London City Lionesses W vs Brighton & Hove Albion Women - prediction, team news, lineups

London City Lionesses W volition invited Brighton & Hove Albion Women to Hayes Lane for Saturday’s Women’s Super League clash.

The hosts are aiming for a 3rd consecutive triumph successful each competitions, portion the visitors are searching for their archetypal WSL triumph of the campaign.

Match preview

Backed by their ambitious proprietor Michelle Kang, London City made a fig of high-profile signings successful the summer, including the arrivals of Mapi Leon, Alexia Putellas, Rosa Kafaji and Kadidiatou Diani.

The new-look squad has made a promising commencement to the 2026-27 season, signaling 3 victories successful their opening 4 competitory matches.

Eder Maestre's broadside kicked disconnected the run with a connection 2-1 triumph implicit Manchester United, earlier they mislaid by the aforesaid scoreline successful their distant clash against West Ham United connected matchday two. 

London City rapidly bounced backmost with a ascendant 4-1 distant triumph implicit newly-promoted Charlton Athletic, leaving them successful 4th spot in the WSL table and 3 points adrift of aboriginal gait setters Manchester City.

Another triumph followed successful midweek arsenic Nikita Parris and Diani struck precocious successful a 2-0 occurrence against second-tier Leicester City successful the Women's League Cup radical stage.

They volition present crook their absorption backmost to league action, with the hosts aiming to grounds a 2nd consecutive triumph successful meetings with Brighton aft picking up a 2-1 triumph successful February's distant clash.

Brighton's preparations for the caller play were dealt a stroke erstwhile Dario Vidosic, who led the nine to past season's FA Cup final, resigned conscionable a week earlier the commencement of the Women's Super League campaign.

Arturo Ruiz near his presumption arsenic Real Sociedad brag to instrumentality implicit the reins astatine Brighton, wherever helium is inactive waiting for his archetypal league triumph aft seeing his squad instrumentality 2 points from their opening 3 games.

The Seagulls fell to a constrictive 1-0 decision against Arsenal connected the opening play of the play earlier they played retired draws with Birmingham City and Aston Villa. 

As a effect of their underwhelming start, Brighton are sitting successful 10th spot successful the standings and a constituent wide of the bottommost two. 

The Seagulls astatine slightest managed to boost their assurance with a ascendant 4-0 occurrence successful their midweek League Cup gathering with Charlton, which came courtesy of an Olaug Tvedten brace and goals from Caitlin Hayes and Sophie Peskett.

They volition present beryllium aiming to nutrient a repetition of past season's distant clash with London City, which saw them prevail by a slender 1-0 scoreline. 

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Brighton & Hove Albion Women Women's Super League form:

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Team News

London City are incapable to telephone upon Malou Marcetto and Kosovare Asllani, who are some moving connected their recoveries from superior genu injuries.

There are besides doubts surrounding the availability of versatile defender Alanna Kennedy and guardant Delphine Cascarino.

After making changes successful midweek, Maestre could revert backmost to the broadside that started past Saturday’s commanding triumph implicit Charlton.

Meanwhile, the Seagulls stay without the injured quartet of Aisha Masaka, Tahirah Heron, and Nadia Krezyman.

Defender Moeka Minami has missed the past 2 competitory matches, making her an evident uncertainty for the distant trip. 

Olaug Tvedten is pushing to marque her archetypal WSL commencement aft scoring a brace and providing an assistance successful the midweek triumph implicit Charlton.

London City Lionesses W imaginable starting lineup:

Lete; Fernandez, Kardinaal, Leon, Pattinson; Geyoro, Arques; Diani, Van de Donk, Putellas; Goodwin

Brighton & Hove Albion Women imaginable starting lineup:

Nnadozie; George, Hayes, Vanegas, Olislagers; Seike, Walti, Symonds; Haley, Tvedten, Kirby

We say: London City Lionesses W 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion Women

While Brighton are yet to triumph successful the league this season, they person avoided decision successful their past 3 competitory games, and we deliberation they volition bash capable to clasp London City to their archetypal gully of the 2026-27 campaign. 

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