LEAGUE CUP DRAW: Manchester City handed difficult tests in group

Last season’s Train ® Women’s League Cup runners-up Manchester City have actually been handed some tricky tests in this season’s group stage.The 2025/2026 Train

® Women’s League Cup group stage draw was carried out live on BBC Radio 5Live Breakfast this morning with former England international Toni Duggan pulling the balls out of the hat.Last season’s runners-up Manchester City have been attracted Group

A. The Cityzens have some difficult challengers in the type of Everton and big-spending second tier sides Nottingham Forest and Newcastle United.The other captivating group is Group E where Aston Rental property will face Second City neighbours Birmingham City. Tottenham Hotspur and Bristol City also include in the group.Group B includes Sheffield United, Sunderland, Liverpool and Durham while Group C sees Southampton, Brighton &

Hove Albion, West Ham United, Charlton Athletic and Portsmouth go into battle. Finally, Crystal Palace, Leicester City, Ipswich Town and London City Lionesses comprise Group D.In a relocation which mirrors what took place in the competitors in 2024/2025, Toolbox, Chelsea and Manchester United have all been offered byes to the quarter-finals which are anticipated to happen in early 2026. It must be kept in mind that if Manchester United do not qualify for the UEFA Women’s Europa League as a minimum requirement, they will get in the Subway ® Women’s League Cup at the group phase. An additional draw would be conducted to determine their group placing.Full fixture dates and ticket details for all of the group stage matches will be exposed in due course.Chelsea are the existing Subway

® Women’s League Cup holders after they defeated Manchester City 2-1 in last season’s last at Derby County FC’s Pride

Park Stadium.2025/ 2026 Subway ® Women’s League Cup Group Phase Draw