Women's Super League preview: Home team members foretelling a win when Manchester United W host Brighton W

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Competition: England Women's Super League
Competition: Sun 03.April
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Leigh Sports Village Stadium (75635 seats)

Manchester United W have played better than Brighton W this season, but every game begins at 0-0. Here's all the intelligence you need before kickoff:

Insights:
  • Manchester United W have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Women's Super League
  • Manchester United W have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Brighton W have scored away.

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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Manchester United W form and stats

19 points is a decent return from 9 Women's Super League games here at Leigh Sports Village Stadium for Manchester United W. The data says 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Manchester United W has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Leigh Sports Village Stadium. We remember; it was Arsenal W.

Manchester United W's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Everton W (placed 9th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

1-1 away at West Ham W before that.

Manchester are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Leigh Sports Village Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 25 goals in 9 matches. Manchester United W's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Brighton W form and stats

As the visiting team in Women's Super League matches, Brighton W have produced an overall stat of 4-0-5 so far. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Brighton are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Brighton W play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting West Ham W (placed 7th).

Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Arsenal W.

Brighton W are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 9 games (in the league). 12 goals have been conceded by Brighton in these games.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two teams meet this campaign, as the results database show this recent fixture: Brighton W - Manchester United W 0-2. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: five - one - one (Manchester wins - draws - Brighton W wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Manchester United WA. Russo
A. Russo
9 goals
Manchester United WE. Toone
E. Toone
6 goals
Manchester United WL. Galton
L. Galton
6 goals

Manchester United W missing players

Brighton W missing players

Manchester United W Brighton W
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 2 9 18
10 6 2 Won W 0 4 8
5 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 2 0 Lost L 2 5 9
39 25 5 Scored S 2 11 20
18 11 0 Conceded C 5 12 26
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
94% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 67%
50% 78% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 44% 44%
44% 67% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 28%
17% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 17%
50% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 22% 22%
39% 56% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 44% 39%
11% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 44%
 
6 5.8 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.6 4.1
3.2 3.2 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.6 5.8
1 0.9 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.1 1.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.9 10.3 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 4 6.9 6.9
4.5 4.9 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.7 3
48% 57% 83% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 46% 37%
 
6.3 5.3 4.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13 9.3 9.9
2.5 2.4 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 3.8 4.4
Key stats in Women's Super League this season:
  • All of Manchester United W's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Brighton W haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Manchester United W have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Manchester United W have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Manchester United W have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Brighton W have scored away.
  • Manchester United W have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Women's Super League
  • Manchester United 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 19 5 3 11 15 35 9 2 2 5 9 17 10 3 1 6 6 18 -20 18
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 18 1 2 15 11 43 10 1 1 8 5 19 8 0 1 7 6 24 -32 5

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.