Manchester United Women
- Manchester United Women are unbeaten in their last five competitive matches.
- In the race for the top four in the Super League Women 2025-2026 season, Sunday’s rivals Manchester United Women are firmly on track with 25 points from 13 games and a healthy +14 goal difference.
- Manchester United Women are currently 4th in the table and have shown themselves to be a team with equal parts squad depth and attacking firepower.
- Marc Skinner is an attacking, progressive manager that sets his teams up to play a possession-oriented, high-pressing game that looks to disrupt the opposition and counter quickly in numbers.
- Skinner has overseen United to their first League Cup final and has earned managerial accolades.
Liverpool Women
- Liverpool Women won only their first league game of the season last time out.
- Gareth Taylor has had to rebuild Liverpool Women’s team from the ground up since taking charge in 2025, and he has done a good job so far.
- The Reds have been patient and clinical in their build-up play, recycling the ball and utilising the width of Alice Bergström and Beata Olsson to great effect.
- However, their final third penetration and finishing has been poor for most of the campaign and they’ve struggled with a raft of injuries throughout the team.
- Liverpool Women are 12th of 12 WSL clubs with seven points from 13 matches, a -11 goal differential.
Head-to-Head
- United Women have the most wins and goals in the head-to-head against Liverpool Women since their re-establishment, although their last four meetings have been a little more even with United taking two wins, Liverpool one and a draw.
- Taylor’s possession-based approach will meet Skinner’s vertical style in what should be a battle of transitions and patience versus pace on Sunday, and the blustery conditions at Leigh Sports Village could make for an interesting game.
Key Players
- Skinner has some of the most talented and dangerous players in the WSL at his disposal, most notably striker Elisabeth Terland, who is on track to net double figures for the season already after helping United to goals in their recent 4-1 win at Aston Villa.
- Jess Park and Ella Toone add the creativity and dynamism in the front line, with the former recently on the scoresheet and the latter returning to the squad at just the right time to add some urgency to United’s forward play.
- Phallon Tullis-Joyce is the glue that holds it all together at the back, making big stops and exuding a calm confidence in possession that has increased since returning to action after injury.
- Mia Enderby is the most likely candidate to score for Liverpool after the prolific striker returned from injury to net a stoppage-time brace against Tottenham last time out, while Elisabeth Terland will likely take it to the game’s end for the hosts.
Betting Insights
- With the form book heavily favouring United Women in this one, it is no surprise to see the bookies are making Manchester United Women 1.24 favorites to beat Liverpool, with Liverpool 9.6 and the draw 5.5.
- The Red Devils can edge this one, but we’re backing Over 2.5 goals here at 1.45.
Prediction
United have the form, squad depth and momentum going into this game, while Liverpool are desperate for the points, so we’ll back the Red Devils to come out on top.
