"Manchester City will be hoping to return to winning ways in the Women's Super League when they host Leicester City on Friday to kick off the weekend's action Across the city, Manchester United will be looking to close the gap on their rivals when they take on London City Lionesses two days later. Liverpool will be aiming to continue their improved form of late during their trip to Chelsea, who celebrated head coach Sonia Bompastor's new contract with a derby win over Tottenham."
"Spurs, meanwhile, will be hoping to get their European push back on track when they face Aston Villa, while Everton and West Ham go head-to-head at Goodison Park. Arsenal's visit to Brighton rounds off the weekend, with the Gunners high on confidence after their win over leaders Man City last time out. Here's how the Opta supercomputer predicts MD16 of the WSL will unfold."
Manchester City host Leicester and are overwhelming favourites, with pre-match simulations giving City an 87.8% chance to win, Leicester 4.3% and draws 7.9%. City hold an eight-point lead and a 94.1% probability to win the WSL. City suffered a league defeat to Arsenal last weekend, their first since the opening day, recording an xG of 0.39—their lowest in a WSL match since October 2019. City have won all eight home WSL games this season and have won all nine WSL meetings with Leicester. Other fixtures include Manchester United v London City Lionesses, Chelsea v Liverpool, Spurs v Aston Villa, Everton v West Ham and Brighton v Arsenal.
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