Aston Villa W v Chelsea W preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: England Women's Super League
Competition: Sun 02.April
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)
Venue: Poundland Bescot Stadium (11300 seats)

Aston Villa W will plan to employ their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opposition. The home team are currently 8 points behind Chelsea W.

Insights:
  • Aston Villa W have the most points from losing position (13) in Women's Super League
  • Chelsea W have the most scored goals (21) away in Women's Super League

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Champions League Women game only three days ago.

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Aston Villa W form and stats

The overall Women's Super League statistics playing at home this season for Aston Villa W are 4-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.

A nice win for Aston Villa W last time playing, versus Leicester W. That was also a home game and the match ended 5-0 with Lehmann (2), Dali and Daly (2) scoring for the victors. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Aston Villa W played a great game against Leicester W and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. The home team have an in-form goalscorer in Daly, having scored in three matches in a row.

Preceding that match, a home win against Manchester City W (after extra-time) in the FA Cup Women.

Goals decide football matches and Villa are scoring many of them at home; 17 on target from 8 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded.

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Chelsea W form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the Women's Super League.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Champions League Women home loss versus Lyon W with 1-2 on the scoreboard.

Prior to that match, the Chelsea W manager Hayes faced defeat when travelling to Manchester City W and losing 0-2.

Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 21 goals in 8 league games away this season. As opposed to that, Chelsea have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The 8 most recent matches involving these teams have all finished as Chelsea W victories. Surely both teams are aware of this.

Aston Villa W and Chelsea W have duelled already this season: Chelsea W - Aston Villa W 3-1.

Top Goalscorers

Aston Villa WR. Daly
R. Daly
13 goals
Chelsea WS. Kerr
S. Kerr
7 goals
Chelsea WF. Kirby
F. Kirby
6 goals

Aston Villa W missing players

Chelsea W missing players

Aston Villa W Chelsea W
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 2 8 15
9 4 1 Won W 1 5 12
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
5 3 1 Lost L 1 2 2
32 17 5 Scored S 4 21 39
25 13 7 Conceded C 3 9 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 93%
62% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 62% 67%
44% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 53%
31% 38% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 20%
62% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 60%
25% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 33%
12% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 7%
 
5.1 5.4 1.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.1 5.7
3.5 3.1 5 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3.4 2.9
1.1 0.8 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.4 0.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.1 7 5.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 12.8 11.7
4.1 4.2 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 5.8 5.6
49% 50% 71% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 46% 46%
 
7.5 5.1 8 Shots against (avg) S A 4 7.2 6.9
3.6 3 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.5 3.2 3
Key stats in Women's Super League this season:
  • All of Chelsea W's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Aston Villa W have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Aston Villa W have the most points from losing position (13) in Women's Super League
  • Aston Villa W haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Chelsea W have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Chelsea W have the most scored goals (21) away in Women's Super League
  • Chelsea W haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester United W 17 13 2 2 46 9 8 6 1 1 29 4 9 7 1 1 17 5 37 41
2 Manchester City W 16 12 2 2 34 14 8 6 2 0 18 6 8 6 0 2 16 8 20 38
3 Chelsea W 15 12 1 2 39 14 7 7 0 0 18 5 8 5 1 2 21 9 25 37
4 Arsenal W 15 11 2 2 38 9 8 6 1 1 21 5 7 5 1 1 17 4 29 35
5 Aston Villa W 16 9 2 5 32 25 8 4 1 3 17 13 8 5 1 2 15 12 7 29
6 Everton W 15 6 3 6 17 15 8 3 1 4 10 13 7 3 2 2 7 2 2 21
7 West Ham W 16 5 1 10 17 30 8 3 1 4 10 12 8 2 0 6 7 18 -13 16
8 Liverpool W 15 4 3 8 16 27 8 4 0 4 8 9 7 0 3 4 8 18 -11 15
9 Tottenham W 16 4 0 12 19 34 8 2 0 6 6 18 8 2 0 6 13 16 -15 12
10 Reading W 16 3 2 11 18 36 8 3 2 3 10 12 8 0 0 8 8 24 -18 11
11 Brighton W 15 2 3 10 18 50 7 1 1 5 8 26 8 1 2 5 10 24 -32 9
12 Leicester W 16 2 1 13 7 38 8 1 1 6 4 19 8 1 0 7 3 19 -31 7

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.