The quarter -finals of the Adobe Women’s Fa Cup will take place this weekend, and Aston Villa is organizing in the Joie Stadium in Manchester City.
Gareth Taylor’s team experienced a break -in in shape this season because they are fourth in the WSL classification and 12 points behind Leaders Chelsea. During the week, after an opening goal by Khadija Shaw, they were recorded 1-1 against West Ham.
However, they are still used for the League Cup, the FA Cup and the Champions League and hope to put their league shape aside this weekend. The villa fights at the wrong end of the WSL table and is only four points before relegation at this stage.
Here, 90 minutes Preview of the FA Cup quarter-finals on Sunday between Manchester City and Aston Villa …
Manchester City | Aston Villa |
|---|---|
West Ham 1-1 Manchester City (05/03/25) | Aston Villa 0-2 Everton (02.02.25) |
Tottenham 1-2 Manchester City (02/03/25) | Leicester City 3-0 Aston Villa (16/02/25) |
Manchester City 4-0 Liverpool (16/02/25) | Aston Villa 3-2 Brighton (08/02/25) |
Manchester City 3-1 Leicester City (09/02/25) | Aston Villa 0-1 Chelsea (02.02.25) |
Arsenal 1-2 Manchester City (06/02/25) | Aston Villa 2-4 Manchester City (25.01.25) |
country | TV channel/livestream |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | BBC One, BBC IPLAYER, BBC Sport -Website, Adobe Women’s Fa Cup YouTube Channel, The FA player |
United States | ESPN+, ESPN app |
Canada | Adobe Women’s Fa Cup YouTube Channel |
The city is without the long -term absence of Lauren Hanf and Alex Greenwood who recover from knee injuries. In his press conference before the game, Taylor confirmed that they would welcomes Vivianne Miedema and Shaw back into the starting line -up.
However, the manager added that his game was too early for Japan International Aoba Fujino. Laura Blindkilde Brown is back in training, but it remains to be seen whether she is fit.
In January, Rebecca Knaak also signed due to injuries after she confirmed on social media at the beginning of this month that she has a lead on the side.
Lineup predicted against Aston Villa (4-1-4-1): Yamashita; Kasparij, Layzell, Alexandri, Ouahabi; Hasegawa; Fowler, Park, Miedema, Kerolin; Shaw
For Villa it was a few turbulent weeks when wing player Adriana Leon left the club to join San Diego Wave in the NWSL. After the defeat in the last week against Everton in the WSL, Natalia Arroyo has some injury concerns.
At the beginning of the second half in Villa Park, goalkeeper Sabrina d’Angelo took an evil blow and had to be replaced Katelin Talbert, who made her debut for the club. The villa still has to confirm the extent of d’Angelo’s injury or whether it is available to the city this weekend.
The Aston Villa predicted Lineup against Man City (4-2-3-1): Talbert; Mayling, panels, gymnast, Maritz; Taylor, Baijings; Grant, Nobbs, Hanson; Daly
This is a difficult prediction that the city is currently not predicting in the best form in the best form. The result of the week against West Ham proves that the villa will undoubtedly be desperate after exploitation.
Apart from that, Taylor’s team has so much experience at the highest level and will get over the line in one way or another. If this match had been against harder opposition, it could have been a tricky connection for City, but Villa’s space in the WSL second from below – shows that they also fight for shape.