National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Crystal Palace W or Brighton W that keep their silverware dream alive.
Crystal Palace W and Brighton W should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Crystal Palace W form and stats
Crystal Palace W was eliminated in the 4th round last season in the FA Cup Women.Crystal Palace W's struggle is real here at The H2T Group Stadium with only 2 points collected from 7 Wsl 2 Women games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-2-5. Crystal Palace W are slowly digging their own grave here at The H2T Group Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in ten attempts. The last victory here came in the Millwall W match. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Crystal Palace W to get some points in this home game.
Preceding that match was the home Wsl 2 Women game against Leicester W that was lost 1-3.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Crystal Palace W played a great game against Southampton WFC and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Crystal Palace W had similar winning odds as today, and found one game. In these, the hosts won zero, drew zero and lost one. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Crystal Palace W lost one similar game by at least two goals.
Crystal Palace W have scored 5 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. As for conceded goals, Crystal Palace W's unpleasant statistic is 21 goals surrendered. Crystal Palace W's defense is seriously deficient as 21 goals have been conceded in these matches.
Brighton W form and stats
Brighton W was sent out of FA Cup Women in the 4th round last season.Brighton W have only collected 1 point from their away games in the Wsl 1 Women, after 0-1-6 (7 played). A depressing six defeats in a row for Brighton W in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Bristol City W.
There were no winners in Brighton W's previous match, a Wsl 1 Women home game that ended 1-1 vs Manchester United W. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Everton W in the Wsl 1 Women.
As mentioned earlier, Brighton W will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in one win (one by two or more goals winning margin), zero draws and zero surprising defeats.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Brighton W's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 7 matches. Brighton W are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 1 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
| A. Whelan 5 goals | A. Goddard 2 goals | M. Mosengo 2 goals |
Crystal Palace W missing players
Brighton W missing players
| Crystal Palace W | Brighton W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 25 | 6 | Scored | S | 21 | 32 | ||
| 71 | 34 | Conceded | C | 25 | 42 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 76% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 45% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 146 | 53 | Total Shots | T S | 96 | 168 | ||
| 66 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 46 | 73 | ||
| 26% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Aston Villa W | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 24 | 37 |
| 2 | Durham W | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 23 | 32 |
| 3 | Sheffield Utd W | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 26 | 31 |
| 4 | Millwall W | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 |
| 5 | London Bees W | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -3 | 15 |
| 6 | Leicester W | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -13 | 14 |
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 8 | Lewes W | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 9 |
| 9 | Coventry United | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -12 | 9 |
| 10 | Crystal Palace W | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -18 | 9 |
| 11 | Charlton W | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -12 | 6 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City W | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 30 | 39 |
| 2 | Chelsea W | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 36 | 38 |
| 3 | Arsenal W | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 27 | 36 |
| 4 | Reading W | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 21 |
| 5 | Manchester United W | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 20 |
| 6 | Everton W | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 19 |
| 7 | Tottenham W | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -10 | 17 |
| 8 | West Ham W | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 21 | -17 | 13 |
| 9 | Brighton W | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 18 | -18 | 13 |
| 10 | Birmingham W | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 12 | -17 | 7 |
| 11 | Liverpool W | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | -10 | 6 |
| 12 | Bristol City W | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 24 | -30 | 6 |