Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Crystal Palace W & Reading W face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup Women. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Crystal Palace W form and stats
Last season their League Cup Women adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Crystal has recorded two wins in a row here at Hayes Lane, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
A nice win for Crystal last time playing, versus Charlton W. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-2 with K. Barton and M. Farrow (2) scoring for the victors.
Ahead of that match, Crystal won a home game hosting Durham W (3-1).There will be little rest for Crystal after this match as they are travelling to Blackburn Rovers W for a Wsl 2 Women game in only four days.
Goals decide football matches and Crystal are scoring many of them at home; 11 on target from 5 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
Reading W form and stats
Reading's mission in League Cup Women last season failed in the group stage.Reading W are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at West Ham W. The match against West Ham W looked like a defeat for Reading W, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 2-2. E. Harries equalized in the 90th minute. As mentioned above, Reading W drew the match against West Ham W. Manager K. Chambers brought on E. Harries to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Birmingham W at their stadium, the result 3-0.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Brighton W in just four days.
Reading have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 4 league away games 5 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Reading have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Barton 4 goals | M. Farrow 4 goals | S. Wilson 3 goals |
Crystal Palace W missing players
Reading W missing players
| Crystal Palace W | Reading W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 12 | ||
| 36 | 22 | Scored | S | 17 | 29 | ||
| 45 | 15 | Conceded | C | 18 | 46 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 3.7 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.5 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.7 | ||
| 35% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 28% | ||
| 13.1 | 11.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.6 | 10.7 | ||
| 6.2 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bristol City W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Lewes W | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Crystal Palace W | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Reading 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 | Liverpool W | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 2 | Millwall W | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 |
| 3 | Durham W | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| 4 | Crystal Palace W | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Bristol City W | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | Charlton W | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | Lewes W | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | Sunderland W | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Sheffield Utd W | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 11 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers W | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 11 | Watford W | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -11 | 5 |
| 12 | Coventry United W | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -13 | 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 | 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 |