Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Stevenage W & Loughborough Lightning W face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup Women. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Stevenage W form and stats
Stevenage have not come this way in the FA Cup Women without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Herts Vipers W.Stevenage W have collected 1 point from their Women's National League Division One SE home games so far after 0-1-4. Stevenage are slowly digging their own grave here at The Recreation Ground with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in nine attempts. The last victory here came in the AFC Wimbledon Ladies W match.
Stevenage enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Herts Vipers W's place. The match ended 6-3. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
In the match before that, Stevenage W hosted London Seaward W and drew the Women's National League Division One SE game 2-2.Stevenage have scored 3 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. Stevenage's defense is seriously deficient as 18 goals have been conceded in these matches.
Loughborough Lightning W form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Solihull Moors W in order to reach 2nd round of FA Cup Women.Loughborough are generally in trouble as the list of consecutive losses is growing into an ugly monster. Regardless of home/away, the visitors have now lost eight in a row. It's been 14 weeks since they last avoided defeat. (The Sheffield FC W game.)
Loughborough Lightning W lost away at Nottingham Forest W (0-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Nottingham Forest W was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Preceding that game was the away FA Cup Women victory against Solihull Moors W with the score of 3-0.Head 2 Head
Stevenage W missing players
Loughborough Lightning W missing players
| Stevenage W | Loughborough Lightning W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 17 | 9 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | ||
| 59 | 31 | Conceded | C | 14 | 31 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 71% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 53% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 45% | ||
| 41% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 27% | ||
| 29% | 22% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 45% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 18% | ||
| 59% | 78% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 6.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 9.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 9% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 14.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.2 | 7.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Billericay Town W | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 30 | 31 |
| 2 | C&K Basildon W | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 34 | 28 |
| 3 | Actonians W | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 19 |
| 4 | Cambridge United W | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | -1 | 18 |
| 5 | AFC Wimbledon Ladies W | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 15 | 17 |
| 6 | London Seaward W | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Queens Park Rangers W | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | Cambridge City W | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | -2 | 10 |
| 9 | Enfield Town W | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 10 |
| 10 | Norwich City W | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -17 | 7 |
| 11 | Stevenage W | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | -24 | 7 |
| 12 | Harlow Town W | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 20 | -29 | 4 |
| 13 | Kent Football W | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -18 | 2 |