Man City Women vs Man United Women Prediction and Betting Tips: Two bets for WSL Manchester Derby
Man United may be 12 points adrift of league leaders Chelsea and Man City, but they could have a big say in the Women's Super League title race this weekend when they travel over to their neighbours in Saturday's 12.30pm kick-off, live on BBC 1.
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It's not been the best of seasons for Man United who, after just missing out on the title last term, are now struggling to even clinch a Champions League spot this time around.
With six matches remaining, they sit 4th in the table, level on 28 points with 5th-placed Liverpool, and four points behind Arsenal in 3rd.
On the other hand, Man City are locked in a gripping title race with defending champions Chelsea. Both clubs have 13 wins and 40 points on the board from 16 matches; Chelsea are currently top courtesy of a marginally superior goal difference.
City's run of 12 straight wins in all competitions was brought to an end by the Blues in the League Cup earlier this month. This was followed by a defeat on penalties to Tottenham in the FA Cup, however, they've since bounced back with a 4-1 win at Brighton.
Their league form has been impeccable and they head into Saturday's match priced at 1/2 to win their eleventh straight WSL match, while Man Utd are 4/1 to claim the spoils, with a draw available at 16/5.
Man City Women vs Man Utd Women
Man City know that they will go top - for just over 24 hours at least - if they avoid a defeat, but they will be going all out for the win here. The league is now their only chance of silverware and they can put the pressure on Chelsea by claiming a prized three points in the Manchester derby.
City have already beaten rivals Man Utd twice this season, while they've won four of the last six duels between the teams, losing just once.
Both teams have scored in each of the previous five encounters, with City emerging victorious on three of those occasions, making another City win and BTTS my go to bet at 2/1 with BoyleSports.
There will be an abundance of attacking talent taking to the field on Saturday, including Lauren Hemp, Chloe Kelly, Nikita Paris, and the WSL's leading goalscorer Khadija Shaw, who has 16 goals in 15 games so far this season.
Shaw has been relentless in front of goal, scoring 14 goals in her last 10 league games, which includes three hat-tricks.
The Jamaican found the back of the net in November's 3-1 win over United and is unsurprisingly short at 8/11 to score again this weekend. Yet, given the aforementioned statistics, I'm more than happy to have a bit of loose change on the 16/1 (Sky Bet) for Shaw to score what would be her fourth league hat-trick since mid-November, an outcome which is 9/1 with many other outlets.
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