Preview | Swansea City Women v Cardiff City Women
Swansea City Women welcome Cardiff City Women to the Swansea.com Stadium for their first south Wales derby of the season (5.45pm kick-off).
The Swans will be looking to extend their unbeaten start in the Genero Adran Premier to four games, as well as their unbeaten record at the Swansea.com Stadium.
Champions Cardiff City head into the fixture looking to maintain their perfect start, having won their opening three games of the season.
Pre-match views
First-team manager Jamie Sherwood: “It’s an opportunity for two big clubs to go head-to-head and put on a show for our supporters.”
“It’s a great opportunity to show the home crowd how we are adapting and moving forward with our new identity and way of playing.
“Any game of football is important, but the added bragging rights is huge, but for it is just a game of football that we have to go and win.
“I think our personality is starting to shine through, a lot of that came through a lot more consistently against Wrexham, which is what we are asking of the players, and when we do that we get our rewards.”
Previous meeting
Previous meeting
The two sides last met in the Genero Adran Trophy final, with Cardiff winning 5-1 back in April.
Monet Legall had given the Swans a well-deserved lead in the 18th minute, and they remained in front at the break.
But the second half saw the Bluebirds take control. Megan Bowen had Cardiff on level terms within seven minutes of the restart, before Molly Kehoe gave the league champions the lead for the first time with 20 minutes to go.
Late strikes from Rhian Oakley and Eliza Collie (2) rounded off the scoring for Cardiff in front of a crowd of over a thousand.
Prime numbers
2 – The Swans were only one of two sides to take points from eventual champions Cardiff and were the only side to earn a win over the Bluebirds, with Aberystwyth earning a point against them.
1,337 – The two sides last met at the Swansea.com Stadium in 2022, with the two sides playing out a 1-1 draw in front of 1,337 supporters.