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St. Polten Women and Manchester City Women will battle for three points in a UEFA Women's Champions League fixture on Wednesday (October 16th). The home side are coming into the clash on the back of a comfortable 3-0 home win over Dornbirn in the ÖFB-Frauenliga over the weekend.
Valentina Madl, Maria Mikolajova and Rita Schumacher scored a goal each to inspire the Austrian side to all three points.
Manchester City, meanwhile, saw off Liverpool with a 2-1 comeback away win in the Women's Super League. They went into the break trailing to Olivia Smith's 41st-minute strike. Khadija Shaw equalied two minutes before the hour-mark and complete her brace with the match-winner in injury time.
City will now turn their focus to Europe and began their group stage campaign with a surprise 2-0 home win over Barcelona. St. Polten lost 2-0 away to Hammarby in their opening game.
The loss left the Austrian champions at the foot of Group D on zero points while Manchester City are joint-top on three.
St. Polten Women vs Manchester City Women Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- The two sides were drawn in the 2017-18 Women's Champions League round-of-32. Manchester City advanced with a 6-0 aggregate victory, claiming 3-0 wins in both legs.
- Manchester City have made a seven-game unbeaten start to the season (six wins).
- Eleven of St. Polten's 12 games across competitions this season have seen at least one side keep a clean sheet.
- There has been exactly one first half goal scored in Manchester City's last four games.
- Khadija Shaw has scored seven goals in her last six games for City.
St. Polten Women vs Manchester City Women Prediction
St. Polten are competing in the Women's Champions League group stage for the third consecutive season. They did not advance to the knockout rounds in any of the previous two.
Manchester City are in rampant form, having won their last five games on the bounce. The most impressive victory in this run came against defending champions and heavyweights Barcelona and Gareth Taylor's side will be full of confidence.
We are backing the visitors to claim a comfortable victory and clean sheet.
Prediction: St. Polten Women 0-4 Manchester City Women
St. Polten Women vs Manchester City Women Betting Tips
Tip 1 - Manchester City Women to win
Tip 2 - Both teams to score: No
Tip 3 - Over 2.5 goals
Tip 4 - Manchester City to win both halves
Tip 5 - Khadija Shaw to score at anytime
