Everton Women will end their home season at Goodison Park on Saturday when they host Leicester City in Everton Vs Leicester City, a 1pm BST kick-off that gives both sides one last chance to leave a mark on a difficult campaign. Courtney Brosnan said it will be great to finish the season at Goodison in front of the fans, and Everton arrive knowing the result could still shape where they finish in the table.
The match is Everton Women’s final home game of the 2025/26 season, and the stakes remain real even with little left to play for beyond pride. Everton could finish as low as 11th if results go against them, while Leicester are already preparing for a play-off game that will decide their top-flight status. Leicester coach Rick Passmoor has said Katie Keane will start in goal this weekend, with Janina Leitzig and Olivia Clark sidelined and Jutta Rantala available for selection in their final regular season fixture.
Brosnan said the turnaround has been quick, but that the group wants to end on a high and celebrate with the supporters at Goodison. Everton have won just two league matches there this season, which has made the ground a far less forgiving place than many expected when the campaign began. Honoka Hayashi is a doubt after leaving the Emirates pitch on Wednesday in some discomfort, adding one more selection issue for a side that has had uneven rhythm at home.
There is also a layer of reunion running through the fixture. Yuka Momiki swapped the East Midlands for Merseyside in the summer and now faces her former side, while Ruby Mace will line up against the club she once played for. That familiarity cuts both ways. Everton know Leicester well from a season of tight meetings, and the teams were level in October when Noémie Mouchon’s late strike cancelled out Ornella Vignola’s effort.
Leicester’s league form explains why the day matters. They have only two league wins this season, with their last coming at home against London City Lionesses in December. Their home meeting with Everton in the 2024/25 campaign went the Foxes’ way, but Everton responded later in the season with a 4-1 win at Walton Hall Park through goals from Kelly Gago, Katja Snoeijs and Honoka Hayashi. The return fixture at Leicester was decided by a goal from Momiki.
That history leaves Saturday’s game with little mystery about the broader stakes. Leicester’s season is moving toward a survival decider, while Everton are trying to turn Goodison into a proper send-off after a campaign that has not delivered enough at home. For Brosnan and her teammates, the task is simple enough: finish in front of their own crowd with something more convincing than the numbers have suggested so far.
