Bristol City Women v Tottenham Women preview: kick-off time, team news and form
Tottenham Women make the trip west on Wednesday 28th October, with kick-off against Bristol City Women set for 7.00pm at the Robins High Performance Centre. It's a Group A clash in the 2026-27 WSL Players Cup, with both sides looking to build on contrasting starts to the competition.
There's plenty at stake in the group phase. Spurs currently sit 8th in the WSL Players Cup standings on 4 points from two games, while Bristol City are down in 17th with 2 points from their two outings so far. In the Women's Super League itself, Tottenham are sat 5th, so there's confidence to draw on domestically even if cup form has been mixed.
Form in the Women's League Cup makes for interesting reading. Bristol City's last two in the competition read DL - a 1-1 draw at home to Southampton followed by a 0-2 defeat away at Charlton. Tottenham, meanwhile, go into this one off the back of a DW run in the League Cup, having drawn 0-0 with West Ham before beating Brighton 1-0 away. That slight edge in recent cup form will give Spurs a bit of belief heading into Bristol.
Zoom out to all competitions and the picture shifts a little. Bristol City's last five in all competitions read WWLWL, including cup wins over Portsmouth and Southampton sandwiched around a heavy defeat to Arsenal. Tottenham's equivalent run in all competitions is WWLLL, with league wins over Aston Villa and Brighton followed by tougher results against London City Lionesses, Chelsea and Arsenal. It shows Spurs have had a tricky spell domestically of late, even if their cup form has stayed solid.
No past meetings between the two sides feature in the information available for this preview, so it's hard to point to much in the way of history heading into this one - it'll likely come down to which side turns up with more cup-tie sharpness on the night.
As for team news, there's nothing concrete to report on selection or injuries for either side ahead of this one, so supporters will have to wait for team sheets closer to kick-off to see what approach both managers take to a game that matters plenty for seeding in this Players Cup group.
Spurs will be hoping to tighten up defensively after shipping goals in recent WSL outings, while Bristol City will fancy a home cup tie as a chance to kickstart their own group campaign after back-to-back defeats in the competition.
You can follow all the action from Robins High Performance Centre when the match kicks off at 7.00pm UK time on Wednesday 28th October.
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