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Miedema during an Arsenal home game, February 2020

Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City Women was a 2019–20 FA Women's Super League (FA WSL) match between Arsenal and Bristol City at Meadow Park, Borehamwood, took place on 1 December 2019. Arsenal won the match 11–1, setting a new league record scoreline, surpassing the 9–0 record win set by Liverpool over Doncaster Rovers Belles in 2013.

Dutch international striker Vivianne Miedema was involved in 10 of the 11 goals, which broke her own FA WSL record for single-game goal involvements, previously set at five against Liverpool in September 2018. She scored a double hat-trick, a first in the league, and assisted four goals. Her six goals made her the highest-scoring non-British player in FA WSL history, overtaking South-Korean Ji So-yun. The other Arsenal scorers were Lisa Evans (twice), Leah Williamson, Jordan Nobbs, and Emma Mitchell. Yana Daniëls scored a consolation goal for Bristol.

BBC Sport called the match an "amazing 11–1 thrashing". The Guardian praised Miedema's performance as "one of the great individual displays of any era". The international press also covered the record-breaking game. The result put Arsenal top of the league on goal difference and left Bristol City in 11th place. The return match was never played, however, after The Football Association suspended the season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Arsenal ended the season in third position while Bristol City finished in 10th position, narrowly avoiding relegation. Miedema ended up as the 2019–20 FA WSL top scorer with 16 goals. She was also named Women's Footballer of Year by the Football Writers' Association.