National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Birmingham W or Leicester W that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Birmingham W nor Leicester W as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Birmingham W form and stats
Birmingham was eliminated in the group stage last season in the League Cup Women.Birmingham W have played three Wsl 1 Women home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 0 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. Birmingham are slowly digging their own grave here with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Liverpool W match.
A good away victory last time out for Birmingham, who won 1-0 against Aston Villa W. Preceding that match was the home Wsl 1 Women game against West Ham W that was lost 1-2.
Birmingham are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 3 goals in 3 games. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Birmingham have allowed the opposition to score 8 goals here.
Leicester W form and stats
Last season their League Cup Women adventure ended in the group stage.The visitors are W2-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Wsl 2 Women.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Lewes W.
As mentioned above, Leicester was the only team on the pitch versus Coventry United in their previous game, winning 9-1. This could be a tougher task.
Leicester are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (16 goals from 4 away games). For Leicester, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  N. Flint 2 goals |  C. Devlin 1 goals | P. Gayle 1 goals |
Birmingham W missing players
Leicester W missing players
| Birmingham W | Leicester W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 1 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 28 | 7 | Scored | S | 28 | 52 | ||
| 39 | 24 | Conceded | C | 26 | 52 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 24% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 73% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 82% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 10% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 8% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.7 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 188 | 78 | Total Shots | T S | 91 | 203 | ||
| 85 | 41 | Shots on Target | S O | 43 | 98 | ||
| 31% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 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 | Leicester W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Birmingham W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 17 |
| 2 | Arsenal W | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 24 | 16 |
| 3 | Chelsea W | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 |
| 4 | Everton W | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 5 | Manchester City W | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 12 |
| 6 | Birmingham W | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | -1 | 9 |
| 7 | Reading W | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 9 |
| 8 | Brighton W | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 8 |
| 9 | West Ham W | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -13 | 4 |
| 10 | Aston Villa W | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -9 | 3 |
| 11 | Tottenham W | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 3 |
| 12 | Bristol City W | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 20 | -26 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Durham W | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 2 | Leicester W | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 17 |
| 3 | Liverpool W | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 15 |
| 4 | Sheffield Utd W | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 14 |
| 5 | Lewes W | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Crystal Palace W | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 8 | Millwall W | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 9 | Coventry United | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -12 | 6 |
| 10 | London Bees W | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | -15 | 6 |
| 11 | Charlton W | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 5 |