National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Leicester W or Reading W that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Leicester W form and stats
Leicester W participated in FA Cup Women the last season, where they reached the 5th round.Leicester W's struggle is real here at Pirelli Stadium with only 3 points collected from 6 Wsl 1 Women games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-0-5.
The home followers witnessed a 1-1 draw vs Reading W in the FA Cup Women last time out and are looking for a victory here.
Before that game, a home defeat in the League Cup Women against Manchester City W.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Leicester here at Pirelli Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 6 games). Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Leicester W having conceded 17 goals here at Pirelli Stadium so far.
Reading W form and stats
Reading was sent out of FA Cup Women in the 5th round last season.0-0-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Reading W in their Wsl 1 Women matches away.
It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to Leicester W in their previous outing. The FA Cup Women fixture ended 1-1.
The game before that, in the Wsl 1 Women, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Manchester United W.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Reading W have scored 8 goals in 6 league games away.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the former four meetings): Leicester W won one game, one match ended in a draw and Reading W have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / two.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Troelsgaard 3 goals | R. Rowe 2 goals | C. Wellings 2 goals |
Leicester W missing players
Reading W missing players
| Leicester W | Reading W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Lost | L | 9 | 16 | ||
| 21 | 8 | Scored | S | 17 | 26 | ||
| 65 | 37 | Conceded | C | 28 | 48 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 76% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 15% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 40% | ||
| 2.8 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 3.7 | ||
| 5.4 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 1.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6.5 | 5.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.6 | 7.3 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.1 | ||
| 25% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 34% | ||
| 12.4 | 13.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.4 | 10.8 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 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 United W | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 25 | 28 |
| 2 | Chelsea W | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 23 | 28 |
| 3 | Arsenal W | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 20 | 25 |
| 4 | Manchester City W | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 23 |
| 5 | Everton W | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Aston Villa W | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 16 |
| 7 | West Ham W | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 8 | Tottenham W | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | -7 | 9 |
| 9 | Liverpool W | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -11 | 8 |
| 10 | Reading W | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -13 | 7 |
| 11 | Brighton W | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -21 | 7 |
| 12 | Leicester W | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -20 | 3 |
