2017–18 Arsenal W.F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Arsenal Women's Football Club's 31st season of competitive football. They won the WSL Cup for the 5th time and finished Runner-Up to Chelsea for the FA Women's Cup. Arsenal finished 3rd in the Women's Super League, missing out on a spot in UEFA Women's Champions League by 1 point.

Key Information

2017–18 season
Chairman	Sir Chips Keswick
Manager	Pedro Martinez Losa (Until 25 October 2017) Ismael García Gomez (From 25 October 2017 until 5 December 2017, interim) Joe Montemurro (From 5 December 2017)
Stadium	Meadow Park
Super League	Third
FA Cup	Runners-up
WSL Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Beth Mead (8) All: Beth Mead (16)
Highest home attendance	1,807 (vs Chelsea, 1 April 2018)
Biggest win	7–0 (vs London Bees, WSL Cup, 24 September 2017)
Biggest defeat	5–2 (vs Manchester City, WSL, 30 September 2017)
Home colours Away colours
Home colours	Away colours
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Joe Montemurro took over as Manager of Arsenal on 5 December 2017 after Pedro Martínez Losa had departed the club, one month into the season.^[1][2]

First team squad

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Squad statistics correct as of May 2018^[3]

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Since	Last Contract	Signed From
Goalkeepers
1	Sari van Veenendaal	(1990-04-03) 3 April 1990 (age 35)	2015	April 2016[4]	FC Twente
13	Anna Moorhouse	(1995-03-30) 30 March 1995 (age 30)	2017	February 2017[5]	Doncaster Rovers Belles
31	Lucy Thomas	(2000-03-21) 21 March 2000 (age 25)			Homegrown
32	Emma Gibson[6]				Homegrown
Defenders
2	Alex Scott (captain)	(1984-10-30) 30 October 1984 (age 40)	2012	July 2017[7]	Boston Breakers
3	Emma Mitchell	(1992-09-19) 19 September 1992 (age 32)	2013	August 2015[8]	SGS Essen
5	Josephine Henning	(1989-09-08) 8 September 1989 (age 35)	2017	August 2017[9]	Lyon
6	Leah Williamson	(1997-03-29) 29 March 1997 (age 28)	2014	July 2015[10]	Homegrown
12	Vyan Sampson	(1996-07-02) 2 July 1996 (age 29)	2014	January 2016[11]	Homegrown
16	Louise Quinn	(1990-06-17) 17 June 1990 (age 35)	2017	May 2017[12]	Notts County
19	Jemma Rose	(1992-01-19) 19 January 1992 (age 33)	2014	December 2015[13]	Bristol Academy
25	Jessica Samuelsson	(1992-01-30) 30 January 1992 (age 33)	2017	August 2017[14]	Linköping FC
29	Shannon Cooke	(2000-02-02) 2 February 2000 (age 25)	2018		Homegrown
Midfielders
8	Jordan Nobbs	(1992-12-08) 8 December 1992 (age 32)	2010	February 2016[15]	Sunderland
10	Kim Little	(1990-06-29) 29 June 1990 (age 35)	2016	October 2016[16]	Seattle Reign
17	Heather O'Reilly	(1985-02-01) 1 February 1985 (age 40)	2017	January 2017[17]	Kansas City
20	Dominique Janssen	(1995-01-17) 17 January 1995 (age 30)	2015	April 2016[18]	SGS Essen
21	Daniëlle van de Donk	(1991-08-05) 5 August 1991 (age 34)	2015	October 2016[19]	Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
24	Taylor Hinds	(1999-04-25) 25 April 1999 (age 26)			Northampton Town
26	Ava Kuyken	(2001-06-15) 15 June 2001 (age 24)			Homegrown
27	Anna Filbey	(1999-10-11) 11 October 1999 (age 25)			Homegrown
Forwards
9	Danielle Carter	(1993-05-18) 18 May 1993 (age 32)	2009	August 2017[20]	Homegrown
11	Vivianne Miedema	(1996-07-15) 15 July 1996 (age 29)	2017	May 2017[21]	Bayern Munich
14	Jodie Taylor	(1986-05-17) 17 May 1986 (age 39)	2016	March 2016[22]	Portland Thorns
15	Katie McCabe	(1995-09-21) 21 September 1995 (age 29)	2015	December 2015[23]	Shelbourne
18	Lisa Evans	(1992-05-21) 21 May 1992 (age 33)	2017	June 2017[24]	Bayern Munich
22	Lauren James	(2001-09-29) 29 September 2001 (age 23)	2014		Chelsea
23	Beth Mead	(1995-05-09) 9 May 1995 (age 30)	2017	January 2017[25]	Sunderland
28	Jessica Ngunga	(2000-09-23) 23 September 2000 (age 24)			Tottenham Hotspur

Italic indicates an academy player.

Appearances and goals

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No.	Name	Super League		FA Cup		WSL Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Sari van Veenendaal	14	0	2	0	0	0	19	0
13	Anna Moorhouse	4	0	3	0	0	0	11	0
31	Lucy Thomas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Emma Gibson[6]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	Alex Scott (captain)	1+2	0	2	0	2	0	5+3	0
3	Emma Mitchell	15+2	1	3+1	0	6	3	24+3	4
5	Josephine Henning	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
6	Leah Williamson	14+3	1	4	0	7	0	25+3	1
12	Vyan Sampson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Louise Quinn	14+2	1	5	1	3+3	1	22+5	3
19	Jemma Rose	4	0	0	0	6	0	10	0
25	Jessica Samuelsson	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
29	Shannon Cooke	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
Midfielders
8	Jordan Nobbs	17	3	5	2	7	4	29	9
10	Kim Little	8+1	3	3+1	0	1	1	12+2	4
17	Heather O'Reilly	10+6	1	4+1	1	3+4	0	17+11	2
20	Dominique Janssen	16+1	3	4	0	6+1	1	26+2	4
21	Daniëlle van de Donk	17+1	5	4	0	5	1	26+1	6
24	Taylor Hinds	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	1+1	0
26	Ava Kuyken	0+3	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+5	0
27	Anna Filbey	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	1+1	0
Forwards
9	Danielle Carter	11+6	2	4+1	2	4+2	2	19+9	6
11	Vivianne Miedema	9+2	4	1+3	2	5	3	15+5	9
14	Jodie Taylor	2+1	2	0	0	2+1	3	4+2	5
15	Katie McCabe	6+5	2	3+2	0	0+1	0	9+8	2
18	Lisa Evans	15+3	2	3+2	0	5+1	1	23+6	3
22	Lauren James	0+5	0	0+1	0	2+1	1	2+7	1
23	Beth Mead	15+2	8	5	2	3+2	6	25+4	16
28	Jessica Ngunga	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0

Italic indicates an academy player.

Goalscorers

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Rank	No.	Position	Name	Super League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	23	FW	Beth Mead	8	2	6	16
2	11	FW	Vivianne Miedema	4	2	3	9
	8	MF	Jordan Nobbs	3	2	4	9
3	21	MF	Daniëlle van de Donk	5	0	1	6
	9	FW	Danielle Carter	2	2	2	6
4	14	FW	Jodie Taylor	2	0	3	5
5	20	MF	Dominique Janssen	3	0	1	4
	10	MF	Kim Little	3	0	1	4
	4	DF	Emma Mitchell	1	0	3	4
6	18	FW	Lisa Evans	2	0	1	3
	16	DF	Louise Quinn	1	1	1	3
7	15	FW	Katie McCabe	2	0	0	2
	17	MF	Heather O'Reilly	1	1	0	2
8	6	DF	Leah Williamson	1	0	0	1
	22	FW	Lauren James	0	0	1	1
Total				38	10	27	75

Disciplinary record

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Rank	No.	Position	Name	Super League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
1	16	DF	Louise Quinn	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1
2	20	DF	Dominique Janssen	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
3	18	FW	Lisa Evans	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	6	DF	Leah Williamson	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	17	MF	Heather O'Reilly	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
4	1	GK	Sari van Veenendaal	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	21	MF	Daniëlle van de Donk	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	8	MF	Jordan Nobbs	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	11	FW	Vivianne Miedema	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	4	DF	Emma Mitchell	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	19	DF	Jemma Rose	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	5	DF	Josephine Henning	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total				10	1	2	0	5	0	17	1

Clean sheets

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Rank	No.	Name	Super League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	13	Anna Moorhouse	3	3	2	8
2	1	Sari van Veenendaal	5	0	1	6
Total			8	3	3	14

Transfers in

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Announcement date	No.	Position	Player	From club
23 May 2017[26]	11	FW	Vivianne Miedema	Bayern Munich
29 June 2017[27]	18	FW	Lisa Evans	Bayern Munich
18 August 2017[28]	25	DF	Jessica Samuelsson	Linköping FC
21 August 2017[29]	5	DF	Josephine Henning	Lyon

Contract extensions

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Announcement date	No.	Position	Player	At Arsenal since
29 August 2017[30]	9	FW	Danielle Carter	Homegrown

Transfers out

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Announcement date	No.	Position	Player	To club
29 June 2017[31]	11	MF	Carla Humphrey	Bristol City
30 June 2017[32]	27	GK	Sian Rogers	Aston Villa
11 July 2017[33]	26	FW	Rianna Dean	Millwall Lionesses
27 July 2017[34]	28	MF	Charlie Devlin	Millwall Lionesses
16 August 2017[35]	4	MF	Fara Williams	Reading
21 November 2017[36]	14	FW	Jodie Taylor	Melbourne City
25 January 2018[37]	7	FW	Chloe Kelly	Everton
25 January 2018[38]	24	MF	Taylor Hinds	Everton
16 February 2018[39]	19	DF	Jemma Rose	N/A
16 February 2018[39]	12	DF	Vyan Sampson	West Ham United

Loans out

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Announcement date	No.	Position	Player	To club
1 August 2017[40]	15	FW	Katie McCabe	Glasgow City
30 July 2017[41]	7	FW	Chloe Kelly	Everton

Kit

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Supplier: Puma / Sponsor: Fly Emirates

Home

Home alt. 1

Home alt. 2

Away

Kit usage

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Kit	Combination	Usage
Home	Red body White sleeves White shorts White socks	WSL	Birmingham City (H) Manchester City (A) Bristol City (H) Everton (A) Sunderland (H) Chelsea (A) Yeovil Town (H) Everton (H) Chelsea (H) Reading (H) Yeovil Town (A) Liverpool (H) Birmingham City (A) Manchester City (H)
		FA Cup	Yeovil Town (A) Millwall (H) Charlton Athletic (H)
		WSL Cup	London Bees (H) Millwall (A) Reading (H) Watford (A) Sunderland (H) Manchester City (N)
Home alt. 1	Red body White sleeves White shorts Red socks	FA Cup	Everton (A) Chelsea (N)
Home alt. 2	Red body White sleeves Red shorts Red socks	WSL	Reading (A)
		WSL Cup	Reading (A)
Away	Blue body Blue sleeves Blue shorts Blue socks	WSL	Liverpool (A) Yeovil Town (A) Sunderland (A) Bristol City (A)

FA Women's Super League

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Main article: 2017–18 FA WSL

League table

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chelsea (C)	18	13	5	0	44	13	+31	44	Qualification for the Champions League knockout phase
2	Manchester City	18	12	2	4	51	17	+34	38
3	Arsenal	18	11	4	3	38	18	+20	37
4	Reading	18	9	5	4	40	18	+22	32
5	Birmingham City	18	9	3	6	30	18	+12	30

Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Results summary

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	11	4	3	38	18	+20	37	7	2	0	21	6	+15	4	2	3	17	12	+5

Last updated: 20 May 2018.
Source: FA WSL

Results by matchday

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Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W
Position	1	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2018. Source: FA WSL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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Arsenal v Birmingham City

24 September 2017 1	Arsenal	3–2	Birmingham City	Borehamwood
14:00 BST	Taylor 35', 90' (pen.) Henning  65' Quinn  80' Evans 84'	Report	White 13', 59' Harrop  86' Mannion  86'	Stadium: Meadow Park Referee: Abigail Byrne

Manchester City v Arsenal

30 September 2017 2	Manchester City	5–2	Arsenal	Manchester
12:30 BST	Ross 40' Houghton 45+3' Stanway 70' Christiansen 74' Scott 80'	Report	O'Reilly  44' Mitchell 45+1' O'Reilly 47'	Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: 1,646 Referee: Amy Rayner Fearn

Arsenal v Bristol City

8 October 2017 3	Arsenal	1–1	Bristol City	Borehamwood
12:30 BST	Van de Donk 50'	Report	Hemp 30' Brown  70' Biesmans  90+1'	Stadium: Meadow Park Referee: Sarah Garratt

Everton v Arsenal

29 October 2017 4	Everton	0–2	Arsenal	Widnes
14:00 GMT		Report	Miedema 23' Mead 78'	Stadium: Halton Stadium Attendance: 435 Referee: Lindsey Robinson

Arsenal v Sunderland

12 November 2017 5	Arsenal	3–0	Sunderland	Borehamwood
14:00 GMT	Quinn 58' Miedema 68' Nobbs 76'	Report	Williams  41' Sjoman  58'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 400 Referee: Lloyd Wood

Chelsea v Arsenal

7 January 2018 6	Chelsea	3–2	Arsenal	Kingston Upon Thames
13:30 GMT	Mjelde 23' Ji 60' Van Veenendaal 83' (o.g.)	Report	Miedema 56' Janssen 63'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 2,570 Referee: Adrian Quelch

Reading v Arsenal

28 January 2018 7	Reading	0–0	Arsenal	High Wycombe
14:00 GMT	Rowe  25' Furness  84'	Report	Miedema  62' Evans  73' Nobbs  74'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 690 Referee: Helen Byrne

Liverpool v Arsenal

7 February 2018 8	Liverpool	0–3	Arsenal	Widnes
19:00 GMT		Report	Miedema 29' 29' Janssen 45' Evans 62'	Stadium: Halton Stadium Attendance: 461 Referee: Rebecca Welch

Arsenal v Yeovil Town

11 February 2018 9	Arsenal	4–0	Yeovil Town	Borehamwood
14:00 GMT	Carter 37', 71' Mead 48', 85'	Report		Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 740 Referee: Sarah Garratt

Arsenal v Everton

23 February 2018 10	Arsenal	1–0	Everton	Borehamwood
19:30 GMT	Mead 38' Van de Donk  88' Van Veenendaal  90'	Report	Bryson  90+5'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 813 Referee: Alan Dale

Arsenal v Chelsea

1 April 2018 11	Arsenal	1–1	Chelsea	Borehamwood
12:30 BST	Mead 45+1'	Report	Kirby 31' Thorisdottir  88'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 1,807 Referee: Paul Howard

Arsenal v Reading

18 April 2018 12	Arsenal	3–1	Reading	Borehamwood
19:30 BST	Little 8' Janssen 27' Van de Donk 64' Williamson  83'	Report	Williams 50' Harding  53' Furness  74' McGee  78'	Stadium: Meadow Park Referee: Christopher ODonnell

Yeovil Town v Arsenal

21 April 2018 13	Yeovil Town	0–0	Arsenal	Weston-super-Mare
15:00 BST	Jones  77'	Report	Evans  78'	Stadium: Woodspring Stadium Attendance: 317 Referee: Abigail Byrne

Arsenal v Liverpool

24 April 2018 14	Arsenal	3–0	Liverpool	Borehamwood
19:30 BST	McCabe 65' Nobbs 74' (85)	Report		Stadium: Meadow Park Referee: Ian Fissenden

Birmingham City v Arsenal

29 April 2018 15	Birmingham City	3–0	Arsenal	Solihull
14:00 BST	White 10', 40', 86' Mannion 77'	Report	Janssen  57'	Stadium: Damson Park Attendance: 921 Referee: Daniel Middleton

Arsenal v Manchester City

12 May 2018 16	Arsenal	2–1	Manchester City	Borehamwood
12:15 BST	Van de Donk 52' Mead 62'	Report	Nadim 11' Stanway  61'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 1,514 Referee: Rebecca Welch

Sunderland v Arsenal

16 May 2018 17	Sunderland	0–2	Arsenal	South Shields
19:00 BST	Wyne  11'	Report	Little 9' Mead 30'	Stadium: Mariners Park Attendance: 321 Referee: John Matthews

Bristol City v Arsenal

20 May 2018 18	Bristol City	1–6	Arsenal	Stoke Gifford
12:30 BST	Arthur 67'	Report	Van de Donk 21', 71' Little 28' (pen.) Williamson 30' Mead 38' McCabe 44'	Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium Attendance: 724 Referee: Dale Wootton

FA Women's Cup

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Main article: 2017–18 FA Women's Cup

Yeovil Town v Arsenal

4 February 2018 Fourth round	Yeovil Town	0–3	Arsenal	Weston-super-Mare
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)		Report	Nobbs 10' Mead 22' 45+2' Carter 44' Miles 59' (o.g.)	Stadium: Woodspring Stadium Attendance: 323

Arsenal v Millwall Lionesses

18 February 2018 Fifth round	Arsenal	1–0	Millwall Lionesses	Borehamwood
14:00 GMT	Mead 32'	Report		Stadium: Meadow Park

Arsenal v Charlton Athletic

25 March 2018 Quarter-finals	Arsenal	5–0	Charlton Athletic	Borehamwood
14:00 BST	Little 4' (pen.) O'Reilly 56' Miedema 60' Carter 85' Nobbs 90'	Report	Clifford  21' Agg  26'	Stadium: Meadow Park Referee: Lee Brennan

Everton v Arsenal

15 April 2018 Semi-Finals	Everton	1–2	Arsenal	Crosby
12:30 BST	Kelly 67' (pen.)	Report	Carter 25' O'Reilly  69' Quinn 90+1'	Stadium: Rossett Park Attendance: 1,457 Referee: Abigail Marriott[42]

Arsenal v Chelsea

5 May 2018 Final	Arsenal	1–3	Chelsea	Wembley Park
17:30 BST	Janssen  42' Miedema 73'	Report	Bachmann 48', 60' Kirby 76'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 45,423 Referee: Lindsey Robinson

FA WSL Cup

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Main article: 2017–18 FA WSL Cup

Group stage

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Arsenal v London Bees

24 September 2017 1	Arsenal	7–0	London Bees	Borehamwood
19:30 BST	Evans 24' Mitchell 34', 37' Taylor 52' Williamson  54' Mead 58' (pen.), 78' (pen.) Quinn 83'	Report	Lane  75'	Stadium: Meadow Park

Millwall Lionesses v Arsenal

1 November 2017 2	Millwall Lionesses	2–5	Arsenal	Rotherhithe
19:45 GMT	Mason 20' Hincks  66' Rutherford 69' Wynne  70'	Report	Mead 11' Nobbs 43', 74' Carter 78' James 90' (pen.)	Stadium: St Pauls Sports Ground Attendance: 451

Arsenal v Reading

5 November 2017 3	Arsenal	1–2	Reading	Borehamwood
14:00 GMT	Quinn  49' Mead 61'	Report	Bruton  29' Allen  33' Williams 54', 62'	Stadium: Meadow Park

Watford v Arsenal

16 November 2017 4	Watford	0–6	Arsenal	Kings Langley
19:45 GMT	Maple  22' Murray  63' Will  85'	Report	Taylor 15', 78' Carter 46' Mitchell 60' Jansen 74' Van de Donk 75'	Stadium: Gaywood Park

Table

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		REA	ARS	WAT	MIL	LON
1	Reading	4	4	0	0	0	15	1	+14	12	Advance to knock-out stage		—	—	4–0	—	4–0
2	Arsenal	4	3	0	0	1	19	4	+15	9			1–2	—	—	—	7–0
3	Watford	4	1	0	1	2	2	11	−9	4			—	0–6	—	1–0	—
4	Millwall Lionesses	4	1	0	0	3	6	14	−8	3			0–5	2–5	—	—	—
5	London Bees	4	0	1	0	3	4	16	−12	2			—	—	1–1	3–4	—

Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Knockout rounds

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Arsenal v Sunderland

17 December 2017 Quarter-finals	Arsenal	3–1	Sunderland	Borehamwood
14:00 GMT	Nobbs 15' Miedema 38' Mead 75'	Report	Galloway 55' Bruinenberg  67'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 400 Referee: Josh Smith

Reading v Arsenal

14 January 2018 Semi-finals	Reading	2–3	Arsenal	High Wycombe
14:00 GMT	Chaplen 7' Bruton 70' Moloney  79'	Report	Mead 5' Rose  55' Miedema 80' Nobbs 83'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 749 Referee: Ryan Atkin

Manchester City v Arsenal

14 March 2018 Final	Manchester City	0–1	Arsenal	High Wycombe
19:00 GMT		Report	Mitchell  30' Miedema 32' Janssen  36'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 2,136 Referee: Amy Fearn (Derbyshire)