Women's Super League preview and news: Aston Villa W - Birmingham W at Villa Park

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Competition: England Women's Super League
Competition: Sun 08.May
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Villa Park (42682 seats)

Both the home- and away side have had problems getting enough points so far, but a win and three points in this very important match would certainly be a big help. Prepare for Aston Villa W - Birmingham W!

Insights:
  • Aston Villa W have the fewest scored goals (13) in Women's Super League
  • Birmingham W have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Women's Super League

Villa can neither be promoted or relegated from Women's Super League. For Birmingham W it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.

Birmingham W could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Women's Super League game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Manchester City W, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Birmingham W.

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Aston Villa W form and stats

Aston Villa W's results here at Villa Park in the Women's Super League have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 7 defeats. When Aston Villa W hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Everton W, Aston Villa W and Leicester W), they have won 1 of 2 matches! With nine home Women's Super League games in a row without a win, the Aston Villa W fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Leicester W game long ago, can be stopped today.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 183 minutes without scoring a league goal. Petzelberger was the last player to find the net.

The supporters are hoping that Aston Villa W will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-7 away loss in the game against Arsenal W (placed 2nd). Villa were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Manchester United W that ended 0-0.

Aston Villa W have scored 5 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. Aston Villa W have conceded 16 from these games.

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Birmingham W form and stats

There's been little loot from Birmingham W's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 10 away games in the Women's Super League. Birmingham W only have 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 1 draw.

Quinn was the last player to score for the away team. Birmingham haven't scored a league goal in the last 182 minutes.

There might be some fixture complaints from Birmingham W as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-6 against Manchester City W. Birmingham lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-6 beating and focus on this one.

A loss against Chelsea W was the result prior to that, in a home game.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. There are big problems for the Birmingham W defense as they have conceded 31 goals in 10 away games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent past result featuring both these squads is the Birmingham W - Aston Villa W 0-1 played not long ago this season. Stats for the prior four meetings featuring these two teams are: one win for Villa, one draw and two wins for Birmingham W. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Birmingham WL. Quinn
L. Quinn
5 goals
Aston Villa WR. Petzelberger
R. Petzelberger
3 goals
Aston Villa WR. Allen
R. Allen
3 goals

Aston Villa W missing players

Birmingham W missing players

Aston Villa W Birmingham W
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 2 10 21
6 1 1 Won W 0 1 2
3 2 0 Drew D 0 1 2
12 7 1 Lost L 2 8 17
13 5 2 Scored S 1 9 14
39 16 2 Conceded C 5 31 51
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
62% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 76%
48% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 70% 52%
19% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 70% 43%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 33%
29% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 33%
24% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
52% 60% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 62%
 
4.4 3.8 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 2.3 2.4
4.6 4.7 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 7.1 6
1 0.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 0.7 0.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
5.5 6.1 11 Shots (avg) S ( 6 4.8 4.3
2.5 3.1 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2 2
25% 16% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 45% 34%
 
9.8 10.8 15.5 Shots against (avg) S A 8 11.7 10.2
5.1 5.2 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 6.1 5
Key stats in Women's Super League this season:
  • Aston Villa W have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Aston Villa W have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Aston Villa W have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Women's Super League
  • Aston Villa W have the fewest scored goals (13) in Women's Super League
  • Aston Villa W have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Women's Super League
  • Birmingham W have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Birmingham W have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Birmingham W have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Birmingham W have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Birmingham W have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Women's Super League
  • Birmingham W have the most conceded goals (31) away in Women's Super League
  • Birmingham W have the most conceded goals in the second half (28) in Women's Super League
  • Birmingham W have the the worst goal difference (-22) away in Women's Super League
  • Birmingham W haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 21 17 2 2 58 9 10 9 1 0 25 2 11 8 1 2 33 7 49 53
2 Arsenal W 21 16 4 1 63 10 11 10 1 0 40 6 10 6 3 1 23 4 53 52
3 Manchester City W 21 14 2 5 56 22 11 7 1 3 31 11 10 7 1 2 25 11 34 44
4 Manchester United W 21 12 6 3 43 18 11 8 1 2 29 11 10 4 5 1 14 7 25 42
5 Tottenham W 21 8 5 8 23 23 10 4 3 3 11 8 11 4 2 5 12 15 0 29
6 West Ham W 21 7 6 8 23 31 10 3 4 3 14 13 11 4 2 5 9 18 -8 27
7 Brighton W 21 8 1 12 23 37 10 4 1 5 10 17 11 4 0 7 13 20 -14 25
8 Reading W 21 7 4 10 21 36 10 5 1 4 12 14 11 2 3 6 9 22 -15 25
9 Aston Villa W 21 6 3 12 13 39 10 1 2 7 5 16 11 5 1 5 8 23 -26 21
10 Everton W 21 5 4 12 17 40 11 2 3 6 11 22 10 3 1 6 6 18 -23 19
11 Leicester W 21 4 1 16 14 52 11 3 1 7 9 26 10 1 0 9 5 26 -38 13
12 Birmingham W 21 2 2 17 14 51 11 1 1 9 5 20 10 1 1 8 9 31 -37 8

Read more about Women's Super League

The FA Women’s Super League (FA WSL) is the highest level of women’s football in England. It has been through numerous format changes since its first season in 2011. Eleven teams play 20 fixtures to create the final league table and decide who are champions.