Man City begin their defence of the FA Women’s League Cup

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Chelsea Women vs Manchester City Women - The FA Women's Continental Tyres League Cup
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FA Women’s Continental Tyres League Cup holders Manchester City begin their Group Stage games at home to Blackburn Rovers.

Wednesday 26 October

Everton v Aston Villa (Walton Hall Park, 6:30pm)
Durham v Manchester United (Maiden Castle,  7pm) – live on MUTV
Leicester City v Liverpool (Burton Albion FC, 7pm)
Manchester City v Blackburn Rovers (Academy Stadium, 7.30pm) – live on The FA Player

It’s the start of the second round of ties with two in Group A, as Durham meet Manchester United on two and one points respectively. Everton begin at home to Aston Villa who have two points from a shoot-out win over the Reds. The Toffees won 1-0 away to Villa in the Barclays WSL just last weekend.

Leicester City and Liverpool go head to head after winning their opening Group B matches, Manchester City start their cup campaign against Blackburn Rovers.

On the same evening in the UEFA Women’s Champions League Group Stage, Chelsea host Vllaznia at Kingsmeadow, with Arsenal home to Zurich on Thursday. Both games kick off at 8pm ad are live on DAZN/DAZN YouTube.

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