No home advantage expected for Women's Super League battle between Brighton W and Arsenal W

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Competition: England Women's Super League
Competition: Sun 22.January
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Broadfield Stadium (6134 seats)

Both Brighton W and Arsenal W are desperate for points in this game, despite the away team holding a 18 point edge so far.

Insights:
  • Brighton W have the most conceded goals (32) in Women's Super League
  • Arsenal W have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Women's Super League

There haven't been much to rest for the team playing at home, as they had a League Cup Women fixture only four days earlier. Thankfully the previous game, versus West Ham W, was also a home game here at Broadfield Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Brighton W form and stats

1-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Women's Super League numbers at home for Brighton W so far this season.

The home followers witnessed a 0-0 draw vs West Ham W in the League Cup Women last time out and are looking for a win here.

Heartbreak before that as Brighton W lost 0-3 at Leicester W's place.

The home team are doomed in this game if you believe the odds offered on Arsenal W to win. Let's see if Brighton are capable of creating a surprise here by looking at their earlier home games as massive outsiders: 13 games found revealing 1 Brighton W win, 4 draws and 8 defeats.

Goals are coming in this club's league fixtures, with 5 in a row seeing three goals or more (over 2.5).

Brighton W has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. This has been a stadium of sighs so far as Brighton W have let the opposition score 14 times, an average of more than three per game.

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Arsenal W form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Women's Super League travels is 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Arsenal's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Reading W game.

There were no winners in Arsenal W's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Chelsea W (placed 1st).

Previously, the Champions League Women victory away at Zurich W. As mentioned earlier, Arsenal W will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 22 wins (20 by two or more goals winning margin), 1 draw and 1 surprising defeat.

A quick return to home after this game, as Arsenal are hosting Aston Villa W in the League Cup Women only four days away.

Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 11 goals in 4 league games away this season. The Arsenal W defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average ({1 goals} in 4 games).

Head 2 Head

Arsenal W have won every one of the 7 latest battles versus this opponent. Will the streak continue?

This isn't the first time these sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the records show this recent fixture: Arsenal W - Brighton W 4-0.

Top Goalscorers

Arsenal WF. Leonhardsen Maanum
F. Leonhardsen Maanum
4 goals
Arsenal WV. Miedema
V. Miedema
4 goals
Arsenal WS. Blackstenius
S. Blackstenius
4 goals

Brighton W missing players

Arsenal W missing players

Brighton W Arsenal W
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 3 4 10
2 1 0 Won W 3 4 8
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
6 2 1 Lost L 0 0 1
11 5 0 Scored S 7 11 26
32 14 2 Conceded C 0 1 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 80%
89% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 60%
67% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 50% 60%
33% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 20%
44% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 40%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 75% 60%
56% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 2.5 1 Corners for (avg) C F 9 7.8 8.7
6.5 6.5 7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3 3.1
1 0.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 0.5 0.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.8 6.5 7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 8.8 13.9
3.2 3.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 5 8
42% 38% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 55% 32%
 
14.2 13 21 Shots against (avg) S A 3.3 2.8 4.9
8.2 7.8 10 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 2 2.7
Key stats in Women's Super League this season:
  • All of Brighton W's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Arsenal W have created more than twice as many corners as Brighton W.
  • Arsenal W have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Arsenal W have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Arsenal W have scored more than double the goals of Brighton W.
  • Arsenal W have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Women's Super League
  • Arsenal W have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Women's Super League
  • Arsenal W have won all their away games so far.
  • Arsenal W have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Arsenal W haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Brighton W have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Brighton W have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Brighton W have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Brighton W have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Women's Super League
  • Brighton W have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Women's Super League
  • Brighton W have the most conceded goals (32) in Women's Super League
  • Brighton W have the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in Women's Super League
  • Brighton W have the the worst goal difference (-21) in Women's Super League
  • Brighton 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 Chelsea W 11 9 1 1 32 9 5 5 0 0 14 4 6 4 1 1 18 5 23 28
2 Manchester United W 10 8 1 1 30 6 5 4 0 1 20 3 5 4 1 0 10 3 24 25
3 Arsenal W 10 8 1 1 26 6 6 4 1 1 15 5 4 4 0 0 11 1 20 25
4 Manchester City W 10 7 1 2 22 10 4 3 1 0 10 3 6 4 0 2 12 7 12 22
5 Everton W 10 5 0 5 13 12 5 2 0 3 6 10 5 3 0 2 7 2 1 15
6 West Ham W 11 5 0 6 15 19 6 3 0 3 9 10 5 2 0 3 6 9 -4 15
7 Aston Villa W 10 5 0 5 15 20 6 3 0 3 11 12 4 2 0 2 4 8 -5 15
8 Tottenham W 10 3 0 7 12 19 4 1 0 3 1 8 6 2 0 4 11 11 -7 9
9 Liverpool W 10 2 2 6 11 22 5 2 0 3 4 7 5 0 2 3 7 15 -11 8
10 Reading W 11 2 1 8 14 26 5 2 1 2 6 8 6 0 0 6 8 18 -12 7
11 Brighton W 9 2 1 6 11 32 4 1 1 2 5 14 5 1 0 4 6 18 -21 7
12 Leicester W 10 1 0 9 5 25 6 1 0 5 4 17 4 0 0 4 1 8 -20 3

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.