Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Birmingham W & Millwall W face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup Women. All the pre-match information is available here!
Birmingham W and Millwall 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.
Birmingham W form and stats
Last season their League Cup Women adventure ended in the group stage.Birmingham W have collected seven points from their first three Wsl 2 Women games here at St. Andrew's Stadium, a promising start.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Gemma Lawley not having conceded a league goal in 200 minutes.
It's back home for Birmingham, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Blackburn Rovers W away with the result 2-0. Quinn and Wilson found the net in that victory.
Before that match, a defeat in the away fixture against West Ham W in the League Cup Women.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the FA Cup Women game versus Huddersfield Town in only one day. This game is also played here at St. Andrew's Stadium.
A decent goal production from Birmingham W in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches.
Millwall W form and stats
Millwall W's mission in League Cup Women last season failed in the group stage.The visitors are W4-D1-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Wsl 2 Women.
There were no winners in Millwall's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Southampton. The draw against Southampton came from a losing position. The Millwall W manager Phillips brought on Ewens as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
The fixture earlier was the League Cup Women-duel against Brighton W, a home loss (1-2).
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Portsmouth in just one day.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 13 goals in 5 league games away this season. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
Data for the prior two meetings featuring these two squads are: zero wins for Birmingham, one draw and one win for Millwall W. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: zero games. One of the stars has been Hopcroft with 3 goals scored against Birmingham W in these 2 meetings.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Ewens 6 goals |  L. Quinn 4 goals | A. Rodgers 4 goals |
Birmingham W missing players
Millwall W missing players
| Birmingham W | Millwall W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 30 | 12 | Scored | S | 23 | 46 | ||
| 40 | 12 | Conceded | C | 9 | 25 | ||
| 92% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 3.6 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.5 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 4 | ||
| 0.9 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.7 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 12.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 6 | ||
| 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 32% | ||
| 10.3 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.4 | 8.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 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 | West Ham W | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Brighton W | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Birmingham W | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 4 | Millwall W | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 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 | Millwall W | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 21 |
| 2 | Bristol City W | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | Charlton W | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Southampton | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Birmingham W | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Crystal Palace W | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Lewes W | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers W | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 12 |
| 9 | Durham W | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Sheffield Utd W | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | Sunderland W | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | -4 | 7 |
| 12 | Coventry United | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 20 | -32 | 0 |
