Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sheffield Utd W & Liverpool 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 busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sheffield and Liverpool W.
Sheffield Utd W form and stats
Sheffield was eliminated in the group stage last season in the League Cup Women.Sheffield Utd W have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Wsl 2 Women. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
Sheffield Utd W faced defeat in their previous match, away at Bristol City W (1-5). Sheffield were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
In the match before that, Sheffield Utd W hosted Sunderland W and drew the League Cup Women game 1-1.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Charlton W are coming to town in four days.
Sheffield can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 6 times. Sheffield's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 3 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Liverpool W form and stats
Last season their League Cup Women adventure ended in the group stage.Liverpool W are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 9 points in the bag from 3 travels in the Wsl 2 Women. The fact that Liverpool W have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Liverpool have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Rylee Foster. It's been 327 minutes since they last conceded in Wsl 2 Women.
Liverpool won their last game, 2-0 versus Lewes W played at home.
A draw for Liverpool W before that, at their own venue hosting Aston Villa W (1-1).A new game in only four days for Liverpool, the Wsl 2 Women home match versus Blackburn Rovers. Busy days.
The Liverpool manager M. Beard has got the team scoring on the road, with 7 away goals in 3 league matches. It's not easy to score on Liverpool as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one Sheffield victory, zero draws and three Liverpool W wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Watson 5 goals |   L. Kiernan 5 goals | C. Sweetman-Kirk 3 goals |
Sheffield Utd W missing players
Liverpool W missing players
| Sheffield Utd W | Liverpool W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 46 | 14 | Scored | S | 12 | 36 | ||
| 25 | 9 | Conceded | C | 8 | 19 | ||
| 92% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 45% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 18% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 30% | BTTS | BTTS | 18% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 6.1 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.5 | ||
| 0.7 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11.3 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.3 | 12.7 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 34% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 27% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Durham W | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 2 | Liverpool W | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | Millwall W | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | Charlton W | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Sunderland W | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | Bristol City W | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Sheffield Utd W | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Lewes W | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 9 | Crystal Palace W | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 11 | Coventry United | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -10 | 1 |
| 12 | Watford W | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -12 | 1 |