Team news: Five changes in Leuven

Renée Slegers has made five changes to the starting line-up for this evening’s UEFA Women’s Champions League quarter-final play-off first leg.
Leah Williamson returns to the XI alongside Laia Codina, the centre-back duo replacing Lotte Wubben-Moy and Steph Catley respectively.
In midfield, Victoria Pelova comes in for Kim Little, the latter making her 400th appearance for Arsenal if she comes off the bench.
Among the forwards, Frida Maanum replaces Alessia Russo and Chloe Kelly starts ahead of Beth Mead.
The six players keeping their places are Daphne van Domselaar, Emily Fox, Katie McCabe, Mariona Caldentey, Caitlin Foord and Olivia Smith.
We take on OH Leuven at 5.45pm BST, looking to earn an advantage in the tie ahead of next week’s second leg in Borehamwood, which tickets are on general sale for.
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Preview: OH Leuven v Arsenal Women
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OH Leuven XI: Seynhaeve, Janssen, Mertens, Biesmans (C), Everaerts, Kuijpers, Hermans, Pusztai, Bosteels, Conijnenberg, Reynders
Substitutes: Lammertijn, Rispens, Nagy, Paptheodorou, Van Besauw, De Ceuster, Heremans, Neyrinck, Dekker, Van Holderbeke
Arsenal XI: Van Domselaar, Fox, Williamson (C), Codina, McCabe, Pelova, Mariona, Maanum, Kelly, Foord, Smith
Substitutes: Votikova, Williams, Wubben-Moy, Catley, Holmberg, Cooney-Cross, Little, Russo
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