After assisting Bunny's second goal, she is only 3 away from Beth Mead's record (54)

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Manchester City v Brighton - WSL MW6
Sunday, 18th October 2026 | 2:30 PM

Last Meeting

Brighton 0 - 4 City - 31st May 2026

The last meeting between these two teams came in the FA Cup final last season. City opened the scoring in the 38th minute thanks to a Bunny Shaw header. They doubled their lead just before half-time when Alex Greenwood's free kick found the back of the net. Substitute Aoba Fujino added a third in the 66th minute before Vivianne Miedema headed home City's fourth just before full time. The win sealed City's second trophy of the season.

Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Exo7UkZ9yWc

Team News

Knaak is ready to make her return this weekend after missing the start of the season after picking up an injury in pre-season. Fowler is also available after missing the international break due to personal reasons and Bunny is fully fit after an agreement with Jamaica saw her miss their second international game.

Coffey picked up an injury against Arsenal and is unavailable. Lohmann and Shimizu are both close to a return, whilst Miedema is back on the grass but hasn't returned to team training yet.

Head to Head

Manchester City:  15 Wins

Brighton:  2 Wins

Draws: 1

Recent Form - Last 5 Matches

City: W-D-W-D-W

Brighton: D-W-L-L-W

Matchday Memories

Brighton 1 - 7 Manchester City - 24th January 2021

City celebrated their seventh anniversary as a professional club by putting seven goals past Brighton. Caroline Weir opened the scoring after 12 minutes and grabbed her second just four minutes later. Steph Houghton, marking her 150th appearance for the club, bundled in the third from a corner just before the break.

Ellen White made it four, tapping in Chloe Kelly's cross. Houghton then fired home a free kick from 25 yards in the 61st minute for her second of the match. Brighton's Rianna Jarrett pulled one back in the 70th minute, but just two minutes later, after several assists, Kelly finally got her goal to make it 6-1. City rounded off a dominant performance as Janine Beckie's strike sealed the seven-goal celebration for their seventh anniversary.

Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mceECzbwVZI

Worn Both Badges

Pauline Bremer

Bremer played for City from 2017 to 2020. She made 43 appearances and scored 24 goals. She joined Brighton in 2023, made 42 appearances and scored 5 goals before leaving in 2025.

Vicky Losada

Losada joined City in 2021 and made 30 appearances, scoring 9 goals for the club. She joined Brighton in 2023 and went on to make 47 appearances, scoring 2 goals before leaving in 2025

Nikita Parris

Parris played for City from 2015 to 2019. She made 97 appearances and scored 62 goals, becoming the club's all-time top goalscorer before she left. She joined Brighton in 2024 and made 28 appearances, scoring 12 goals in her single season with the Seagulls.

Poppy Pattinson

Pattinson had a single season at City from 2017 to 2018 but didn't appear for the first team. She joined Brighton in 2022 and made 55 appearances before leaving in 2025.

Katie Startup

Startup joined Brighton in 2020 and made 4 appearances across four years. In 2024, she joined City on loan before signing permanently but never made a first-team appearance.

Where to Watch

UK: BBC2 | 2:30 PM (GMT)

Australia: Stan Sports | 9:30 PM (AWST) | 11:00 PM (ACST) | 11:30 PM (AEST) | 12:00 AM (ACDT) | 12:30 AM (AEDT)

USA: Paramount+ | 6:30 AM (PDT)  | 7:30 AM (MDT) | 8:30 AM (CDT) | 9:30 AM (EDT) 

Japan: U-NEXT  | 10:30 AM (JST)

Rest of the World: https://www.livesoccertv.com/match/manchester-city-vs-brighton-hove-albion/4hx00l#5719726

Prediction League

https://www.reddit.com/r/MCWFC/s/KV2p5c1LR0

Hi,

I have a hospitality season ticket and can't make an upcoming match. And mate would like to go. But I'm not sure how to transfer him the ticket. I looked on their website but that's not been any help. Does anyone know how to do this thanks.

Matches are listed in the order in which they started.

England u19 vs Switzerland u19 - Freya Hirons - u19 Euro Qualification

Hirons featured during added injury time in the second half as England drew 2-2 with Switzerland.

Full match

England u23 vs Norway u23 - Eve Annets, Naomi Layzell, Lily Murphy & Gracie Prior - Friendly

Both Annets and Murphy made their England u23 debuts in a 2-0 loss to Norway. Annets started in goal and played the full 90 minutes, whilst Layzell played 36 minutes and Murphy featured for 11 minutes. Prior was an unused substitute.

Full match

Canada vs Denmark - Jade Rose - Friendly

Rose completed the 90 as Canada fell to a 4-3 defeat against Denmark.

Full match | Highlights

Bosnia & Herzegovina u19 vs England u19 - Freya Hirons - u19 Euro Qualification

Hirons scored her first goal for England u19 as she played 28 minutes in England's 6-0 victory. The victory ensured that they finished the first round of qualification second in the group and will take part in Round 2 in the spring.

Full match - skip to 1h 48m for the goal

Germany vs Japan - Carlotta Wamser, Aoba Fujino, Yui Hasegawa & Ayaka Yamashita - Friendly

Fujino, Hasegawa & Yamashita all played the full 90 as Japan suffered a narrow 2-1 defeat against Germany, with Fujino assisting Japan's sole goal. Wamser featured for 27 minutes in the second half.

Full match | Highlights

Austria vs Kosovo - Laura Wienroither - UEFA Women's World Cup Play-Offs

Wienroither featured for the final 9 minutes as Austria secured a 4-0 victory against Kosovo. They will face Switzerland in Round 2 for a place in the World Cup.

Extended highlights | Short highlights

Switzerland vs Israel - Iman Beney - UEFA Women's World Cup Play-Offs

Beney featured for 59 minutes and scored the opening goal in Switzerlan's 2-0 win against Israel. They will face Austria in Round 2.

Highlights - skip to 4m 40s for Beney's goal

Wales vs Albania - Mayzee Davies - UEFA Women's World Cup Play-Offs

Davies completed the 90 and opened the scoring with her first professional goal in a 3-0 victory over Albania. They will face Norway in Round 2.

Highlights - skip to 6m for the goal

Scotland vs Czechia - Eartha Cumings - UEFA Women's World Cup Play-Offs

Cumings was an unused substitute as Scotland beat Czechia 3-2. They will face Sweden in Round 2.

England vs Greece - Laura Blindkilde Brown, Niamh Charles, Grace Clinton, Alex Greenwood, Lauren Hemp, Beth Mead & Anna Moorhouse - UEFA Women's World Cup Play-Offs

Hemp assisted twice as England beat Greece 5-0. Greenwood featured for the full 90, Hemp played 59 minutes and Mead the second 45 as Charles was subbed on for the final 31 minutes. Blindkilde, Clinton and Moorhouse were unused substitutes. England will face Ukraine in Round 2.

Extended highlights | Short highlights

Netherlands vs Hungary - Kerstin Casparij - UEFA Women's World Cup Play-Offs

Casparij featured for the second 45 as the Netherlands' beat Hungary 3-0. They will face Slovenia in Round 2.

Highlights

Jamaica vs Mexico - Khadija Shaw - Friendly

Bunny was not in Jamaica's squad as they fell to a 3-1 defeat against Mexico. No reason has been given for her absence yet.

I’m going to watch City Vs PSG in the champions league. This will actually be my first women’s match so I’m extremely excited and taking my young daughter who has got the football bug since the World Cup. Any tips that come in handy or is it plain sailing and just enjoy the night?

Please ignore any mistakes you see, I'm a recovering perfectionist and sometimes my hand moves before my brain lol.

Most of the images are from the programmes so it's a 2-in-1 project of helping me declutter. Has anyone else done something similar?

Matches listed in the order that they started:

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿(u19) vs Denmark u19 (Freya Hirons) - u19 Euro Qualifiers

Hirons came off the bench in the 68th minute to make her England u19 debut in an unfortunate 5-1 defeat to Denmark. They now have an uphill battle to secure qualification for the u19 Euros.

Full match (no commentary)

🇨🇭 vs Israel (Iman Beney) - UEFA Women's World Cup Play-Offs

Beney featured for 83 minutes as Switzerland defeated Israel 7-3. After conceding the free kick that led to Israel's second goal, she redeemed herself by scoring a rocket after a corner to make the score 2-2. The result means Switzerland are in control ahead of the home leg next week.

Highlights (German commentary) - not the best quality but to see Beney's goal skip to 5 minutes.

🇦🇹 vs Kosovo (Laura Wienroither) - UEFA Women's World Cup Play-Offs

Wienroither was an unused substitute as Austria beat Kosovo 2-1.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 vs Albania (Mayzee Davies) - UEFA Women's World Cup Play-Offs

Davies started and completed the 90 as she helped Wales to a clean sheet in a 1-0 victory against Albania. Wales will hope to improve their performance ahead of the home leg next week to secure a spot in the next round.

Full match (English commentary) | Highlights

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 vs Greece (Alex Greenwood, Beth Mead, Lauren Hemp, Anna Moorhouse, Laura Blindkilde Brown, Niamh Charles) - UEFA Women's World Cup Play-Offs

Greenwood and Hemp completed the full 90 and Blindkilde Brown and Mead featured for 45 minutes each as England beat Greece 3-1, with Mead assisting England's third goal. Moorhouse and Charles were unused substitutes. Grace Clinton has been called into the squad ahead of the return leg next week.

Highlights (English commentary)

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 vs Czechia (Eartha Cumings) - UEFA Women's World Cup Play-Offs

Cumings was an unused substitute as Scotland secured a 2-0 victory against Czechia.

🇳🇱 vs Hungary (Kerstin Casparij) - UEFA Women's World Cup Play-Offs

Casparij featured for 28 minutes from the bench as the Netherlands destroyed Hungary 8-0. The result means they have a very comfortable lead going into the return leg at home next week.

Highlights (Dutch commentary)

🇯🇵 vs Haiti (Aoba Fujino, Yui Hasegawa, Ayaka Yamashita) - Friendly

Hasegawa completed 90 minutes for Japan, scoring and assisting as they beat Haiti 5-1. Fujino featured for 27 minutes in the second-half, whilst Yamashita was an unused substitute.

Full match (no commentary) - skip to 56 minutes for Yui's goal (but it's worth watching the whole match!).

🇩🇪 vs Australia (Carlotta Wamser) - Friendly

Wamser featured for 63 minutes from the start as Germany beat Australia 4-2, sending in a brilliant cross to help Germany to the first goal of the night. Mary Fowler withdrew from the Australia camp due to personal circumstances.

Full match (English commentary) | Highlights (English commentary)

🇨🇦 vs Denmark (Jade Rose) - Friendly

Rose featured for 62 minutes in Canada's 1-1 draw to Denmark. Canada won the following penalty shootout 4-2.

Highlights (English commentary)

🇯🇲 vs Mexico (Khadija Shaw) - Friendly

Bunny captained Jamaica to a thrilling 4-3 win against Mexico, scoring her team's second goal and winning the penalty for the third.

Full match (Spanish commentary)

Let me know what you think.

All but two of our uninjured senior squad are jetting off for international duty, with a mixture of WWC qualifiers and friendlies!

Congratulations to Next Gen player Freya Hirons, who has been called up to the England u19 squad for the first time, as well as Eve Annets (on loan at Hibs) and Lily Murphy (on loan at Aston Villa) who have both been called up to the England u23s for the first time too!

All dates and times are correct according to Flashscore and in BST. I'll try and post any streaming links/where to watch in the comments as it gets closer to the matches.

As usual, I'll aim to post a summary of the fixtures after the first and second matchday.

Some great stats in here!

Casparij's equaliser came just 70 seconds after she came off the bench - the fastest goal by a City substitute in WSL history, surpassing the previous record held by Toni Duggan since April 2016 by a single second.

Ayaka Yamashita had to make seven saves - the most by a City goalkeeper in a WSL game since Ellie Roebuck in December 2019.

There were only 66 hours and 39 minutes between the final whistle going at the Joie Stadium in the 1-1 draw with Real Madrid and kick-off at the Etihad against Arsenal.

MW7 Results

Score: City 4 - 2 Arsenal

First Goalscorer: Lisa Baum

Round's Top Scorer: MySincereOpinion (6pts)