Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Manchester City W & Blackburn Rovers W face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup Women. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Manchester City W form and stats
Manchester City W have played 1 Wsl 1 Women games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Manchester City W are confident in defense, having played 192 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Manchester City W are returning here after visiting Tottenham W and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. Hemp and Shaw (2) scored the goal(s).
Previous to that game, a Wsl 1 Women home match hosting Leicester W in a game that was won 4-0.Manchester City W are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Academy Stadium with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history 33 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Manchester City W has won 29 times, drawn 1 and lost 3. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Manchester City W has won by at least two goals 25 times when in this position.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Liverpool W are coming to town in four days.
Early season league goal statistics from Manchester City W's 1 home game: {4 goals}, 0 conceded.
Blackburn Rovers W form and stats
They also participated in League Cup Women last season. This ended in the group stage.Still no away game victory in the Wsl 2 Women for Blackburn Rovers W with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.
Blackburn are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the game against Coventry United.
Ahead of that match was the Wsl 2 Women away draw versus Charlton W that ended 2-2.Blackburn Rovers W are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 12 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 6 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. Of the defeats, 4 games were lost by at least two goals margin.
Blackburn Rovers W have another fixture that requires travelling in just four days, a Wsl 2 Women game vs Millwall W. A hard diary for the guests!
For Blackburn, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Shaw 5 goals |  S. Jordan 5 goals | L. Coombs 2 goals |
Manchester City W missing players
Blackburn Rovers W missing players
| Manchester City W | Blackburn Rovers W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 9 | 16 | ||
| 79 | 45 | Scored | S | 10 | 21 | ||
| 18 | 5 | Conceded | C | 25 | 48 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 32% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 56% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 32% | ||
| 7.5 | 8.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.8 | 7.8 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | 17.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.8 | 7.3 | ||
| 6.7 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3 | ||
| 42% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | ||
| 5.4 | 4.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 14.6 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leicester W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Liverpool W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Manchester City W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Sunderland W | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers W | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal W | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 12 |
| 2 | Manchester United W | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 12 |
| 3 | Chelsea W | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | Everton W | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | West Ham W | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 6 | Manchester City W | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | Aston Villa W | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Tottenham W | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 6 |
| 9 | Liverpool W | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 3 |
| 10 | Brighton W | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | -9 | 3 |
| 11 | Reading W | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 0 |
| 12 | Leicester W | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -9 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bristol City W | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | Millwall W | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 3 | Southampton | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 4 | Charlton W | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Crystal Palace W | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | Sheffield Utd W | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | Birmingham W | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Lewes W | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Durham W | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers W | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 11 | Sunderland W | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -6 | 4 |
| 12 | Coventry United | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17 | -19 | 0 |
