After beating Manchester City on Sunday in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, Everton Women return to the Academy Stadium for a championship against the Citizens on Wednesday. The matchup will be Everton’s fourth against City in all competitions this season.
Through three games – every game in the league, FA Cup and Continental Cup – City have dominated the Blues each time; Manchester scored 13 goals at Everton.
The 2021/22 campaign was mostly disappointing for the Merseyside outfit, and the results against City highlight these fights. After a close game last season – Everton lost 3-0 and 1-0 in the league, 3-2 in the FA Cup final and 3-1 in the Conti Cup – this season the Blues took a massive step seen back.
The year started with a 4-0 loss against City and Chelsea. Things improved as the team won a 3-1 victory over Birmingham City and a 3-0 victory against Reading. Then the wheels began to come; Everton have won just one league game in eight attempts and are on the 11th.
Before the defeat against City in the FA Cup, Toffees fell 3-0 at home against Chelsea. But Chelsea’s defeat came after Everton’s first two-game victory since early October. The Liverpool-based club pulled off a crushing 1-0 win over Aston Villa, beating Leicester City 3-2. The consecutive victories helped Toffees jump to the current 9th place.
Even though four of Everton’s last six league games against teams come in the top half of the league table, the Blues are most likely safe from relegation. 12th place Birmingham has a single win in 17 games and looks like a block to go down.
After a brutal start to the season in which the Citizens won four games, the city has retreated and is in fourth place in the division with 29 points from 17 games. It is led by Ellie Roebuck in goal, Lucy Bronze on defense and the ever-dangerous-before-of-net Ellen White.
The last meeting
The two sides met on Sunday and what an easy win for the visitors was; The city overcame Everton with a 4-0 scoreline. With the clock showing 35 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of Toffees resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by Lauren Hemp in the center of the opposition’s penalty area, but his finish went high. The city then found the back of the net in 48 ‘, 61’ and 90 + 2 ‘. Citizens also had six shots on target at zero by the Blues and held 61% of ball possession.
Match Details
Contest: FA Women’s Super League, 16th Matchday
Date and start time: Wednesday, March 23 at 15:00 ET / 19:00 GMT
Stadium: Academy Stadium, Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Capacity: 7,000
TV: N / A – United states; BBC Two – United Kingdom; Sportsnet – CanadaOptus Sport, Viaplay
Radio: evertontv
Livestream: FuboNBC Sports App, nbcsports.comFanatiz USA, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport Web, ATA Football, The FA Player, Sportsnet Now
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