National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Blackburn Rovers W or Sunderland W that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both squads have had time to rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's have faith in that this will be an energetic game!
Blackburn Rovers W form and stats
Last season their League Cup Women adventure ended in the group stage.The story so far in the Wsl 2 Women for Blackburn Rovers W at their home stadium (Sir Tom Finney Stadium) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Blackburn's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Birmingham W.
Before that, a defeat in the away fixture against Liverpool W in the League Cup Women.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Blackburn Rovers W as they have a new game in only three days, a FA Cup Women match thankfully also at home. Sunderland W are visiting.
The Blackburn fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. Blackburn Rovers W's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sunderland W form and stats
Sunderland's mission in League Cup Women last season failed in the group stage.As the visiting team in Wsl 2 Women matches, Sunderland W have produced an overall stat of 2-1-3 so far.
It's the second away game in a row for Sunderland W, but there's smiles all around after the 5-0 victory versus Coventry United last time out. As mentioned above, Sunderland W was the only team on the pitch versus Coventry United in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task. It's hard not to mention Scarr's lethal finishing against Coventry United. four goals were a big reason for the important victory.
A loss, in the League Cup Women away at Manchester City W, earlier.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Sunderland W manager Copeland as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Blackburn Rovers W.
The visiting Sunderland have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 6 games. Sunderland W are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Blackburn Rovers W-Sunderland W H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Blackburn Rovers W two wins, Sunderland W two wins, zero draws. two of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  S. Jordan 6 goals |  E. Scarr 6 goals | F. Crompton 2 goals |
Blackburn Rovers W missing players
Sunderland W missing players
| Blackburn Rovers W | Sunderland W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Lost | L | 9 | 15 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Scored | S | 14 | 27 | ||
| 51 | 24 | Conceded | C | 20 | 38 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 52% | ||
| 2.9 | 2.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 7.8 | 7.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.1 | ||
| 0.7 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 0.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6.6 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 7.4 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.6 | ||
| 25% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 33% | ||
| 13.8 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.1 | 12.4 | ||
| 6.4 | 6.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 5.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City W | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 9 |
| 2 | Liverpool W | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Leicester W | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 4 | Sunderland W | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers W | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -10 | 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 | 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 |
