Women's Super League predictions: Man Utd, Arsenal, Man City and Spurs do battle to maintain perfect starts

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The latest instalment of the 2025-26 Women's Super League season is upon us, with matchday three offering intriguing battles at both ends of the table. Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham remain the only sides to maintain their perfect starts to the campaign, while the London City Lionesses, West Ham United and Liverpool are still without a point to their name. Manchester City and Leicester City also got themselves on the board with victories, with this week's action again set to get supporters off their seats in anticipation. The headline clash sees United take on Arsenal on Sunday, with the potential of all four sides with 100% records coming to an end as Tottenham entertain Man City on Friday. There is a basement battle between Villa and Liverpool, who will not want to get themselves entangled in a potential relegation scrap, while other fixtures see Chelsea take on Leicester, Brighton host West Ham, and Everton welcome London City Lionesses to Goodison Park. But who does the Opta supercomputer predict will be this week's winners and losers? Let's find out. TOTTENHAM V MANCHESTER CITYMatchday three gets underway on Friday at BetWright Stadium, with both Man City and Tottenham looking to build on their respective victories last weekend.The Citizens picked up their first win of the Andree Jeglertz era after overcoming Fran Kirby's 14th-minute opener to beat Brighton 2-1 last time out, while Tottenham maintained their perfect start to the campaign with a 2-0 triumph over Everton. However, the Opta supercomputer has backed City to emerge victorious here, predicting them to win in 68% of the pre-match simulations, while Spurs are handed a 14.5% win probability. The likelihood of a draw is 17.5%. And that could be down to Spurs' poor record against this weekend's opponents. They have won only one of their 11 WSL games against City, losing the other 10. That victory came on the road in September 2021, coming from behind to win 2-1.Martin Ho's side are, however, one of four teams with a 100% record so far in the WSL in 2025-26, and could win their opening three matches of a league campaign for the second time, after 2021-22 (first four).  Tottenham have also faced just one shot on target in the WSL this season, the joint-fewest faced by a team across their opening two games of a season, along with City in 2016. Spurs have averaged 19 shots against and seven shots on target against across their 11 league meetings with the Citizens, however.But City have Khadija Shaw in their ranks. She has scored 12 goals against Spurs in the WSL, with only team-mate Vivianne Miedema netting more often against a single opponent in the competition (14 vs Bristol City). The Jamaican's three hat-tricks against Tottenham are a record in the top-flight.EVERTON V LONDON CITY LIONESSESThe London City Lionesses have been handed a difficult start to life in the WSL, conceding nine goals across their first two fixtures, five of which came in their 5-1 defeat to Manchester United last time out. The only teams to concede more times in their first two matches in the competition are Crystal Palace (11 last season) and Yeovil Town (10 in the 2017 Spring Series). Meanwhile, the last side to lose each of their first three matches in the competition were Leicester City in 2021-22 (first nine).But they face an Everton side who were brought back down to earth following their Merseyside derby rout on the opening day of the campaign, losing 2-0 to Tottenham in their Goodison Park bow. The Toffees are winless in their last three WSL home games (D1 L2). Everton have twice before lost their opening two home matches of a WSL campaign, doing so in 2017-18 and 2023-24, but they are predicted to end that run this weekend. Indeed, Brian Sorensen's side won 48.7% of the pre-match simulations, compared to the Lionesses' 25.6%, perhaps helped by the fact that Everton are unbeaten in each of their last 10 WSL games against newly promoted opposition (W7 D3), since a 3-2 home defeat to Man United in February 2020.The Lionesses are, however, unbeaten in each of their last three league meetings with Everton (W1 D2), the most recent ending 2-1 in April 2017 in WSL2, and will be hopeful of sparking their season into life here. CHELSEA V LEICESTER CITYAs many would have expected, champions Chelsea have the highest win probability of any side in the WSL this weekend, with the Blues handed a mammoth 90.7% chance of taking all three points against Leicester, who are expected to win in just 3.2% of the 10,000 pre-match simulations. Sonia Bompastor's side are unbeaten across their last 27 WSL games (W24 D3) after beating Aston Villa 3-1 last weekend. Indeed, it is the Blues' second-longest run without loss in the competition, behind only a 33-game streak between February 2019 and January 2021.They have also enjoyed their WSL meetings with Leicester in the WSL, scoring 38 goals in their eight games against them, at an average of 4.8 per game, which is the best goals per game ratio any side has over another in the competition among those to meet more than five times.Sam Kerr also enjoyed a positive return to action after scoring against Villa. She has scored in both of her last two WSL appearances, despite them coming 637 days apart.She has also either scored or assisted in each of her four league games against Leicester, boasting six goal involvements across those outings (four goals, two assists), and will be keen to pile more misery on the Foxes here.Leicester, meanwhile, are winless in each of their eight WSL games against Chelsea, though they did earn a 1-1 home draw in the first of their two league meetings with the Blues last season.However, they have struggled on their travels. Leicester are winless in each of their last 17 away matches in the WSL (D5 L12), with only Yeovil enduring a longer streak without a win on the road in the competition (20 between April 2017 and February 2019).BRIGHTON V WEST HAM UNITEDWest Ham are one of three sides yet to pick up any points from their first two WSL fixtures after they were thumped 5-1 by Arsenal last time out, with Brighton also out for their first win of the season after losing to Man City at Joie Stadium. Indeed, Brighton have failed to win both of their opening two WSL matches of the season (D1 L1). The Seagulls have only failed to win their opening three games in two previous campaigns – their first two in the division (2018-19 and 2019-20) – and haven't done so in any of their last five.The Hammers, meanwhile, have lost each of their last four games in the WSL and could equal their longest run of successive defeats in the competition (after also suffering five consecutive top-flight losses between November and December 2023).The Opta supercomputer predicts Brighton to get their season back on track on Sunday, with the Seagulls winning 46.4% of the pre-match simulations. West Ham are given a 27% win probability and a 26.5% of clinching a draw. And that prediction could be down to the Hammers' poor form on the road, having won just one of their last 17 away matches in the WSL (D3 L13), defeating Crystal Palace 7-1 in April this year, which was their biggest victory on the road in the competition.Brighton have won six WSL games in a row against West Ham between the 2020-21 and 2022-23 campaigns, but have since won just one of four league meetings with the Hammers (D1 L2).ASTON VILLA V LIVERPOOLAston Villa and Liverpool are two more sides that have had underwhelming starts to the season, sitting ninth and tenth, respectively, in the early season standings. Liverpool have lost each of their last four WSL games after they were beaten by Leicester. They last lost five in a row in the league between September and November 2022 under Matt Beard. Only in 2019-20 have the Reds previously lost their opening three fixtures in the top-flight. Villa, meanwhile, were outclassed by champions Chelsea. After ending the 2024-25 season with five straight wins, the Villans are winless so far this season (D1 L1), and have failed to win their opening three league fixtures in each of the last two WSL campaigns (L3 in 2023-24, D1 L2 in 2024-25).  But things are expected to get better for Villa here, despite being winless in each of their three WSL home games against Liverpool, drawing once and losing twice.The 10,000 pre-match simulations favour Natalia Arroyo's side in 44.7% of their predictions, compared to Liverpool's 28.4%. A draw is handed a 26.9% probability of happening. But Liverpool's Gemma Bonner will be hoping to mark her milestone moment with a win. She is set to become the third player to make 200 appearances in the WSL after Jordan Nobbs (210) and Millie Bright (204 currently).MANCHESTER UNITED V ARSENALThe standout fixture is saved until last to conclude matchday three as the top two, Man United and Arsenal, do battle at Leigh Sports Village Stadium. United and the Gunners were on the right end of respective 5-1 routs against London City Lionesses and West Ham last time out, though it is Marc Skinner's side who are predicted to maintain their perfect start to the campaign against the Red Devils. The Opta supercomputer has given United a 40% chance of picking up all three points, slightly bettering Arsenal's 33.4% win probability, though both sides will be confident of victory. United have lost just one of their last 12 games at home in the WSL (W8 D3), losing 1-0 against Chelsea in April this year. Indeed, the Red Devils have only failed to win more games on home soil in the competition against the Blues (five) than they have against Arsenal (four – D2 L2).Arsenal, meanwhile, have won two of their last three games against United (D1), as many victories as across their previous eight meetings with the Red Devils across all competitions (W2 D2 L4).And expect goals. United have won both of their last two WSL games by 4+ goals, netting five last time out for the first time in a league game since November 2023 against West Ham. They have never won three successive matches in the competition by four or more goals.Arsenal scored five goals for the fifth time in the WSL under Renee Slegers last time against West Ham. The Gunners average 3.4 goals per game under the Dutchwoman, the best rate of any manager in the competition’s history.Alessia Russo was on target twice late on, and has now scored 48 goals in 91 WSL appearances. Should she net another brace on Sunday, she would become the fifth-fastest player to reach a half century of strikes in the competition after Miedema (50), Shaw (57), Kerr (62) and Kirby (75).