National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's West Ham W or Birmingham W that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams have had enough rest since their previous match. Let's look for an in-your-face game!
West Ham W form and stats
Last season, West Ham W's League Cup Women journey ended in the quarter-finals.When playing at home in the Wsl 1 Women, West Ham W have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games.
A nice win for West Ham W last time playing, versus Leicester W. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Atkinson scoring for the victors. Manager Harder felt very clever after Atkinson scored the winning goal against Leicester W, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 63rd minute.
Ahead of that match, Ham lost 4-5 at home to Brighton W.West Ham W have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Chigwell Construction Stadium with 9 goals in 5 league matches. Ham have conceded 9 from these games.
Birmingham W form and stats
Birmingham W was sent out of League Cup Women in the group stage last season.As the visiting team in Wsl 2 Women matches, Birmingham W have produced an overall stat of 2-0-3 so far.
Birmingham W play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Bristol City W.
It was a Wsl 2 Women defeat before that one as the away game against Millwall W wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.Birmingham find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. Birmingham W have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
West Ham W have won at least one point in the last 6 matches (4-2-0) against Birmingham W.Top Goalscorers
  D. Brynjarsdóttir 4 goals | V. Asseyi 4 goals |  L. Quinn 4 goals |
West Ham W missing players
Birmingham W missing players
| West Ham W | Birmingham W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 31 | 12 | Scored | S | 16 | 30 | ||
| 48 | 29 | Conceded | C | 31 | 43 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 60% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 62% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 46% | 32% | ||
| 52% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 40% | ||
| 3.6 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 6.3 | 6.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 4.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 8.5 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.8 | ||
| 38% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | ||
| 8.9 | 9.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 10.7 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 4.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Birmingham W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Millwall W | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | West Ham W | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Brighton W | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -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 | Chelsea W | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 21 |
| 2 | Arsenal W | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 18 |
| 3 | Manchester United W | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 18 |
| 4 | Manchester City W | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 15 |
| 5 | Aston Villa W | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | West Ham W | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 7 | Tottenham W | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Everton W | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | -2 | 9 |
| 9 | Brighton W | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | -16 | 7 |
| 10 | Liverpool W | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -7 | 5 |
| 11 | Reading W | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 4 |
| 12 | Leicester W | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -15 | 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 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 20 |
| 2 | Bristol City W | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | Southampton W | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | Charlton W | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Birmingham W | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Lewes W | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Crystal Palace W | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers W | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 9 | Durham W | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Sheffield Utd W | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Sunderland W | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -9 | 4 |
| 12 | Coventry United W | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 20 | -27 | 0 |
