A look ahead to the best of the action in the Women’s Super League
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Saturday
The return of the WSL post-international tournament season sees a spread of games across the weekend, a real treat for all of those missing their club football fix.
And on Saturday, there’s an early start at Villa, with Brighton hoping to break their current run of form and return back to kind of performances they were putting together in the first half of the season.
Later in the day, Manchester United will look to take all three points against Leicester as they hunt down Spurs in the fight for third. United’s recent dip in form may well have be bolstered by some strong international performances from members of the squad.
Sunday
It’s top vs. bottom on Sunday as struggling Birmingham City travel to face an Arsenal side who looked rampant in their return to league action during midweek. The Gunners put four past Reading with Vivianne Miedema pivotal in a number 10 role and recent signing Stina Blackstenius once again in the goals.
Perhaps the most closely matched of all the weekend fixtures is Sunday’s game between Reading and Tottenham. Spurs are still up for that assault on third place, whilst Reading have managed to pull off some impressive results – December’s win over Chelsea for example, and more recently consecutive wins over Leicester, Birmingham, Brighton (in the FA Cup) and Everton.
League Cup Final
Away from the league, Chelsea and Manchester City meet in the final of the FA Women’s League Cup on Saturday evening.
Emma Haye’s Chelsea side will probably start as favourites having won the last two editions of this trophy and beating City in each of their three meetings so far this season. However, City come in this game fresh from two morale boosting wins over rivals Manchester United just prior to the international break and Gareth Taylor will be keen to secure some silverware given City’s disappointments in the WSL this season.
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