Leicester and Birmingham braced for crucial WSL relegation clash | Suzanne Wrack

Teams with new managers and a point between them meet on Sunday and a win could be a huge step away from the drop

Few matches arrive with much jeopardy just nine games into a 22-game season but on the eve of the Women’s Super League winter break, Sunday’s meeting of Leicester City and Birmingham could not feel any more tense.

For both teams, who are separated by the single point Birmingham collected from a 1-1 draw with West Ham in October, with new managers hired last month, taking three points at Filbert Way could swing fortunes and provide the first step away from the WSL’s single relegation place.