Match Preview: Manchester United Women vs. Tottenham Hotspur

Manchester United Ladies welcome Tottenham Hotspur to the Progress With Unity Stadium this Sunday in our subsequent Barclays Ladies’s Tremendous League task.

It comes after a troublesome UEFA Ladies’s Champions League encounter on the similar venue within the week, ending in a 3-0 loss to OL Lyonnes, though now we have already confirmed a play-off to proceed past the league section.

Attentions flip swiftly to the go to of Spurs, our first of two December conferences with the north London facet, after being drawn to face them within the Subway Ladies’s League Cup per week on December 21, additionally at house.

Skinner dominated Elisabeth Terland out of our midweek European assembly throughout his final pre-match press convention, revealing that she had picked up a knock final weekend in opposition to West Ham United. It stays to be seen whether or not she has recovered in time.

Phallon Tullis-Joyce has now made two consecutive appearances during the last seven days, following an absence because of a small fracture to her eye socket, suggesting that she is about to proceed between the sticks.

Millie Turner final featured again in September, earlier than being sidelined with a knee harm, however Skinner revealed earlier this week that Spurs’ first go to might signify the defender’s return to motion.

All 4 of Dominique Janssen, Jess Park, Ella Toone and Julia Zigiotti Olme began the midweek defeat to Lyon on the bench, so they might be in line to start out once more this weekend.

Spurs arrive with an in depth harm checklist, with winger Jessica Naz sadly the most recent participant within the therapy room, after the membership confirmed a couple of days in the past that she suffered an ACL harm throughout her newest look in opposition to Aston Villa.

Naz joins colleagues Ella Morris and Maite Oroz, who’re each in restoration for a similar harm.

Alongside that trio, Charlotte Grant, Olga Ahtinen and Cathinka Tandberg aren’t anticipated again till after Christmas, with Luana Buhler additionally nonetheless sidelined, having not appeared since final season.

After a powerful begin to the season, United head into this fixture trying to put a spell of rocky kind behind us, with just one win in our final 4 outings in all competitions.

That win, nonetheless, got here within the WSL, in opposition to West Ham, so Skinner’s facet will hope to place collectively consecutive league victories this weekend, as we head into the match third within the desk, one level behind Chelsea and 7 factors behind crosstown rivals Manchester Metropolis.

The identical applies to the guests, who received their final outing in opposition to Aston Villa, following a draw in opposition to Arsenal and a 4-2 defeat by the hands of London Metropolis Lionesses.

The Lilywhites’s exploits have them fifth within the desk at current, only a level behind the Reds, so this fixture is essential for each side.

The match might be out there within the UK and Eire on BBC Two or by way of stream on the BBC iPlayer. Within the U.S. you’ll want the ESPN app or an equal subscription via one among Disney’s different streaming platforms.

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