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Informative, passionate, entertaining.But enough about me and my prose, thatâ€s also the tagline for Moving the Goalposts, our weekly womenâ€s football newsletter. Hereâ€s the latest edition.

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Four changes for Arsenal from Sundayâ€s 1-0 win over Brighton. Lotte Wubben-Moy, Taylor Hinds, Kyra Cooney-Cross and Beth Mead come in for Katie Reid, who is injured, Katie McCabe, Frida Maanum and Caitlin Foord.

Benfica (possible 4-3-3) Pauels; Amado, Gomes, Ucheibe, Lund; Tristao, Cameirao, Gasper; Alves, Diana Silva, Moller.

Subs: Rute Costa, Prat, Joana Silva, Martin-Prieto, Almeida, Carole Costa, Engesvik, Martins, Pauleta, Davidson, Boeckmann, Guedes.

Arsenal (4-2-3-1)Van Domselaar; Fox, Wubben-Moy, Catley, Hinds; Little, Cooney-Cross; Smith, Caldentey, Mead; Russo.

Subs: Codina, McCabe, Maanum, Kelly, Foord, Pelova, Nighswonger, Blackstenius, Harwood, Liddiard.

RefereeMiriama Bockova (Slovakia).

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Updated at 14.11 EDT

Preamble

Hello and welcome to live, minute-by-minute coverage of Benfica v Arsenal in the WCL. Arsenalâ€s Champions League defence got off to a false start last week with a 2-1 defeat at home to Lyon; and while itâ€s too early to talk of must-win games, theyâ€ll be keen to get up and running in Lisbon tonight.

It wonâ€t be straightforward against a Benfica side who have won five Portuguese titles in a row. They also started this seasonâ€s competition with a 2-1 defeat, in their case away to Juventus. But unlike Arsenal, Benfica donâ€t have much pedigree in this tournament – at least not yet. Their best run, two seasons ago, ended with a 6-2 aggregate defeat to Lyon in the quarter-finals.

Benfica, and Portuguese football more generally, will want to make a dent in the competition as soon as spossible. Victory over the reigning champions would be a nice place to start.

Kick off8pm

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