2020–21 FA Women's League Cup - Wikipedia

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2020–21 FA Women's League Cup

Tournament details
Country	England
Dates	7 October 2020 – 14 March 2021
Teams	23
Defending champions	Chelsea
Final positions
Champions	Chelsea (2nd title)
Runner-up	Bristol City
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
Goals scored	137 (3.61 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Bianca Baptiste (6)
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The 2020–21 FA Women's League Cup was the tenth edition of the FA Women's Super League and FA Women's Championship's league cup competition. It was sponsored by Continental AG, who sponsored the competition since its creation, and is officially known as the FA Women's Continental League Cup for sponsorship reasons. All 23 teams from the FA Women's Super League and FA Women's Championship contested the competition. Chelsea were the defending champions and successfully defended the title by beating Bristol City in the final.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the 2020–21 season was delayed, forcing many leagues and competitions to shorten their format. To reduce the total number of games, the previous format of four groups of six (with one being reduced in size by one to suit the total of 23 teams) was altered to six groups of four (with one short again), reducing the number of group stage games from five each to three each. With six group winners now, only the two best second place teams qualified for the knock-out round.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AST	DUR	SHU	COV
1	Aston Villa	3	2	1	0	0	11	1	+10	8	Advanced to knock-out stage		—	—	1–0	—
2	Durham	3	2	0	1	0	12	3	+9	7	Possible knock-out stage based on ranking		1–1	—	—	5–2
3	Sheffield United	3	1	0	0	2	4	7	−3	3			—	0–6	—	—
4	Coventry United	3	0	0	0	3	2	18	−16	0		0–9	—	0–4	—

Source: thefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CHE	ARS	TOT	LCL
1	Chelsea	2	2	0	0	0	6	1	+5	6	Advanced to knock-out stage		—	4–1	2–0	—
2	Arsenal	3	1	1	0	1	7	6	+1	5	Possible knock-out stage based on ranking		—	—	2–2	—
3	Tottenham Hotspur	3	1	0	1	1	6	4	+2	4			—	—	—	4–0
4	London City Lionesses	2	0	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0		C–C[α]	0–4	—	—

Source: thefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MCI	EVE	LIV	MNU
1	Manchester City	3	2	0	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Advanced to knock-out stage		—	3–1	—	—
2	Everton	3	2	0	0	1	3	3	0	6	Possible knock-out stage based on ranking		—	—	1–0	1–0
3	Liverpool	3	1	0	0	2	3	5	−2	3			0–3	—	—	3–1
4	Manchester United	3	0	1	0	2	1	4	−3	2		0–0	—	—	—

Source: thefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		WHU	REA	BHA	CHA
1	West Ham United	3	2	1	0	0	9	2	+7	8	Advanced to knock-out stage		—	3–0	—	—
2	Reading	3	2	0	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Possible knock-out stage based on ranking		—	—	—	4–0
3	Brighton & Hove Albion	2	0	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1			2–2	0–2	—	—
4	Charlton Athletic	2	0	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0		0–4	—	C–C[α]	—

Source: thefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LEI	BIR	BLB
1	Leicester City	2	1	1	0	0	5	2	+3	5	Advanced to knock-out stage		—	—	5–2
2	Birmingham City	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	+1	4	Possible knock-out stage based on ranking		0–0	—	—
3	Blackburn Rovers	2	0	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0			—	0–1	—

Source: thefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BRI	CRY	LON	LEW
1	Bristol City	3	3	0	0	0	11	3	+8	9	Advanced to knock-out stage		—	—	4–0	—
2	Crystal Palace	3	2	0	0	1	10	6	+4	6	Possible knock-out stage based on ranking		2–4	—	6–1	—
3	London Bees	3	1	0	0	2	2	10	−8	3			—	—	—	1–0
4	Lewes	3	0	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0		1–3	1–2	—	—

Source: thefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record

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Due to Group E containing one fewer team, the ranking to determine which two second-placed teams progress is calculated on a points-per-game basis.^[5]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Qualification
1	A	Durham	3	2	0	1	0	12	3	+9	7	2.33	Advanced to knock-out stage
2	F	Crystal Palace	3	2	0	0	1	10	6	+4	6	2.00
3	D	Reading	3	2	0	0	1	6	3	+3	6	2.00
4	E	Birmingham City	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	+1	4	2.00
5	C	Everton	3	2	0	0	1	3	3	0	6	2.00
6	B	Arsenal	3	1	1	0	1	7	6	+1	5	1.67

The draw for this round was made live on BT Sport Score on 19 December 2020.^[6] The two teams that qualified as best placed runners-up could not be drawn against the teams that topped their respective groups meaning Bristol City were not eligible to face Crystal Palace and Durham could not be drawn with Aston Villa. Manchester City's match against Chelsea was postponed following a COVID-19 outbreak in the Manchester City first-team squad.^[7]

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On 28 January, it was announced the 2021 FA Women's League Cup Final would be held at Vicarage Road, the home of Watford FC, for the first time.^[8] The game was televised live domestically on BT Sport 2 and internationally via the FA's own streaming service the FA Player.^[9]

• 2020–21 FA WSL
• 2020–21 FA Women's Championship

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