Leicester W - Aston Villa W: Small difference between teams in Women's Super League clash

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Competition: England Women's Super League
Competition: Sun 23.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pirelli Stadium (6912 seats)

This game features two sides living in the basement of the Women's Super League, Leicester W having 11th position and Aston Villa W sitting at 10th. A nice chance for one of the squads to upgrade their situation.

Insights:
  • Leicester W have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Aston Villa W have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Women's Super League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Leicester W form and stats

Leicester W's results here at Pirelli Stadium in the Women's Super League have been very modest with 2 victories, 0 draws and 4 defeats. When Leicester W hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Birmingham W, Everton W and Leicester W), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

Leicester W's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Brighton W (placed 7th). The home side are looking to build on that result. The home followers saw a 1-0 draw versus Brighton W last time out and are looking for a win here. The Leicester W crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-0 to Brighton W here at Pirelli Stadium.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Leicester have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost one.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Leicester W here at Pirelli Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 6 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Leicester W defense is not exactly impregnable. 10 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. Leicester W has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Aston Villa W form and stats

The visitors are W2-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Women's Super League. With the Aston Villa W losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

Allen was the last player to score for the away team. Aston Villa W haven't scored a league goal in the last 251 minutes.

Aston Villa W's last game was the home draw against Manchester City W (0-3). Villa's previous game was their home loss versus Manchester City W (0-3). Aston Villa W had fun at their own home (Pirelli Stadium) last time out, beating Manchester City W 0-3.

Before that one, a nice away victory 0-5 at Manchester United W. A 0-5 draw at Manchester United W's stadium before that. A 0-5 defeat away at Manchester United W before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Aston Villa W playing away and similar expectations, we found two relevant matches. Results were two Aston Villa W wins, zero draws and zero defeats.

Goals are few and far between in Aston Villa W's away league games. Only 3 goals from 6 travels. For Aston Villa W, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Aston Villa W - Leicester W 2-1 was the result in these participants' latest head-to-head game, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Leicester W zero wins, two draws and Aston Villa W three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Aston Villa WR. Allen
R. Allen
3 goals
LeicesterS. Howard
S. Howard
1 goals
Leicester WS. Tierney
S. Tierney
1 goals

Leicester W missing players

Aston Villa W missing players

Leicester W Aston Villa W
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 1 6 11
2 2 1 Won W 1 2 3
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
10 4 1 Lost L 0 3 7
6 5 2 Scored S 1 3 6
24 10 1 Conceded C 0 14 25
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 73%
42% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 64%
33% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 27%
8% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 18%
25% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 17% 27%
17% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 18%
58% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 55%
 
2.8 2.5 1.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5 3.8
7.6 7.2 7 Corners against (avg) C A 1 4 4.3
1.6 1.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.2 1.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6 6.8 5.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5 6.2 4.9
2.5 2.7 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 1.8 1.7
20% 31% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 27% 32%
 
13.5 17.5 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 3 7.7 9.3
5.7 6.5 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 4.5 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 the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Women's Super League
  • Aston Villa W have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Aston Villa W haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Leicester W have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Leicester W have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Leicester 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 Arsenal W 10 8 1 1 30 5 5 5 0 0 19 2 5 3 1 1 11 3 25 25
2 Chelsea W 9 7 0 2 27 6 4 4 0 0 14 1 5 3 0 2 13 5 21 21
3 Manchester United W 11 6 3 2 24 13 6 3 1 2 15 10 5 3 2 0 9 3 11 21
4 Tottenham W 11 6 3 2 13 8 6 3 3 0 6 3 5 3 0 2 7 5 5 21
5 Manchester City W 11 6 1 4 28 18 4 1 0 3 6 8 7 5 1 1 22 10 10 19
6 Reading W 10 5 1 4 12 12 6 4 0 2 7 7 4 1 1 2 5 5 0 16
7 Brighton W 11 5 0 6 12 16 6 3 0 3 5 10 5 2 0 3 7 6 -4 15
8 West Ham W 10 3 5 2 13 12 5 2 3 0 9 4 5 1 2 2 4 8 1 14
9 Everton W 10 3 2 5 9 16 5 1 2 2 5 8 5 2 0 3 4 8 -7 11
10 Aston Villa W 11 3 1 7 6 25 5 1 0 4 3 11 6 2 1 3 3 14 -19 10
11 Leicester W 12 2 0 10 6 24 6 2 0 4 5 10 6 0 0 6 1 14 -18 6
12 Birmingham W 12 1 1 10 6 31 6 1 0 5 4 14 6 0 1 5 2 17 -25 4

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.