Charlton W vs Manchester City Women - prediction, team news, lineups

Manchester City Women volition caput to The Valley for Saturday's Women's Super League brushwood against Charlton W.

The Citizens person taken maximum points from their archetypal 3 league games, portion Charlton are inactive searching for their archetypal points of the season. 

Match preview

Charlton are competing successful the apical formation aft beating Leicester City connected penalties successful the promotion/relegation playoff past term. 

Having revelled successful the joyousness of promotion, Charlton person been fixed a stiff world cheque with defeats successful each of their opening 3 WSL games.

The Addicks were beaten 4-0 successful their league opener against Liverpool, earlier they conceded precocious successful a 1-0 decision distant to Everton, a crippled successful which they finished with 9 players pursuing 2 second-half reddish cards.

Charlton experienced much disappointment successful past Saturday's dense 4-1 decision to London City Lionesses, earlier they shipped 4 much goals without reply successful the midweek outing against Brighton & Hove Albion successful the Women's League Cup.

As a effect of their mediocre start, Karen Hill's broadside commencement matchday 4 bottommost of the Women's Super League array and with the worst antiaircraft grounds successful the apical flight.

They volition cognize that their shaky backline volition beryllium tested by a Man City broadside that are the league's associated starring scorers with 11 goals.

Man City are playing this play with the tag of reigning champions aft ending their 10-year hold for Women's Super League glory past term.

The aboriginal signs suggest that Man City are successful nary temper to easiness their grip connected the championship, having kicked disconnected their home run with 3 consecutive victories.

After scoring 7 goals crossed wins against Birmingham City and Aston Villa, Man City were forced to enactment hard for 3 points successful their location gathering Liverpool, netting 2 precocious goals to assertion a 4-2 triumph astatine the Joie Stadium.

Andree Jeglertz's broadside were past forced to travel from 2 goals down to rescue a 2-2 gully from their Women's Champions League opener against Bayern Munich, acknowledgment to goals from Beth Mead and Carlotta Wamser.

Man City whitethorn already person 1 oculus connected adjacent Thursday's clash against Real Madrid, but first, they volition look to support their two-point pb astatine the apical of the WSL connected matchday 4 of the WSL season.

The Citizens volition besides beryllium targeting their archetypal cleanable expanse of the run against a Charlton broadside that person failed to people successful 3 of their 4 competitory games this term.

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Team News

Charlton are incapable to telephone upon Charlotte Newsham, Linda Lif Boama and Paula Partido owed to injury.

Kiera Skeels is expected to miss retired aft being forced disconnected successful the aboriginal stages of past weekend's decision to London City. 

Defender Ashleigh Neville volition service the last crippled of a three-match prohibition aft being sent disconnected successful the 1-0 decision to Everton earlier this month.

As for the reigning champions, they stay without the services of Niamh Charles, Rebecca Knaak, Risa Shimizu, Sydney Lohmann and Vivianne Miedema. 

There are besides doubts surrounding the availability of Iman Beney, who missed the gully with Bayern owed to a caput injury.

Laura Blindkilde and Mary Fowler could commencement if Jeglertz decides to freshen up his broadside amid the engaged schedule. 

Charlton W imaginable starting lineup:

Whitehouse; Johnston, N'Dow, Cissoko, Mason; Fitzgerald, Van Egmond, Flannery, Davidson, Hutton; Korhonen

Manchester City Women imaginable starting lineup:

Yamashita; Casparij, Rose, Greenwood, Wamser; Blindkilde, Hasegawa;  Fowler, Fujino, Hemp; Shaw

We say: Charlton W 0-4 Manchester City Women

Man City volition beryllium afloat of assurance aft winning their opening 3 league games, and we deliberation they volition support the 100% grounds by moving retired comfy winners against a Charlton broadside that has struggled to accommodate to the demands of the WSL. 

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