Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Manchester City W & Chelsea W face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup Women. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Manchester City W and Chelsea W.
Manchester City W form and stats
Manchester participated in League Cup Women the last season, where they reached the semi-finals.4 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what Manchester City W have to build on here at Etihad Stadium in the Wsl 1 Women. 2W-1D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the League Cup Women for Manchester City W. In general it's been a long time since Manchester tasted defeat here at Etihad Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last 27 home games in the league.
Before that, Manchester City W had a Champions League Women home game versus Goteborg FC which ended with a victory 3-0.
As mentioned above, Manchester "killed" Aston Villa W in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Manchester are traveling soon after this match as the Wsl 1 Women match at Brighton W awaits in four days.
Manchester City W always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Etihad Stadium with 21 goals in 5 league games. Manchester are not conceding a lot of goals here at Etihad Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.
Chelsea W form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Chelsea, as they won the League Cup Women.As the visiting team in Wsl 1 Women matches, Chelsea W have produced an overall stat of 3-2-0 so far. In general it has been a productive period now for Chelsea as they haven't lost any of their last 31 games. Chelsea W are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played 30 in a row without losing.
Chelsea W has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 5 games. Chelsea are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 2 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - five - three (Manchester City W wins - draws - Chelsea W wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Park 2 goals | R. Lavelle 2 goals |   G. Reiten 2 goals |
Manchester City W missing players
Chelsea W missing players
| Manchester City W | Chelsea W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Won | W | 7 | 21 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 70 | 45 | Scored | S | 27 | 79 | ||
| 22 | 9 | Conceded | C | 8 | 16 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 60% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 52% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.7 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.7 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 14.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 6.3 | ||
| 58% | 76% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 51% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chelsea W | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 26 |
| 2 | Manchester United W | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 17 | 26 |
| 3 | Arsenal W | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 30 | 23 |
| 4 | Manchester City W | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 21 |
| 5 | Everton W | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 17 |
| 6 | Reading W | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -7 | 14 |
| 7 | Tottenham W | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -5 | 12 |
| 8 | Birmingham W | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -4 | 10 |
| 9 | Brighton W | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -12 | 9 |
| 10 | West Ham W | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -11 | 7 |
| 11 | Aston Villa W | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -16 | 6 |
| 12 | Bristol City W | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 31 | -43 | 2 |