Women's Super League: West Ham W - Manchester City W preview and statistics

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Competition: England Women's Super League
Competition: Sun 09.May
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Chigwell Construction Stadium (6078 seats)

The visiting Manchester City W side should be favourites in this visit to West Ham W, as the away team holds a 37 point advantage from their 21 league games this season.

Insights:
  • West Ham W have yet to win a game at home.
  • Manchester City W have the most scored goals (64) in Women's Super League

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

West Ham W can neither be promoted or relegated from Women's Super League. Manchester City W are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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West Ham W form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Women's Super League this season. West Ham W have only managed 0 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Chigwell Construction Stadium. With ten home Women's Super League games in a row without a win, the Ham fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Arsenal W game long ago, can be stopped today.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 413 minutes without scoring a league goal. M. Thomas was the last player to find the net.

Heartbreak before that as West Ham W lost 0-2 at Arsenal W's place.

Ham have scored 6 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for West Ham W with 21 goals conceded in these matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Manchester City W form and stats

The away team, who have the most scored goals (64) in Women's Super League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Women's Super League. Things are running smoothly for Manchester who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 17 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Chelsea W. Manchester are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.

Manchester are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the Women's Super League against Birmingham W (placed 8th). A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Chelsea W.

As mentioned above, Manchester was the only team on the pitch versus Birmingham W in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 28 goals in 10 league games away this season. Manchester are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Manchester City W - Ham 4-0. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: zero - zero - five (West Ham W wins - draws - Manchester City W wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Manchester City WC. Kelly
C. Kelly
10 goals
Manchester City WE. White
E. White
9 goals
Manchester City WC. Weir
C. Weir
9 goals

West Ham W missing players

Manchester City W missing players

West Ham W Manchester City W
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 3 10 21
3 0 0 Won W 3 7 16
6 4 0 Drew D 0 2 4
12 6 3 Lost L 0 1 1
21 6 3 Scored S 8 28 64
38 21 15 Conceded C 0 8 13
86% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
67% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 86%
43% 30% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 80% 76%
38% 30% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 48%
19% 20% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 19%
38% 40% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 43%
24% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 57%
52% 60% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 5%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.4 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.3 0.5 0.5
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.9 9.3 7.3 Shots (avg) S ( 17 15 13.5
4.4 4 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7.7 6 5.4
25% 15% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 47% 56%
Key stats in Women's Super League this season:
  • All of Manchester City W's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Manchester City W have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Manchester City W have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Manchester City W have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Manchester City W have scored more than double the goals of West Ham W.
  • Manchester City W have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Women's Super League
  • Manchester City W have the most scored goals (64) in Women's Super League
  • Manchester City W have the most scored goals in the first half (37) in Women's Super League
  • Manchester City W haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • West Ham W have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • West Ham W have yet to win a game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City W 21 16 4 1 64 13 11 9 2 0 36 5 10 7 2 1 28 8 51 52
2 Chelsea W 20 16 3 1 62 10 10 9 0 1 37 6 10 7 3 0 25 4 52 51
3 Arsenal W 21 15 2 4 63 15 10 8 1 1 30 6 11 7 1 3 33 9 48 47
4 Manchester United W 21 14 2 5 42 20 10 7 2 1 24 7 11 7 0 4 18 13 22 44
5 Everton W 21 9 5 7 39 28 11 4 3 4 16 16 10 5 2 3 23 12 11 32
6 Reading W 21 5 9 7 25 36 11 2 5 4 11 20 10 3 4 3 14 16 -11 24
7 Brighton W 21 7 3 11 18 40 10 4 0 6 8 23 11 3 3 5 10 17 -22 24
8 Birmingham W 21 3 7 11 15 43 10 0 4 6 6 23 11 3 3 5 9 20 -28 16
9 West Ham W 21 3 6 12 21 38 10 0 4 6 6 21 11 3 2 6 15 17 -17 15
10 Tottenham W 20 3 6 11 17 39 10 2 4 4 11 15 10 1 2 7 6 24 -22 15
11 Aston Villa W 21 3 5 13 15 47 11 1 3 7 5 25 10 2 2 6 10 22 -32 14
12 Bristol City W 21 2 6 13 17 69 11 2 1 8 8 33 10 0 5 5 9 36 -52 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.