Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sheffield Utd W & Aston Villa 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 Sheffield Utd W nor Aston Villa 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.
Sheffield Utd W form and stats
Sheffield was eliminated in the group stage last season in the League Cup Women.When playing at home in the Wsl 2 Women, Sheffield Utd W have managed 2 wins, 0 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 5 games.
Sheffield Utd W are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 225 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Sweetman-Kirk).
In their previous game, the manager Turner led his Sheffield to a defeat away at Charlton W. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Bramall Lane.
Ahead of that match, a home loss in the League Cup Women against Everton W.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Sheffield Utd W as they have a new game in only four days, a FA Cup Women match thankfully also at home. Nottingham Forest are visiting.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (11 in 5 games), Sheffield Utd W's attacking play is working. On the other hand, Sheffield Utd W have conceded 6 goals.
Aston Villa W form and stats
Last season their League Cup Women adventure ended in the group stage.As the visiting team in Wsl 1 Women matches, Aston Villa W have produced an overall stat of 2-0-2 so far.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Villa, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-5 versus Manchester United W. Aston Villa W lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.
A home victory as predicted against Durham W ahead of that, in the League Cup Women.
After this away game Aston Villa W return home for a Wsl 1 Women game against Arsenal W. That game is only four sleeps after this.
It's early days yet, but Aston Villa W has scored 4 and conceded 8 goals from their travels in the league so far (4 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: three - one - five (Sheffield wins - draws - Aston Villa W wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Daly 8 goals |  M. Enderby 3 goals | C. Sweetman-Kirk 3 goals |
Sheffield Utd W missing players
Aston Villa W missing players
| Sheffield Utd W | Aston Villa W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 13 | ||
| 44 | 25 | Scored | S | 11 | 24 | ||
| 39 | 21 | Conceded | C | 24 | 44 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 64% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 44% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 36% | ||
| 5 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.9 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.9 | 7.1 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.4 | ||
| 35% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 28% | ||
| 9.2 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Aston Villa W | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Everton W | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Manchester United W | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Sheffield Utd W | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 5 | Durham W | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -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 | 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 | 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 |
| 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 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 22 | 24 |
| 2 | Manchester United W | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 21 |
| 3 | Arsenal W | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 21 |
| 4 | Manchester City W | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| 5 | Aston Villa W | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 6 | West Ham W | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 12 |
| 7 | Tottenham W | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -1 | 9 |
| 8 | Everton W | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -3 | 9 |
| 9 | Liverpool W | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 10 | Reading W | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 7 |
| 11 | Brighton W | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -18 | 7 |
| 12 | Leicester W | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -23 | 0 |
