- Head-to-head: Brighton & Hove Albion (W) are winless across the last 2 meetings with Manchester City Women at home
- Player form: Khadija Shaw has scored 18 Super League Women 2025/2026 goals in 19 appearances, including 4 in her last 5 appearances.
- Home stats: Brighton & Hove Albion (W) are averaging 1.50 goals scored and 1.25 conceded per home league game in 2025/2026.
High-scoring affair expected between Super League Women top and bottom six sides
A clash of styles between two very different teams could make for an entertaining game at the Amex on Saturday when league-leading Manchester City Women head to sixth-placed Brighton & Hove Albion Women in the Women’s Super League. The visitors have been in red-hot form recently, going unbeaten in their last five matches in all competitions with four wins and a draw.
Their last three games have all been victories, the most recent being a 3-0 victory away to rivals Manchester United Women.
Kiko Seike is Brighton’s focal point
On the other hand, Brighton & Hove Albion Women have been a little inconsistent of late, winning three, drawing once and losing once in their last five, including a famous FA Cup win over Arsenal Women. A home win is expected to be more difficult against a side that are 28 points ahead of Brighton at the top of the Super League Women table, but the home side have been steady at home this season, drawing their most recent league fixture.
Tactical contrasts
Andree Jeglertz has continued the focus on continuity and structure that has helped sustain their title charge, with the team playing a possession-first, structure-driven game with players rotating positions and using their superior numbers to break teams down and control the pace of the game. Dario Vidosic’s women are the opposite, with a shape-shifting, pragmatic style that will press aggressively, try to get turnovers and exploit the wide areas. They can’t rely on their strikers to hold the ball up and create space, so it will be interesting to see how the teams adapt the game plan as it changes throughout the match.
Shaw can unlock Brighton’s defence
City have a significant advantage in this matchup in Khadija Shaw, who leads the line with 18 goals in 19 matches and is in lethal form at the moment. Brighton’s best hope of containing her is to keep the ball away from her, but their most reliable striker is Kiko Seike, who has seven goals in 16 league appearances and scored twice in the last five.
Given Brighton’s decent scoring record at home, an open and entertaining game with plenty of goals is anticipated, with odds of 1.48 for over 2.5 goals.
- Manchester City Women are heavy favorites for the win, and rightly so.
- They’ve won six and lost just two of their nine away matches in the Super League Women 2025/2026 and have allowed only 0.78 goals per game on their travels in the league.
- Brighton haven’t beaten City at home in the last two meetings, and considering the form of the teams, their overall head-to-head dominance, and the superior offensive output, another away victory is expected.
