Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Manchester City W & Sunderland 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 should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Manchester City W form and stats
As mentioned below, Manchester City W are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Wsl 1 Women games.
Manchester City W are returning here after visiting Everton W and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Shaw and Blakstad scored the goal(s). Shaw has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three matches in a row. Skilful!
In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Reading W.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 35 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Manchester City W has won 31 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 26 times when in this position.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Manchester City W at home in the league. 6 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Sunderland W form and stats
They also participated in League Cup Women last season. This ended in the group stage.1-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sunderland W in their Wsl 2 Women matches away.
Sunderland aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 361 league minutes without a goal. Watson was the last player to find the net.
The manager Copeland was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium. Sunderland W suffered a 0-1 loss to Lewes W.
It was a Wsl 2 Women defeat before that one as the away game against Blackburn Rovers W wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.Sunderland are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 15 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 5 wins, 1 draw and 9 defeats. Of the defeats, 7 games were lost by at least two goals margin.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sunderland W as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Sunderland as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: two - zero - zero (Manchester City W wins - draws - Sunderland W wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Shaw 8 goals | L. Coombs 2 goals | L. Hemp 2 goals |
Manchester City W missing players
Sunderland W missing players
| Manchester City W | Sunderland W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 11 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 9 | 15 | ||
| 77 | 46 | Scored | S | 10 | 23 | ||
| 18 | 4 | Conceded | C | 20 | 38 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 32% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 40% | ||
| 56% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 52% | ||
| 7.2 | 7.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.4 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 0.6 | 0.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 14.9 | 16.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7.3 | ||
| 6.4 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.3 | ||
| 46% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 30% | ||
| 5.4 | 4.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 12.2 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Manchester City W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 3 | Leicester W | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -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 | Chelsea W | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 21 |
| 2 | Arsenal W | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 18 |
| 3 | Manchester United W | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 18 |
| 4 | Manchester City W | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 15 |
| 5 | Aston Villa W | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | West Ham W | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 7 | Tottenham W | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Everton W | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | -2 | 9 |
| 9 | Brighton W | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | -16 | 7 |
| 10 | Liverpool W | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -7 | 5 |
| 11 | Reading W | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 4 |
| 12 | Leicester W | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -15 | 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 | Millwall W | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 20 |
| 2 | Bristol City W | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | Southampton W | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | Charlton W | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Birmingham W | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Lewes W | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Crystal Palace W | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers W | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 9 | Durham W | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Sheffield Utd W | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Sunderland W | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -9 | 4 |
| 12 | Coventry United W | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 20 | -27 | 0 |
