Manchester City will welcome a reinforced Aston Villa to the Academy Stadium on Saturday (21 January) as they aim to increase their unbeaten run to 13 games in all competitions.
Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw and Rachel Daly are the Women’s Super League’s leading scorers with nine goals each with the two sides having last met in September’s season-opening clash at Villa Park, The seven-goal thriller saw the home side get their first WSL win over the Sky Blues, in a 4-3 win where the lead swapped hands twice.
Alisha Lehmann got an early lead which was doubled by Daly 32 minutes in before Laura Coombs pulled one back but Villa went into the half leading two goals to one. Shaw and Coombs found the net again to steal the lead 3-2 10 minutes after the restart but Villas’ Kenza Dali brought it back equal by the hour mark capped off by Daly who netted the winner with 14 minutes left on the clock, her debut for the club on her return to the WSL.
