventh successive victory.

But the Gunners ended 2023 with a shock 1-0 loss to rivals Tottenham and will hope to put things right today against mid-table Everton.

Saturday's encounter, however, will not be on TV because of a scheduling error.

"Of course it's disappointing for our fans who want to watch the game live and can't," said Arsenal manager Jonas Eidevall.

As for Everton, Toffees manager Brian Sorensen said the Premier League charging the club for financial breaches will have an affect on the women's team.

"It's the whole club. We're building a new stadium and so on and that costs a lot of money," said Sorensen. "We're ready to work with what we have and we're very comfortable with that."