Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Birmingham W & West Ham W face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup Women. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Birmingham W nor West Ham 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
Last season, Birmingham W's League Cup Women journey ended in the group stage.There have been more unhappy faces than points at this arena so far this season, with Birmingham W yet to win or draw a Wsl 1 Women game here. The sad story at St. Andrew's Stadium is: Birmingham W played 4 games, lost 4 games. All in all it has been a very rough period for Birmingham who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 22 attempts. Their previous win was against Aston Villa W, 368 days ago.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 203 minutes without scoring a league goal. L. Quinn was the last player to find the net.
Birmingham W's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Aston Villa W.
Preceding that match was the home Wsl 1 Women game against Reading W that was lost 0-3.Birmingham W are traveling soon after this match as the Wsl 1 Women match at Chelsea W awaits in four days.
Birmingham W has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 0 goals from 4 games. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Birmingham have allowed the opposition to score 11 goals here at St. Andrew's Stadium.
West Ham W form and stats
Ham's mission in League Cup Women last season failed in the semi-finals.West Ham W are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Wsl 1 Women, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
West Ham W's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Reading W that finished 2-2. It looked so good for Ham vs Reading W, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.
Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Arsenal W's place.A new game in only four days for Ham, the Wsl 1 Women home match versus Tottenham W. Busy days.
The attacking power of Ham when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. Ham have conceded 6 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Previous six meetings with these teams: Birmingham won two, West Ham W were winners in two and we saw two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  C. Walker 2 goals |  L. Quinn 1 goals | J. Pennock 1 goals |
Birmingham W missing players
West Ham W missing players
| Birmingham W | West Ham W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 8 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 16 | 11 | Scored | S | 9 | 34 | ||
| 55 | 35 | Conceded | C | 26 | 37 | ||
| 92% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 36% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 8% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 6% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 52% | ||
| 2.7 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 6.1 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 9.1 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 27% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 26% | ||
| 12 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.8 | 10.9 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.9 | 5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Brighton W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | West Ham W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Birmingham W | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Millwall W | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 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 | Arsenal W | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 19 |
| 2 | Chelsea W | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 18 |
| 3 | Brighton W | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | Tottenham W | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Manchester United W | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | Aston Villa W | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 10 |
| 7 | West Ham W | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Reading W | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 9 | Manchester City W | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 10 | Everton W | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 7 |
| 11 | Birmingham W | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -14 | 1 |
| 12 | Leicester W | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -15 | 0 |