The draw for the semi-finals of the Women’s FA Cup has been made, with holders Chelsea dealing with a tough tie away at Manchester United in a repeat of final yr’s ultimate.
There will even be a brand new finalist as Tottenham Hotspur will face Leicester City within the competitors’s different semi-final, with the ties to be performed throughout the weekend of April 13/14.
Chelsea are on the hunt for a sixth Women’s FA Cup, which might transfer them stage with Doncaster Rovers Belles because the third-most profitable group within the competitors’s historical past. Arsenal prepared the ground with 14 wins, whereas Southampton nonetheless have the second-most triumphs with eight following a particularly profitable spell within the Seventies.
They will face a United facet who’re out for revenge having narrowly been crushed by the Blues in final season’s ultimate, the place Sam Kerr grabbed the one aim at Wembley. Chelsea additionally prevailed of their first assembly with United within the WSL this time period, successful 3-1 at Stamford Bridge, and they’re going to face off once more on the ultimate day of the season.
Chelsea reached the semi-finals with a slim 1-0 win at Everton, whereas United comprehensively thrashed Brighton 4-0.
Meanwhile, Tottenham and Leicester will battle it out for a spot within the ultimate for the primary time. Spurs and the Foxes have each reached this stage of the competitors for the primary time.
At the fourth time of asking this season, Tottenham beat Manchester City with a view to e book their spot within the final 4, seeing off Gareth Taylor’s facet on penalties. Leicester secured a formidable 2-0 victory at Liverpool courtesy of a Jutta Rantala brace within the quarter-finals.
There is a risk that each ties may very well be moved to the house grounds of the respective males’s groups, with United and Tottenham each taking part in away within the Premier League on the weekend of April 13/14.
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