City v Aston Villa: Women’s FA Cup match preview | OneFootball

Everything you need to know in the lead up to City's home Women's FA Cup clash with Aston Villa.

WHEN AND WHERE

Gareth Taylor’s side welcome Natalia Arroyo’s team to the Joie Stadium on Sunday 9 March at 12:30 (UK).

As always, there will be a detailed coverage of proceedings on mancity.com and our official app.

Meanwhile, regular updates will be posted on X: @ManCityWomen.

APP COVERAGE

The Official Man City app will provide all coverage when we host Aston Villa at the Joie Stadium.

Minute-by minute text updates will begin in our Matchday Centre 90 minutes before the game.

Also during the game you can listen to a live audio commentary while our text commentary continues.

Make sure you have push notifications on so you can be alerted by all the key moments of goals, red cards and team news.

Highlights of the game and a full CITY+ replay will be available midday on Monday 10 March.

GARETH TAYLOR PREVIEW

Gareth Taylor says Khadija 'Bunny' Shaw and Vivianne Miedema are in line to start against Aston Villa this weekend but Aoba Fujino is likely to miss out.

Shaw, last season’s WSL’s Golden Boot winner, and Miedema, the league’s record scorer, were both introduced as second half substitutes in our 1-1 draw with West Ham United.

Taylor is confident both will be available from the get-go at the Joie Stadium this Sunday though as we aim to reach the FA Cup semi-final.

Aoba Fujino wasn’t able to feature in the West Ham fixture after grabbing the winner against Tottenham Hotspur last Sunday, and the boss admits she could miss out again this weekend.

Laura Blindkilde Brown was also unavailable against the Hammers having been struck down with food poisoning, but she was back in training on Friday ahead of Villa’s visit, while Laura Coombs also continues to improve.

The boss said: “We have Bunny [Shaw] and Viv [Miedema] into contention for a start.

“Laura Blindkilde Brown came back to training today [but] it’s probably a little too soon for Aoba. Things are slightly improved.

“We managed to get game time into Laura Coombs as well so hopefully things are more settled.”

WATCH: Wienroither reflects on ‘frustrating’ West Ham draw

LAST TIME OUT

City suffered late heartache in the 1-1 draw with West Ham United in our last game.

It looked like the Blues had done enough for the victory when Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw smashed home the opener from close-range on 80 minutes with the clock ticking down to full-time.

But Hammers substitute Manuela Pavi cut inside on her right foot and curled into the far corner to earn the hosts a share of the spoils right at the death.

WATCH: Short highlights: Aston Villa 2-4 City

PREVIOUS MEETING

Vivianne Miedema scored two goals in an entertaining 4-2 win at Villa Park back in January.

Chasity Grant scored an early goal in the sixth minute, but the Blues turned it around in the second half.

Aston Villa's second goal was scored by our own Laia Aleixandri but efforts from Mary Fowler and Jess Park helped us pull the game back in our favour, ending with a two-goal advantage.

BROADCAST DETAILS

Our match against the Villans this weekend will be broadcast live on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sports Website.

For those tuning in outside of Great Britain, click here for the full global TV listings.