The 2018–19 FA Women's League Cup was the eighth 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 from its creation, and was officially known as the FA Continental Tyres League Cup. All 22 teams of the FA Women's Super League and FA Women's Championship contest the competition - the largest field in its history.
Arsenal were the defending champions; only they and Manchester City had won the cup in the previous seven seasons it was contested in.
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Following the previous season's reversion to a group format in the initial stage, the 2018–19 WSL Cup kept the same format but expanded to accommodate the increase in teams in the top two divisions of women's football to 22. As a result, two of the four groups contained six teams while the others remained at five, with only the top two going through to the quarter-finals from each.[1]
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| 1 | Manchester City | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | +17 | 14 | Advance to knock-out stage | — | — | — | 6–0 | — | 4–0 | |
| 2 | Birmingham City | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 11 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | — | ||
| 3 | Bristol City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 9 | 0–3 | — | — | 3–1 | 5–2 | — | ||
| 4 | Sheffield United | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 6 | — | 0–2 | — | — | — | 3–1 | ||
| 5 | Aston Villa | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 3 | 0–4 | — | — | 1–2 | — | — | ||
| 6 | Leicester City | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 2 | — | 0–6 | 2–2 | — | 0–1 | — |
| Aston Villa | 1–2 | Sheffield United |
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| Birmingham City | 0–0 | Manchester City |
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| Birmingham City | 2–0 | Aston Villa |
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| Bristol City | 3–1 | Sheffield United |
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| Leicester City | 0–1 | Aston Villa |
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| Sheffield United | 0–2 | Birmingham City |
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| Manchester City | 6–0 | Sheffield United |
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| 1 | Manchester United | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knock-out stage | — | 0–2 | — | 1–0 | — | |
| 2 | Reading | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 7 | — | — | — | 4–1 | 1–1 | ||
| 3 | Everton | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | 0–3 | 3–2 | — | — | — | ||
| 4 | Durham | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | — | — | 1–0 | — | 3–3 | ||
| 5 | Liverpool | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | 0–1 | — | 1–3 | — | — |
| Durham | 3–3 | Liverpool |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WPEN | LPEN | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CHE | BHA | CRY | TOT | LON | YEO | |
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| 1 | Chelsea | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | +23 | 15 | Advance to knock-out stage | — | 3–1 | — | — | — | 7–0 | |
| 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 10 | — | — | 5–1 | — | 3–1 | — | ||
| 3 | Crystal Palace | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 8 | 0–4 | — | — | 1–1 | 7–2 | — | ||
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 6 | 0–5 | 2–2 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 5 | London Bees | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 5 | 1–6 | — | — | 4–2 | — | 1–1 | ||
| 6 | Yeovil Town | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 1 | — | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–4 | — | — |
| Crystal Palace | 1–1 | Tottenham Hotspur |
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| London Bees | 1–1 | Yeovil Town |
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| London Bees | 1–6 | Chelsea |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WPEN | LPEN | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ARS | WHU | LEW | CHA | MIL | |
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| 1 | Arsenal | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | +18 | 12 | Advance to knock-out stage | — | 3–1 | — | 5–0 | — | |
| 2 | West Ham United | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 9 | — | — | 4–1 | — | 4–0 | ||
| 3 | Lewes | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 6 | 0–9 | — | — | 5–0 | — | ||
| 4 | Charlton Athletic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 3 | — | 0–2 | — | — | 4–2 | ||
| 5 | Millwall Lionesses | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 | 1–3 | — | 0–2 | — | — |
| Arsenal | 3–1 | West Ham United |
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| West Ham United | 4–1 | Lewes |
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| Arsenal | 5–0 | Charlton Athletic |
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| Millwall Lionesses | 1–3 | Arsenal |
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| Arsenal | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Birmingham City | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Arsenal | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Manchester United | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Manchester United | 2 | ||||||||||||
| West Ham United | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Arsenal | 0 (2) | ||||||||||||
| Manchester City (pen.) | 0 (4) | ||||||||||||
| Chelsea | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Reading | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Chelsea | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Manchester City | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Manchester City | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 1 | ||||||||||||
The draw for this round was made on 18 December 2018.
| Manchester United | 2–0 | West Ham United |
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| Arsenal | 2–1 | Birmingham City |
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| Manchester City | 7–1 | Brighton & Hove Albion |
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The draw for the semi-finals was made on 12 January 2019.
| Chelsea | 0–2 | Manchester City |
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| Arsenal | 2–1 | Manchester United |
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