The Manchester Derby is often a tense and action packed affair and the first edition of the 2026/27 WSL season was exactly that. Goals from Bunny Shaw and Elisabeth Terland saw both sides take a single point from the match.
Starting XIs
Manchester United
Tullis-Joyce; Sandberg, Janssen, Le Tissier, Lundkvist, Miyazawa, Zigiotti Olme, Medina, Toone, Park, Terland
Manchester City
Yamashita; Wamser, Greenwood, Rose, Beney, Hasegawa, Blindkilde Brown, Hemp, Fujino, Fowler, Shaw
How It Went
It was the visitors who enjoyed the better start to the game with the Sky Blues dominating the early possession. It wasn’t long, however, until the hosts gained a real foothold in the tie. Ella Toone, Elisabeth Terland and Andrea Medina all had good chances in the opening half however the match remained goalless as the two sides went in at the break.
Embed from Getty ImagesThe second half began in much the same way, with neither side able to make anything of their chances. The 66th minute finally saw the deadlock broken as Bunny Shaw fired the ball beyond Phallon Tullis-Joyce. The Reds continued to dominate the tie, having several good chances as the tie drew on.
Terland finally found the back of the net for the home side with less than a minute of the 90 remaining. The late goal meant both sides took just a single point from the match with City slipping to second in the table whilst United occupy fourth.
Up Next
United will host Burnley in the League Cup ahead of back to back WSL clashes against Everton and Aston Villa.
City face a difficult UWCL clash against PSG before returning to league action with a top three meeting against London City Lionesses.