National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Manchester City W or Bristol City W that keep their silverware dream alive.
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
Last season, Manchester City W's League Cup Women journey ended in the quarter-finals.1-0-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Wsl 1 Women numbers at home for Manchester City W so far this season. On the other hand, in the League Cup Women, Manchester City W has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Manchester City W, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 231 minutes in the Wsl 1 Women.
A strong away win for Manchester City W against Aston Villa W the last match, as Losada and Stanway (2) were on target.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Leicester W and winning 5-0.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Arsenal W are coming to town in four days.
Manchester have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Academy Stadium with 6 goals in 4 league matches.
Bristol City W form and stats
Bristol City W was sent out of League Cup Women in the final last season.As the visiting team in Wsl 2 Women matches, Bristol City W have produced an overall stat of 2-2-2 so far. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the League Cup Women stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.
316 minutes! That's how long the Bristol City W goalkeeper Francesca Bentley and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Two travels in a row for Bristol City W, whose manager Smith could celebrate last time after the Wsl 2 Women win against Blackburn Rovers.
Ahead of that match was the League Cup Women away draw versus Crystal Palace W (after extra-time) that ended 0-0.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Charlton W in just four days.
Bristol City W are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 6 away games so far. As opposed to that, Bristol City W have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: seven - two - zero (Manchester City W wins - draws - Bristol City W wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Harrison 7 goals |   G. Stanway 5 goals | L. Hemp 5 goals |
Manchester City W missing players
Bristol City W missing players
| Manchester City W | Bristol City W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 6 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 72 | 39 | Scored | S | 15 | 38 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Conceded | C | 15 | 37 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 76% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 60% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 32% | ||
| 8 | 8.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 3 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 0.4 | 0.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.8 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 10 | ||
| 6.9 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 42% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 31% | ||
| 6 | 5.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 10.5 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 25 | 25 |
| 2 | Chelsea W | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 21 | 21 |
| 3 | Manchester United W | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 4 | Tottenham W | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Manchester City W | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 19 |
| 6 | Reading W | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | Brighton W | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | -4 | 15 |
| 8 | West Ham W | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | Everton W | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 11 |
| 10 | Aston Villa W | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | -19 | 10 |
| 11 | Leicester W | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 14 | -18 | 6 |
| 11 | Leicester City W | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Birmingham W | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 17 | -25 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool W | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 18 | 29 |
| 2 | Millwall W | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 |
| 3 | Crystal Palace W | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 21 |
| 4 | Durham W | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 21 |
| 5 | Bristol City W | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 20 |
| 6 | Charlton W | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| 7 | Lewes W | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Sheffield Utd W | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 15 |
| 9 | Sunderland W | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 12 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | -14 | 10 |
| 11 | Watford W | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -15 | 6 |
| 12 | Coventry United | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -14 | -4 |
