National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Birmingham W or Sunderland W that keep their silverware dream alive.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Birmingham W form and stats
Birmingham W participated in FA Cup Women the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.Birmingham W's struggle is real here at St. Andrew's Stadium with only 3 points collected from 6 Wsl 1 Women games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-0-5.
Birmingham faced defeat in their previous match, away at Reading W (2-3).
Prior to that, an away loss at Manchester United W in the Wsl 1 Women.Birmingham W have scored 4 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. Birmingham W are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (14 from 6 played).
Sunderland W form and stats
Sunderland W was sent out of FA Cup Women in the 3rd round last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their Wsl 2 Women travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Sunderland W are travelling again after losing away to Lewes W in their previous match (0-2).
It was a Wsl 2 Women defeat before that one as the away game against Millwall W wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.Sunderland W are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 6 goals from 6 away games. Sunderland have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Birmingham W two wins, zero draws and Sunderland W one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Ramshaw 3 goals |  L. Quinn 2 goals | J. Pennock 2 goals |
Birmingham W missing players
Sunderland W missing players
| Birmingham W | Sunderland W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 21 | 15 | Scored | S | 11 | 31 | ||
| 62 | 30 | Conceded | C | 16 | 38 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 52% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 28% | ||
| 56% | 53% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 28% | ||
| 3.1 | 3.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.7 | ||
| 5.9 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 0.9 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.4 | 7.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 8.2 | ||
| 2.7 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.4 | ||
| 28% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 33% | ||
| 10.8 | 9.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 10.9 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal W | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 26 | 29 |
| 2 | Chelsea W | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 23 | 25 |
| 3 | Manchester United W | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 24 |
| 4 | Tottenham W | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| 5 | Manchester City W | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| 6 | Reading W | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 19 |
| 7 | West Ham W | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 17 |
| 8 | Brighton W | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -5 | 16 |
| 9 | Aston Villa W | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15 | -18 | 13 |
| 10 | Everton W | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -10 | 11 |
| 11 | Leicester W | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 14 | -19 | 6 |
| 12 | Birmingham W | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 20 | -26 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool W | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 22 | 32 |
| 2 | Millwall W | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 |
| 3 | Charlton W | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | Durham W | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 22 |
| 5 | Crystal Palace W | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 21 |
| 6 | Bristol City W | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| 7 | Lewes W | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Sheffield Utd W | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 9 | Sunderland W | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 12 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers W | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | -14 | 11 |
| 11 | Watford W | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -15 | 7 |
| 12 | Coventry United W | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -15 | -4 |
