Kungiyar Manchester City ta mata ta shiga gasar UEFA Women's Champions League ranar Alhamis, 16 ga Oktoba, inda ta hadu da kungiyar St. Pölten dake Austria. Wasan zai gudana a filin Voithplatz a Sankt Pölten, Austria, a daidai 16:45 UTC.
Manchester City ta fara gasar ne a hankali bayan ta doke zakaran gasar ta shekaru biyu, Barcelona, da ci 2-0 a wasan farko na kungiyar. A ranar Lahadi, kungiyar ta ci gaba da nasarar ta a gasar gida ta WSL, inda ta doke Liverpool 2-1, bayan Bunny Shaw ta zura kwallaye biyu.
St. Pölten, wacce ta lashe gasar Austrian Frauenliga tara ta 9, ta shiga gasar ta UEFA Champions League bayan ta wuce wasannin share fage uku. Kungiyar ta yi nasara a wasannin da ta buga da kungiyoyi daga Azerbaijan, Albania, da Slovenia. St. Pölten ba ta kai wasan kusa da karshe na gasar tun shekarar 2021 ba.
Manchester City tana fuskantar wasu matsaloli na jerin ‘yan wasa, inda Naomi Layzell ta ji rauni a wasan da suka buga da Barcelona, kuma Vivianne Miedema ba ta tabbata ba saboda rauni. Risa Shimizu da Sandy MacIver kuma suna wajen rauni na dogon lokaci.
St. Pölten, karkashin koci Celia Brancao, ba ta da ‘yan wasa da dama da rauni, amma ta yi shakku kan amfani da wasu ‘yan wasa daga nasarar gida ta ranar Asabar. Sophie Hillebrand, Sarah Mattner-Trembleau, da Tea Vracevic suna da damar komawa cikin farawa.
