Women's Super League preview of Leicester W - Chelsea W: Visitors believed to win

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Competition: England Women's Super League
Competition: Sun 27.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: King Power Stadium (32312 seats)

Both Leicester W and Chelsea W are desperate for points in this fixture, in spite of the visitors carrying a 29 point edge in the standings.

Insights:
  • Leicester W have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Women's Super League
  • Chelsea W have the most scored goals (47) in Women's Super League

It's no vacation for neither Leicester nor Chelsea W as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Leicester W form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Women's Super League this season. Leicester W have only managed 3 wins, 0 draws and 6 losses from their games here at King Power Stadium. Leicester W has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Bedford and the players.

Leicester W experienced a slightly shocking loss 0-9 against Chelsea W in their previous match, also a home game.

Heartbreak before that as Leicester lost 2-3 at Everton W's place.

Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When Leicester W have been in this position before, they have won one, drawn zero and lost eight from nine games. seven defeats by at least two goals.

Leicester W are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (21 from 9 played). It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. When Leicester hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Birmingham W, Everton W and Aston Villa W), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Chelsea W form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the Women's Super League. The fact that Chelsea W have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

Chelsea W have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Zecira Musovic. It's been 312 minutes since they last conceded in Women's Super League.

Chelsea play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 9-0 victory visiting Leicester W (placed 11th).

Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Chelsea W given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 26 matches with 22 wins as expected, three draws and one surprise home win. The favourites won 19 of these games by at least two goals.

The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Chelsea W alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (29 from 9 played). It's worth mentioning that 16 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).

Head 2 Head

Leicester and Chelsea W have faced each other already this season: Leicester W - Chelsea W 0-9. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's zero Leicester W victories, zero draws and three Chelsea W wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less. Kerr likes to play against Leicester W and have scored 4 goals in these encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Chelsea WS. Kerr
S. Kerr
14 goals
Chelsea WG. Reiten
G. Reiten
5 goals

Leicester W missing players

Chelsea W missing players

Leicester W Chelsea W
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 2 9 17
4 3 0 Won W 2 6 13
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
14 6 2 Lost L 0 2 2
14 9 2 Scored S 4 29 47
43 21 7 Conceded C 0 6 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 88%
78% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 65%
61% 56% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 53%
39% 33% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 56% 47%
17% 22% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 44% 29%
33% 33% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 24%
17% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 56% 71%
50% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 18%
 
2.6 2.1 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 6.2 6.2
7.3 7.4 7 Corners against (avg) C A 3 2.9 2.9
1.3 1.1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.4 0.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 7.2 6.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 13.7 13.3
3.2 3.3 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 6.1 5.9
25% 30% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 53% 47%
 
12.8 15.3 25.5 Shots against (avg) S A 3.5 4.7 4.1
5.7 6.6 9.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2.6 2
Key stats in Women's Super League this season:
  • Chelsea W have created more than twice as many corners as Leicester W.
  • Chelsea W have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Chelsea W have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Chelsea W have scored more than double the goals of Leicester W.
  • Chelsea W have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Women's Super League
  • Chelsea W have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Women's Super League
  • Chelsea W have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Women's Super League
  • Chelsea W have the most clean sheets (12) in Women's Super League
  • Chelsea W have the most scored goals (29) away in Women's Super League
  • Chelsea W have the most scored goals (47) in Women's Super League
  • Chelsea W have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Women's Super League
  • Chelsea W have the the best goal difference (+23) away in Women's Super League
  • Chelsea W have the the best goal difference (+40) in Women's Super League
  • Chelsea W have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Chelsea W is in the best form (5-1-0) in Women's Super League
  • 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 have the most conceded goals (21) at home in Women's Super League
  • Leicester W have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Women's Super League
  • Leicester W have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • 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 Chelsea W 17 13 2 2 47 7 8 7 1 0 18 1 9 6 1 2 29 6 40 41
2 Arsenal W 17 12 4 1 45 10 9 8 1 0 30 6 8 4 3 1 15 4 35 40
3 Manchester United W 18 10 5 3 39 18 9 6 1 2 25 11 9 4 4 1 14 7 21 35
4 Manchester City W 17 10 2 5 37 20 8 4 1 3 14 9 9 6 1 2 23 11 17 32
5 Tottenham W 16 8 4 4 19 12 8 4 3 1 10 4 8 4 1 3 9 8 7 28
6 Brighton W 18 8 1 9 20 26 9 4 1 4 9 14 9 4 0 5 11 12 -6 25
7 West Ham W 18 6 6 6 21 25 9 3 4 2 14 11 9 3 2 4 7 14 -4 24
8 Reading W 18 7 3 8 20 29 9 5 1 3 11 12 9 2 2 5 9 17 -9 24
9 Everton W 18 5 2 11 15 35 9 2 2 5 9 17 9 3 0 6 6 18 -20 17
10 Aston Villa W 18 5 2 11 12 32 9 1 1 7 5 16 9 4 1 4 7 16 -20 17
11 Leicester W 18 4 0 14 14 43 9 3 0 6 9 21 9 1 0 8 5 22 -29 12
12 Birmingham W 17 1 1 15 11 43 9 1 0 8 5 19 8 0 1 7 6 24 -32 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.