Leicester City Women face tough competition in Group C of the Continental Tyres League Cup

The Foxes will face Birmingham City and Manchester City for the second season

Barclays WSL sides Everton and Manchester United make up the rest of Group C

The Continental Tyres League Cup draw has been confirmed this morning (Friday 26 July) with the Foxes being placed into Group C of the competition.

Jonathan Morgan’s side are the only FA Women’s Championship side in the Group alongside four Barclays Women’s Super League sides.

The Foxes were placed alongside Birmingham City and Manchester City last season, and impressed during their trip to the Academy Stadium last year, holding Nick Cushing’s side to 0-0 for over an hour before succumbing to a 4-0 defeat.

Manchester United and Everton were both paired in the same Continental Cup group last season as well with Manchester United winning 3-0 in the meeting between the two sides on their way to topping the group.

The fixtures for the groups will be released in due course once confirmed. Group games will be played in the following fixture windows.

21/22 September

19/20 October

2/3 November

20/21 November

11/12 December

The top two clubs from each group will progress to the knock out stages.