<p>Arsenal has <a href="https://www.arsenal.com/news/50000-tickets-sold-wsl-clash-man-united">announced</a> that they have already sold over 50,000 tickets for an upcoming <a href="https://worldsoccertalk.com/womens-super-league-tv-schedule/">Barclay’s Super League</a> matchup with the Manchester United women. It is now the fastest-selling English women’s top-flight game in the club’s history. The Red Devils are set to travel to north London to face their rivals on Saturday, February 17th.</p>



<p>The Arsenal women’s team has a recent history of setting records regarding attendance for Super League games. The Gunners had a record 47,367 supporters inside Emirates Stadium during a 2022 fixture against Tottenham Hotspur. Arsenal eventually dominated the match by thumping their rivals 4-0 on the day.</p>



<p>Nevertheless, the club then beat their attendance record twice this season. The first instance occurred in the club’s opening game of the season against Liverpool. They then, once again, topped the figure last month during a matchup with Chelsea. The Gunners welcomed the reigning English champions on December 10th in front of 59,042 fans. Much like the Spurs game, Arsenal emphatically beat the Blues 4-1 on the day.</p>



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<h2>Gunners lead women’s attendance charts thanks to fresh ideas</h2>



<p>The north London club is undoubtedly leading the charge of expanding the women’s game in England. Other Super League clubs have made the move to feature women’s matches at stadiums typically reserved for men’s teams. This includes Chelsea, Spurs, and both Manchester clubs. </p>



<p>Nevertheless, these teams do not regularly record impressive attendance figures in these massive stadiums. For instance, Chelsea managed to attract just 14,776 fans in their opening game of the current campaign against Spurs. This is even though the Blues have dominated women’s soccer in England in recent years. In fact, under new <a href="https://worldsoccertalk.com/teams/uswnt-tv-schedule/">USWNT</a> manager Emma Hayes, Chelsea has won the last four league titles.</p>



<p>Arsenal’s recent boom in attendance figures comes as the club has not won a WSL title since 2019. The Gunners, however, have made fairly drastic and unique changes to how they promote women’s matches in recent years. New Arsenal chief commercial officer, Juliet Slot, has helped implement certain tactics such as early-bird pricing, group discounts, and even Black Friday sales to help boost ticket sales. The move has paid off. Just 8,705 people watched the Arsenal women’s team take on Chelsea back in 2021.</p>



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<h2>Arsenal women to feature former Red Devil in United clash</h2>



<p>Arsenal’s upcoming game with Manchester United is fairly significant for multiple reasons. Both clubs currently sit third and fourth respectively in the table. Unlike the <a href="https://worldsoccertalk.com/premier-league-tv-schedule/">Premier League</a>, only the top three teams in the women’s division earn a place in next season’s <a href="https://worldsoccertalk.com/womens-champions-league-tv-schedule/">Champions League</a>.</p>



<p>Along with the magnitude of the matchup, the game will also feature star striker Alessia Russo. Arsenal signed the former UNC-Chapel Hill forward as a free agent earlier this summer. She previously played three seasons with the Red Devils before opting to join the Gunners ahead of the current campaign.</p>



<p>Russo was United’s best player in the women’s team in each of her last two seasons with the team. The England international also collected a spot in the 2023 FIFA FIFPRO Women’s World 11 at a recent ceremony.</p>



<p>The striker previously faced her former club when the two teams met back in October. Russo did not manage to score in the game, but Arsenal grabbed a late equalizer to share the points on the day. She currently has seven goals in 15 total appearances with the Gunners so far this season.</p>



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Arsenal announces fastest-selling women's game for Man Utd clash

Arsenal has revealed that they have already sold over 50,000 tickets for an upcoming Super League clash with Manchester United women.

<p>Sam Kerr, one of the best players in all of women’s soccer, suffered a major knee injury during warm-weather training for Chelsea. The Chelsea women’s team traveled to Morocco to continue training and get out of the cold weather in London. However, the Australian is going to miss considerable time, and perhaps the remainder of the season, because of her injury.</p>



<p>The diagnosis of Kerr’s injury was an all-too-common one for soccer fans. Kerr suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament. Generally, the recovery time for an ACL injury can last eight months. Unfortunately for Kerr, this injury comes on the back of her absence from the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Kerr has regularly battled ACL injuries in her career. Injuries back in 2014 and 2015 almost ended Kerr’s career prematurely. </p>



<p>Now, Chelsea has said it is going to do further tests with Kerr before beginning the rehabilitation process. Chelsea returns to play in the Women’s FA Cup on Jan. 14. Then, the league leaders look for a fifth straight Women’s Super League title when the season continues on Jan. 21. Kerr’s absence will be felt in each of those competitions. </p>



<p>Originally, Kerr signed for Chelsea in 2019. Since then, she has been the club’s top scorer in each of the last four seasons. This year, she has the most goals for Chelsea in all competitions. In total, Kerr has made 128 appearances with Chelsea. In those games, Kerr has an astronomical 99 goals. <a href="https://worldsoccertalk.com/news/sam-kerr-leads-chelsea-fa-cup-triumph-over-man-utd-20230514-WST-432870.html">Kerr helped collect nine trophies</a> in her four seasons with Chelsea.</p>



<h2>Knee injury to Sam Kerr is major blow to Chelsea women</h2>



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<p>However, Sam Kerr’s ambitions with Chelsea go beyond the Women’s Super League or Women’s FA Cup. The only trophy the Chelsea women’s team has not won is the Women’s Champions League. In the 2020/21 Women’s Champions League, Sam Kerr was part of the Chelsea team that finished runner-up to Barcelona. Kerr was in the squad of the season for the Women’s Champions League in that season.</p>



<p>Sam Kerr was in the top three in Women’s Ballon d’Or voting in each of the last three years. Most recently, that included a runner-up finish to Aitana Bonmati of Spain. Her goal record speaks about how integral Kerr is to the squad. It was her ability alone that made Australia a contender for the 2023 Women’s World Cup. Her goal in the semifinal against England was one of the highlight moments of the World Cup.</p>



<h2>Chelsea still a contender in all competitions</h2>



<p>Even though Emma Hayes will have a major task replacing Kerr, Chelsea is still arguably the best squad in the Women’s Super League. With players like Lauren James and Aggie Beever-Jones, Chelsea is able to score goals with relative ease. </p>



<p>Of course, Chelsea’s next task in the Women’s Super League is a game against Mary Earps and Manchester United. Earps, who is the best goalkeeper in women’s soccer, leads the Women’s Super League in clean sheets this season. No team has held Chelsea to a clean sheet this season in domestic play.</p>



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Chelsea star Sam Kerr suffers serious knee injury in training

Sam Kerr, one of the best players in all of women's soccer, suffered a major knee injury during warm-weather training for Chelsea.

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