Key occasions
7 min: Shaw receives the ball on the sting of the field and flicks it to Fowler, who goes for objective. Her effort takes an enormous deflection off James-Turner, sending Spencer the flawed means because the ball bounces over the road.
GOAL! Tottenham 0-1 Manchester City (Fowler, 6′)
Fowler breaks the impasse within the early phases!
5 min: Manchester City are holding the ball within the closing third. Hasegawa makes an attempt to cross it right into a harmful space, however Nildén makes the interception and the guests are compelled to play again.
3 min: Both groups have had a while on the ball, however neither have threatened. Manchester City are wanting pretty comfy in possession up to now.
Kick-off
We’re underway at Brisbane Road!
Tottenham crew information
Tottenham have been compelled right into a change simply minutes earlier than kick-off.
Molly Bartrip has withdrawn from the beginning line-up on account of sickness. She has been changed by Luana Bühler.
The groups are out!
Kick-off is only a few minutes away!
While we rely all the way down to kick-off, check out Kelly Simmons’ newest column discussing the Women’s FA Cup and the way the competitors will be improved.
Elsewhere within the Women’s FA Cup
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Liverpool 0-2 Leicester City
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Brighton 0-4 Manchester United
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Everton 0-1 Chelsea (nonetheless being performed)
Journey to the quarter-finals
Tottenham had been launched to this season’s FA Cup within the fourth spherical the place they got here up towards Championship aspect Sheffield United. Spurs got fairly the fright after going two targets down, however a brace from Bethany England fired them degree earlier than Rosella Ayane scored a 96th-minute winner.
Robert Vilahamn’s aspect went on to face Charlton within the fifth spherical and received 1-0 due to Kit Graham’s 76th-minute strike.
Meanwhile, Manchester City cruised to a 4-0 win over Durham within the fourth spherical due to targets from Laura Coombs, Jill Roord and Mary Fowler. They went on to face 14-time champions Arsenal within the subsequent spherical and clinched a 1-0 win at Meadow Park to ebook a spot within the quarter-finals.
These two sides have already met thrice this season, with City getting the higher of Spurs on every event.
Back in November Gareth Taylor’s aspect stormed to a 7-0 victory over Tottenham in Manchester. They made it two WSL wins out of two in January at Brisbane Road and booked a spot within the Continental Cup semi-finals with a 1-0 win final month.
Will Robert Vilahamn’s aspect lastly discover a well beyond their WSL rivals right this moment?
Feel free to e-mail in with any rating predictions, match reactions, feedback, questions and all that jazz. I’ll be right here with you all afternoon!
Team information
Tottenham beginning XI: Rebecca Spencer; Ashleigh Neville, Amy James-Turner, Molly Bartrip, Amanda Nildén; Olga Ahtinen, Eveliina Summanen, Grace Clinton; Celin Bizet Ildhusøy, Jessica Naz, Martha Thomas. Substitutes: Barbora Votíková, Charlotte Grant, Luana Bühler, Ramona Petzelberger, Matilda Vinberg, Kit Graham, Rosella Ayane, Wang Shuang, Bethany England.
Manchester City beginning XI: Khiara Keating, Laia Aleixandri, Alex Greenwood, Kerstin Casparij, Leila Ouahabi; Filippa Angeldahl, Yui Hasegawa, Jess Park; Mary Fowler, Lauren Hemp, Khadija Shaw. Substitutes: Sandy MacIver, Demi Stokes, Steph Houghton, Laura Coombs, Chloe Kelly, Esme Morgan, Ruby Mace, Alanna Kennedy.
Your crew to face Spurs within the @AdobeWFACup quarter-final! 💪
XI | Keating, Aleixandri, Greenwood (C), Fowler, Hemp, Angeldahl, Ouahabi, Park, Casparij, Shaw, Hasegawa
SUBS | MacIver, Stokes, Houghton, Coombs, Kelly, Morgan, Mace, Kennedy#ManCity | @etihad pic.twitter.com/CZvrunjVm2
— Man City Women (@ManCityWomen) March 10, 2024
Preamble
Hello hiya and welcome to protection of this afternoon’s FA Cup quarter-final conflict between Tottenham and Manchester City.
Wembley is nicely and actually in sight at this stage of the competitors, with either side eyeing that iconic trophy.
Spurs strategy this sport having did not defeat Gareth Taylor’s aspect in two-and-a-half years. In reality, over their final seven conferences Manchester City have received by a complete margin of 20 targets to at least one. But that streak might be ended right this moment with a spot within the FA Cup closing 4 at stake.
Kick off is at 3pm GMT. Don’t miss it!
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