🏏 Sat, 21 Mar 2026 12:00 GMT
Manchester United Women
vs
Everton Women
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- Everton start Yuka Momiki, the Japan international wearing No.29 in midfield. The club carries one of the WSL's largest Japanese contingents alongside Rion Ishikawa, Honoka Hayashi and Hikaru Kitagawa, but Momiki is the only one in this matchday squad. With Canada's Simi Awujo and Sweden's Julia Zigiotti Olme screening for United, how often Momiki gets on the ball centrally will shape Everton's rhythm.
- This fixture is thick with reunions. United centre-back Millie Turner spent time at Everton, via Bristol City, before becoming one of the few players at the club since its 2018 reformation; at 178cm she is United's aerial anchor. Right-back Gaby George, on the bench, returned from Everton in 2023 and has re-established herself as a regular after recovering from an ACL injury.
- Everton have their own former Reds. Goalkeeper Emily Ramsey, the 180cm England youth international on the bench, arrived on Merseyside after spells at Manchester United and Liverpool. In the other direction, United's Jess Park - a EURO 2025 winner who joined from Manchester City on a four-year deal in September 2025 - previously spent a loan spell at Everton, so she faces a club she knows well.
- United's attack is loaded with continental pedigree. Melvine Malard, the 25-year-old France striker who won four Champions League titles at Lyon, leads the line with the kind of penalty-box instinct that punishes hesitation. Behind her is Elisabeth Terland, the Norway forward who scored 13 goals for Brighton and finished second in the WSL Golden Boot race before joining United in the summer of 2024.
- Out wide, United can call on Fridolina Rolfo, the 32-year-old Sweden international who joined from Barcelona in August 2025 with two Champions League crowns and 17 major honours behind her, and who can operate as an attacker or a defender on the left. Her opposite number, Maz Pacheco, is a quick left-back with Liverpool and Reading in her WSL past who earned a first Philippines call-up in 2024.
- Everton's midfield is a study in firsts. Aurora Galli was the first Italian to play in the WSL, arriving with four consecutive Serie A titles from Juventus and a stunning strike against Jamaica at the 2019 World Cup on her CV. Beside her, 20-year-old Zara Kramzar became the WSL's first Slovenian player when she joined in February 2026 on loan with an obligation to buy, having won back-to-back Serie A titles with Roma.
- Everton's defence leans young. Ruby Mace, 22, arrived from Leicester for a club-record fee in September 2025 after an education at Arsenal and Manchester City, and can drop into midfield as easily as she plays centre-back. Her partner Martina Fernandez is a 21-year-old left-footed Barcelona academy graduate and two-time U19 European champion who scored her first WSL brace against Aston Villa in February 2026.
- The goalkeeping duel offers contrast. Phallon Tullis-Joyce, United's 185cm United States international, shared the WSL Golden Glove in 2024-25 with 13 clean sheets. Courtney Brosnan, the Republic of Ireland number one born in the United States, brings years of WSL mileage from West Ham and Tottenham plus an NWSL spell at Houston Dash, and her positioning is Everton's first line of resistance.
- Both benches can change the picture. United hold back Lea Schuller, the Germany striker who won a Bundesliga Golden Boot at Bayern Munich before joining in December 2025, plus 16-year-old Leila Drury, the club's youngest scorer. Everton counter with 178cm France forward Kelly Gago, signed from Nantes in December 2024, and Melissa Lawley, a 31-year-old two-time FA Cup winner with Manchester City.
- United's back line is marshalled by Maya Le Tissier, the Guernsey-born defender who took the captaincy at 22 and has been named in the PFA WSL Team of the Year. Now 23, she is rated among the division's best on the ball. Next to her, Sweden's Hanna Lundkvist, signed from San Diego Wave in January 2026 after time at Real Madrid, offers aggression on both sides of the ball.