Man City vs Arsenal - Sunday, kick-off 4.30pm, live on Sky Sports While the turmoil engulfing Manchester City Football Club rumbles on in the background of M11, I have no doubt Andree Jeglertz will insist nothing changes for his reigning champs. City are thriving under him, top of the WSL, unbeaten since April. Arsenal, meanwhile, are stuck in a revolving rut.
Things have gone stale under Renee Slegers, who needs a big result to breathe some life into a tenure that is increasingly gathering unwanted attention. The Gunners are winless in each of their last three league outings and Slegers has come in for criticism after her side blew a two-goal lead in Paris to draw 2-2 midweek. Subjectively, I'm in the camp that defeat on Sunday ends their title race.
The gap to City as leaders would already be 10 points and that deficit is rarely surmountable. It's on Arsenal to approach the game with the kind of authority that, so far, has been absent from most of their disjointed performances. City are unlikely to take pity; if they sense even a flicker of vulnerability, they will go for the kill.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Man Utd vs Liverpool - Saturday, kick-off 1.30pm Man Utd remain on a voyage of discovery under Eva Olid. What is their style of play? How much is realistically achievable this season?
Is evolution as a club even possible in the current climate? There is limited evidence from which to draw conclusions at this early stage. But I admired their endeavour in victory over West Ham last weekend, Olid's first in the WSL.
Her side carried equal threat from open play and set-pieces, and scored two well-worked goals. The Spaniard's desire to develop an aggressive, pressing team was far more detectable - but it's clearly a work in progress. Despite ranking among the sides who have amassed the fewest shots and one of the lowest accumulated xG values, they also have the best conversion rate in the WSL.
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