City v Leicester City: Match preview | OneFootball

Everything you need to know ahead of City's Women's FA Cup quarter-final tie...

When and where

The game takes place at the Academy Stadium on Wednesday 29 September, with kick-off scheduled for 19:00 (UK).

In the UK and around the world, the match will be broadcast live on the FA Player, while you can also keep up to date with all the action via our dedicated matchday Twitter: @ManCityWomen.

Following the full time whistle, a comprehensive match report and post-match reaction from Gareth Taylor will be available to view on mancity.com and our official app.

Should you miss the action entirely, a full-match replay will also be available to view with a CITY+ subscription from midday the following day.

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Ticket information

Tickets are on sale with pricing details below:

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Adult: £8Over 65 & 16-21: £5Under-16: £1

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Adult: £6Over 65 & 16-21: £5Under-16: £1

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Team News

Gareth Taylor will provide an injury update in his pre-match press conference on Tuesday 28 September (14:30).

City will be without Steph Houghton (Achilles), Karen Bardsley (hamstring), Lucy Bronze (knee), Ellie Roebuck (calf), Esme Morgan (lower leg fracture) and Chloe Kelly (ACL).

Keira Walsh (calf) is nearing a return, while the extent of Hayley Raso's shoulder injury is to be confirmed.

Last time out

City suffered our third successive defeat in all competitions with a disappointing 5-0 reverse at Arsenal in the FA Women’s Super League.

A brace from Kim Little, plus goals from Vivianne Miedema, Katie McCabe and Leah Williamson earned the Gunners’ seventh win of the season to lift the North London outfit top of the table, as a depleted City side struggled against the in-form hosts.

Arsenal capitalised on an early defensive error and never looked like relinquishing the lead, doubling the advantage 13 minutes later and adding three more goals after the break to cruise to three points.

Previous encounter

City reached the semi-finals of the Women’s FA Cup for a sixth successive year with a hard-fought 2-1 win at Leicester at the same stage of the 2019/20 tournament.

Victory over the Foxes booked our place in the final four, as Chloe Kelly netted her first competitive goal for the Club from the penalty spot before Georgia Stanway bagged her third of the season with a sweetly-struck half-volley.

Charlie Devlin halved the deficit with 12 minutes to go to set up a nervy finish but City held firm to progress.

WATCH: FA Women's Cup highlights: Leicester 1-2 City

Form guide

City head into the game in disappointing form, having fallen to three successive defeats at the hands of Real Madrid, Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal.

We sit eighth in the FA WSL table with one win and two defeats from our opening three games.

Taylor's side reached this stage of the 2020/21 FA Cup with comprehensive victories over Aston Villa and West Ham United.

Leicester are winless in their three games of the 2021/22 season - their first in the top-flight following their promotion from the Championship - having been defeated by Aston Villa, Manchester United and most recently, West Ham.

The Foxes triumphed over Liverpool and Manchester United to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals.

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