Women's Super League prediction: Manchester City W should edge out West Ham W on their own turf

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Competition: England Women's Super League
Competition: Sun 03.October
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Academy Stadium (7000 seats)

Manchester City W duel West Ham W for praise and triumph.

These are busy days for the hosts, as they had a game only four days ago in the FA Cup Women. Thankfully the previous game, versus Leicester W, was also a home game here at Academy Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Manchester City W form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Women's Super League game of the season here at Academy Stadium. Last season these fans witnessed 9 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses from Manchester City W's 11 home games.

The Manchester City W supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Leicester W in FA Cup Women and win 6-0. As mentioned above, Manchester City W "killed" Leicester W in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

Heartbreak before that as Manchester City W lost 0-5 at Arsenal W's place.

It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Manchester have performed as huge favourites like they are today: 40 games found in the database showing 34 Manchester City W wins, four draws and two defeats.

Manchester City W has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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West Ham W form and stats

West Ham W have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Women's Super League were 3 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats from 11 fixtures.

C. Walker and T. Yallop scored in Ham's previous match, the home game against Leicester W that ended 4-0. As you can tell from the results above, Ham was very dominant against Leicester W, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with C. Walker and T. Yallop providing the goals.

A draw for West Ham W before that, at their own venue hosting Aston Villa W (1-1).

West Ham W are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 29 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were ten wins, four draws and 15 defeats. Of the defeats, eleven games were lost by at least two goals margin.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, West Ham W has managed 0 goals and let in 2 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Last seven meetings involving these sides: Manchester won seven, West Ham W triumphed in zero and we saw zero draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Manchester City WS. Houghton
S. Houghton
1 goals
Manchester City WJ. Beckie
J. Beckie
1 goals
ManchesterL. Hemp
L. Hemp
1 goals

Manchester City W missing players

West Ham W missing players

Manchester City W West Ham W
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 1 3
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 1 0 Lost L 1 1 1
5 1 0 Scored S 0 0 5
7 2 0 Conceded C 2 2 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
67% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 33%
 
8.7 12 0 Corners for (avg) C F 1 1 2.3
5.7 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6 4.3
0.7 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
11.3 14 0 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7 5.7
5 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 1 3
33% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 56%
Manchester City W Last season West Ham W
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   11 22
17 9   Won W   3 3
4 2   Drew D   2 6
1 0   Lost L   6 13
65 36   Scored S   15 21
13 5   Conceded C   17 39
95% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 86%
82% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 64%
73% 73%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 41%
45% 55%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   45% 36%
18% 27%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 18%
41% 36%   BTTS BTTS   36% 36%
59% 64%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 23%
5% 9%   Failed to Score F T   45% 55%
 
6.5 6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 3.8
2.4 1.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4.2
0.4 0.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.1 1.2
0 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
13.8 12   Shots (avg) S (   10.7 9.6
5.5 4.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 4.2
53% 67%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 25%

  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 3 3 0 0 12 2 2 2 0 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 10 9
2 Tottenham W 3 3 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 9
3 Aston Villa W 3 2 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 7
4 Chelsea W 3 2 0 1 12 4 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 8 4 8 6
5 Brighton W 3 2 0 1 7 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 6 6
6 Manchester United W 3 2 0 1 6 7 2 1 0 1 3 6 1 1 0 0 3 1 -1 6
7 West Ham W 3 1 1 1 5 3 2 1 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 4
8 Manchester City W 3 1 0 2 5 7 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 4 5 -2 3
9 Everton W 3 1 0 2 3 9 2 1 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 -6 3
10 Leicester W 3 0 0 3 2 9 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 6 -7 0
11 Reading W 3 0 0 3 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 -7 0
12 Birmingham W 3 0 0 3 1 9 1 0 0 1 0 5 2 0 0 2 1 4 -8 0
Last season 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 22 18 3 1 69 10 11 10 0 1 42 6 11 8 3 0 27 4 59 57
2 Manchester City W 22 17 4 1 65 13 11 9 2 0 36 5 11 8 2 1 29 8 52 55
3 Arsenal W 22 15 3 4 63 15 11 8 2 1 30 6 11 7 1 3 33 9 48 48
4 Manchester United W 22 15 2 5 44 20 11 8 2 1 26 7 11 7 0 4 18 13 24 47
5 Everton W 22 9 5 8 39 30 11 4 3 4 16 16 11 5 2 4 23 14 9 32
6 Brighton W 22 8 3 11 21 41 11 5 0 6 11 24 11 3 3 5 10 17 -20 27
7 Reading W 22 5 9 8 25 41 11 2 5 4 11 20 11 3 4 4 14 21 -16 24
8 Tottenham W 22 4 6 12 18 41 11 2 4 5 11 17 11 2 2 7 7 24 -23 18
9 West Ham W 22 3 6 13 21 39 11 0 4 7 6 22 11 3 2 6 15 17 -18 15
10 Birmingham W 22 3 7 12 15 44 11 0 4 7 6 24 11 3 3 5 9 20 -29 15
11 Aston Villa W 22 3 6 13 15 47 11 1 3 7 5 25 11 2 3 6 10 22 -32 15
12 Bristol City W 22 2 6 14 18 72 11 2 1 8 8 33 11 0 5 6 10 39 -54 12

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.