City
- The Citizens are the clear favorites for this Friday’s Super League Women fixture against Leicester, with the odds heavily tilted in their favour.
- Andrée Jeglertz’s City play a high-tempo, high-possession style of soccer that allows them to press the opposition hard, flood wide areas and create plenty of opportunities to score.
- Their frontline is studded with talent and goalscorers, but with Khadija Shaw at the spearhead, they have the most clinical finish in the WSL.
- The Swede has turned the club into the most dominant WSL side this season and no-one really comes close to them in terms of points (39 from 14 games), goals scored or the quality of their best players.
Leicester
- Leicester, on the other hand, are 10th with nine points and have lost their way in 2025-26.
- Rick Passmoor has tried to get them organised at the back and they have shown some resilience in recent games, but they are always in danger of a thrashing because they don’t score enough goals.
- Sam Tierney is a creative spark and one of their few regular goal contributors, but they rarely create enough to win games.
- Leicester have lost four of their last five competitive games, scoring just once.
Head-to-Head
The Sky Blues have won all WSL head-to-heads in 2025-26, including a 3-0 away win in December .
Key Players
- Khadija Shaw is at the spearhead of City’s frontline and provides the most clinical finish in the WSL.
- The Jamaican is among the WSL’s top scorers and can score a penalty with the same ease as a 20-yard strike.
- Sam Tierney is a creative spark and one of Leicester’s few regular goal contributors.
- Janice Cayman and Julie Thibaud are experienced and bring solidity to the heart of the defence while Janina Leitzig’s shot-stopping has kept them competitive.
Betting Insights
- The Citizens are the clear favourites for this Friday’s Super League Women fixture against Leicester, with the odds heavily tilted in their favour.
- A draw is at 8.25.
- Backing Over 2.5 goals is the best value option in this game at 1.2.
Prediction
- This game should be a classic clash between an attacking machine and a stubborn defence, although there’s no doubt which way the momentum will flow.
- City are better than any other team in the WSL and should win with a few goals.
- A City win will take them to 42 points in the 2025-26 SLW.
