National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bristol City W or Leicester W that keep their silverware dream alive.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Wsl 1 Women. Thankfully the previous game, versus Brighton W, was also a home game here at Twerton Park Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Bristol City W form and stats
Last season, Bristol City W's League Cup Women journey ended in the group stage.With {1 Wsl 1 Women wins}, 1 draw and 4 defeats from their home games, Bristol City W are certainly not brimming with confidence. On the other hand, in the League Cup Women, Bristol City W has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
There will be little rest for Bristol City W after this match as they are travelling to West Ham W for a Wsl 1 Women game in only four days.
Bristol City W aren't scoring a lot here at Twerton Park Stadium in the league, with only 5 goals from 6 games. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Bristol City W have allowed the opposition to score 18 goals here at Twerton Park Stadium. Bristol have allowed more than three conceded goals on average in their home matches so far.
Leicester W form and stats
Leicester's mission in League Cup Women last season failed in the group stage.Leicester W's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Leicester W collect 16 points from their 7 away matches in the Wsl 2 Women. 5 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the League Cup Women stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away. Impressively, the visitors are on a seven-match winning run which they hope continue versus Bristol City W. Leicester has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Millwall W.
Leicester are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (23 goals from 7 away games). Leicester struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  E. Salmon 4 goals | C. Logarzo 3 goals |  N. Flint 3 goals |
Bristol City W missing players
Leicester W missing players
| Bristol City W | Leicester W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 31 | 12 | Scored | S | 30 | 55 | ||
| 70 | 27 | Conceded | C | 14 | 33 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 58% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.6 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5.6 | 4.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 12.6 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 42% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chelsea W | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 32 | 32 |
| 2 | Manchester United W | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 21 | 32 |
| 3 | Manchester City W | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 31 | 27 |
| 4 | Arsenal W | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 30 | 23 |
| 5 | Everton W | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Reading W | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 15 |
| 7 | Tottenham W | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 17 | -9 | 12 |
| 8 | Birmingham W | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -6 | 10 |
| 9 | Brighton W | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -21 | 9 |
| 10 | West Ham W | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -15 | 7 |
| 11 | Aston Villa W | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -20 | 7 |
| 12 | Bristol City W | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 31 | -40 | 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 | Leicester W | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 21 | 32 |
| 2 | Durham W | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 32 |
| 3 | Sheffield Utd W | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 25 |
| 4 | Liverpool W | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | Millwall W | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 16 |
| 7 | Lewes W | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 15 |
| 8 | Crystal Palace W | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 12 |
| 9 | London Bees W | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 16 | -19 | 8 |
| 10 | Coventry United | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -19 | 7 |
| 11 | Charlton W | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -10 | 6 |