2018–19 FA Women's League Cup

2018–19 FA Women's League Cup

Tournament details
Country	England
Dates	18 August 2018 – 2019
Teams	22
Defending champions	Arsenal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	30 (3 per match)
All statistics correct as of 11:39, 20 August 2018 (UTC).

The 2018–19 FA Women's League Cup will be the 8th edition of the FA Women's Super League and FA Women's Championship's league cup competition. It is sponsored by Continental AG, who have sponsored the competition since its creation, and is officially known as the FA Continental Tyres League Cup. All 22 teams of the FA Women's Super League and FA Women's Championship contest the competition - the largest field in the history of the cup.

Arsenal are the defending champions. Before the competition, only Manchester City and Arsenal had won the cup in the previous seven seasons it was contested in.

Format changes

Following the previous season's reversion to a group format in the initial stage, the 2018–19 WSL Cup will keep the same format but expand to accommodate the increase in teams in the top two divisions of women's football to 22. As a result, two of the four groups will contain six teams while the others remain at five, with only the top two going through to the quarter-finals from each.

Group stage

Group One North

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MCI	BIR	BRI	AST	SHU	LEI
1	Manchester City	3	2	1	0	0	7	0	+7	8	Advance to Knock-out stage		—	—	—	—	5 Dec	4–0
2	Birmingham City	3	2	0	1	0	4	0	+4	7			0–0	—	12 Dec	2–0	—	—
3	Bristol City	3	1	0	1	1	5	6	−1	4			0–3	—	—	5 Dec	3–1	—
4	Aston Villa	3	1	0	0	2	2	4	−2	3			11 Dec	—	—	—	1–2	—
5	Sheffield United	3	1	0	0	2	3	6	−3	3			—	0–2	—	—	—	12 Dec
6	Leicester City Women	3	0	1	0	2	2	7	−5	2			—	5 Dec	2–2	0–1	—	—

Updated to match(es) played on 16 September 2018. Source: thefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Group Two North

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		REA	DUR	EVE	MNU	LIV
1	Reading	3	2	0	0	1	8	4	+4	6	Advance to Knock-out stage		—	4–1	—	—	13 Dec
2	Durham	3	1	0	1	1	5	7	−2	4			—	—	1–0	—	3–3
3	Everton	2	1	0	0	1	3	3	0	3			3–2	—	—	13 Dec	—
4	Manchester United	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	3			0–2	5 Dec	—	—	—
5	Liverpool	2	0	1	0	1	3	4	−1	2			—	—	5 Dec	0–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 16 September 2018. Source: thefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Group One South

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CHE	TOT	CRY	BHA	LON	YEO
1	Chelsea	3	3	0	0	0	13	2	+11	9	Advance to Knock-out stage		—	—	—	3–1	—	5 Dec
2	Tottenham Hotspur	3	1	1	1	0	7	3	+4	6			12 Dec	—	—	2–2	—	—
3	Crystal Palace	3	1	1	0	1	2	5	−3	5			0–4	1–1	—	—	12 Dec	—
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	0	1	1	6	6	0	4			—	—	5 Dec	—	3–1	—
5	London Bees	3	0	1	0	2	3	10	−7	2			1–6	5 Dec	—	—	—	1–1
6	Yeovil Town	3	0	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1			—	0–4	0–1	12 Dec	—	—

Updated to match(es) played on 16 September 2018. Source: thefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Group Two South

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ARS	WHU	CHA	LEW	MIL
1	Arsenal	2	2	0	0	0	12	1	+11	6	Advance to Knock-out stage		—	3–1	6 Dec	—	—
2	West Ham United	3	2	0	0	1	8	4	+4	6			—	—	—	4–1	3–0
3	Charlton Athletic	2	1	0	0	1	4	7	−3	3			—	12 Dec	—	—	4–2
4	Lewes	3	1	0	0	2	6	13	−7	3			0–9	—	5–0	—	—
5	Millwall Lionesses	2	0	0	0	2	2	7	−5	0			12 Dec	—	—	5 Dec	—

Updated to match(es) played on 16 September 2018. Source: thefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

See also

• 2018–19 FA WSL
• 2018–19 FA Women's Championship

External links

• Official website