Women’s Scottish Cup final: Three reasons to watch live on BBC

Posted by Alasdair Lamont | 5 hours ago | Sport | Views: 11


Everyone wants to see goals, never more so than in a cup final, and these two have plenty to offer.

City notched 107 on their way to clinching Champions League football once again, only outscored by – you’ve guessed it – who hit an incredible 139 and yet still didn’t claim the title.

Both teams have multiple threats in front of goal, but the deadliest of all is Rangers’ Katie Wilkinson, who has an astonishing 46 in 39 appearances coming into Sunday’s game.

The former Southampton forward is ably aided and abetted by Rio Hardy (28 from 38) and Kirsty Howat (25 from 39). Eight of Howat’s goals have come in the Scottish Cup, matched by the legendary goalscoring figure of Jane Ross, who would love to bow out of football by scoring at least one more Hampden goal to add to the recent hat-trick against Aberdeen in the semi-final.

City’s Nicole Kozlova also notched in the semi-final against Motherwell and six goals in her last six games have taken the Ukraine forward up to 23 for the season, closely followed by the afore-mentioned American striker Lovera, who has 20.

Katie Lockwood (a losing finalist last year with Hearts) got two in the semi, while fellow midfielder Sofia Maatta got the opener – and both would move into double figures for the season if they were to grab another at Hampden.

Aside from the headline-grabbing goal-getters, there are plenty of other players worth tuning in to see, not least fit-again Poland international Wrobel and her fellow City midfielder, the American Aleigh Gambone, named in the PFA’s team of the year, as was Rangers’ Scotland midfielder, Kirsty MacLean – a terrific talent at just 20 years old.

If that’s not enough to make you watch, nothing will.



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