City v Leicester City: Women’s FA Cup match preview | OneFootball

All you need to know ahead of our Adobe Women’s FA Cup Fifth Round clash with the Foxes at the Joie Stadium.

WHEN AND WHERE

Gareth Taylor’s side welcome Leicester City to the Joie Stadium on Sunday 9 February, with kick-off scheduled for 14:00 (UK).

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There will be comprehensive coverage of the fourth round tie on the Official Man City App and on mancity.com.

Meanwhile, regular match updates will be posted on X: @ManCityWomen.

MAN CITY APP COVERAGE

The Official Man City App will have all bases of our FA Cup clash covered on Sunday.

Minute-by-minute text updates will begin in our Matchday Centre 90 minutes before kick-off. During the game you can also listen to live audio commentary while our text commentary continues.

Make sure you have push notification turned on as well, so you can be alerted to key moments in the action including goals, red cards and team news.

Highlights and a CITY+ full-match replay will be available at midday on Monday.

GARETH TAYLOR PREVIEW

The boss will speak on Friday afternoon to give an update ahead of this one.

You can watch it live from 15:00 (UK) on mancity.com or our official app, or we'll have full written and video recaps shortly after it concludes.

LAST TIME OUT

City booked our place in the League Cup final win a dramatic late win over Arsenal.

Mary Fowler opened the scoring at Meadow Park when she found the top corner after a swift counter attack.

But the hosts responded just before the hour when Mariona Caldentey fired home a penalty, with City then missing a spot kick of our own minutes later.

The Blues twice struck the woodwork as the game edged closer to extra time, only for Fowler to sweep home with virtually the last kick of the game from the edge of the area and set up a final clash with Chelsea in March.

WATCH: Extended Highlights: Arsenal 1-2 City

PREVIOUS MEETING

The Blues last met Leicester back in December at the Joie Stadium and came away with a 4-0 WSL win thanks to a brace from Khadija 'Bunny' Shaw and a goal apiece for Jess Park and Mary Fowler.

It took City just two minutes to break the deadlock, as Kerstin Casparij’s cross was headed home by Shaw.

Just before the half hour Shaw doubled her tally when meeting another ball in from Leila Ouahabi, with Park adding a third after the break after smart build-up play with Jill Roord.

Fowler made sure of City’s empathic win ten minutes later when a Ouahabi cross was only half cleared by the Leicester defence, allowing the Australian to unleash an unstoppable half volley.

The result ensured City maintained a 100% record at the Joie Stadium with a ninth successive victory.

WATCH: Extended Highlights: City 4-0 Leicester