Manchester Metropolis are again in Girls’s Champions League motion on Wednesday night as they tackle St Polten in Vienna.
Gareth Taylor’s facet recorded an announcement victory on Matchday 1 of the group stage final week, comfortably beating back-to-back champions Barcelona 2-0 in Manchester.
They have been virtually caught chilly at Anfield within the WSL on Sunday, however a Bunny Shaw brace ensured the Cityzens backed up final Wednesday’s win with one other home triumph.
Metropolis at the moment are dealing with the nine-time Austrian Frauenliga champions who have been crushed 2-0 by Swedish facet Hammarby on Matchday 1. St Polten have as soon as once more assumed home dominance firstly of the 2024/25 marketing campaign, however they’ve needed to slog their method into the group stage of this competitors.
The Austrian outfit bypassed three qualifying rounds which noticed them face groups from Azerbaijan, Albania and Slovenia. They have not reached the UWCL knockout rounds since 2021.
Here is 90min’s preview of Man Metropolis’s upcoming UWCL conflict.
St Polten vs Man Metropolis H2H File (All Video games)
Present kind (all competitions)
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Man Metropolis |
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St Polten 3-0 Lustenau/Dornbirn – 13/10/24 |
Liverpool 1-2 Man Metropolis – 13/10/24 |
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Hammarby 2-0 St Polten – 09/10/24 |
Man Metropolis 2-0 Barcelona – 09/10/24 |
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Bergheim 0-0 St Polten – 05/10/24 |
Man Metropolis 2-0 West Ham – 06/10/24 |
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LASK 1-6 St Polten – 29/09/24 |
Man Metropolis 1-0 Brighton – 29/09/24 |
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Mura 0-5 St Polten – 26/09/24 |
Man Metropolis 3-0 Paris FC – 26/09/24 |
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United Kingdom |
DAZN UK |
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United States |
N/A |
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Canada |
N/A |
The hosts aren’t precisely depleted heading into Wednesday’s recreation, however they’re as soon as once more with out Ella Touon (to not be confused with the Lioness) attributable to a knee harm.
Supervisor Celia Brancao may shuffle her pack from the weekend’s home triumph, so we might even see Sophie Hillebrand and Sarah Mattner-Trembleau return to the St Polten XI together with Tea Vracevic.
St Polten predicted lineup vs Man Metropolis (4-3-3): Schluter; Krizaj, Vracevic, Klein, Wenger; Mikolajova, Hillebrand, Dubcova; Madl, Mattner-Trembleau, Pekel.
Naomi Layzell was excellent in final week’s victory over Barcelona, however she picked up a knock within the latter levels of that recreation and missed Sunday’s win at Anfield consequently. She’s unlikely to return to motion in Vienna.
Vivianne Miedema was additionally absent on the weekend and is a a doubt for Wednesday’s recreation. The Dutch worldwide shall be assessed earlier than Metropolis fly out.
Risa Shimizu and Sandy MacIver are out for the lengthy haul with ACL accidents.
Man Metropolis predicted lineup vs St Polten (4-3-3): Yamashita; Casparij, Aleixandri, Greenwood, Ouahabi; Park, Hasegawa, Roord; Fowler, Shaw, Hemp.
Metropolis virtually succumbed to a post-Barcelona hangover on Sunday, however the method of their victory on Matchday 1 was ever so spectacular and a sign of their intent. They consider they’re one of the best crew on this planet.
Metropolis’s aggressive urgent was key to their success final week, and it is onerous to envisage an inferior St Polten facet coping effectively with the guests’ work with out the ball. The hosts need to be revered given simply how dominant they have been in Austria over the previous decade, however Taylor’s facet mustn’t have many points bypassing them on Wednesday.
