There's a piece of good news for the Ladies this week following the League Cup semi-final draw.

The welcoming information is that Everton drew Arsenal at home, in a fixture that mirrors last season's semi-final, when the two sides were joint favourites to win the competition.

Chelsea on the other hand will host either Leeds or Blackburn Rovers in a game set to take place on Sunday 6 December.

There is also news regarding our Women's Premier League clashes with both Everton and Arsenal. We'll now host Arsenal this Sunday, 8 November, in the first 'big three' game of the season.

After that, our meeting with Everton will see us travel north on Sunday 15 November at 2pm.

This weekend's game will also kick off at 2pm and will be the perfect opportunity to steal points from last season's League winners, who only lost one game during that successful campaign.

Arsenal will be fresh from a win in Europe. The League Cup draw was followed up by the Gunners with a 3-0 win against Sparta Prague, which takes them one step closer to the quarter-finals of the Women's Champions League.

However, that scoreline is not quite as impressive as the Blues' previous win.

Chelsea received the League Cup news on the back of an outstandingly 8-0 thrashing of Bristol Academy, which continued the Ladies' successful start to the season.

Lianne Sanderson netted a hat-trick in the fixture, adding to captain Casey Stoney's opener.

There was an own-goal in the first half which left us with a 3-0 lead at the break before Dunia Susi, Sophie Perry and Emma Whitter all added to the scoreline.

Unfortunately the game finished with a Whitter dismissal after the forward was shown a red card for retaliating to a bad tackle.

The win did keep us in second place though, where we sit behind Sunderland, who have accumulated 19 points from 11 games, while our 16 from six leaves us three points behind.

Arsenal and Everton are in sixth and seventh respectfully, only goal difference separates the two, who have 12 points from four games.