Women's Super League match preview: West Ham W believed to be the weaker party when Manchester United W pays a visit

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Competition: England Women's Super League
Competition: Wed 16.March
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Chigwell Construction Stadium (6078 seats)

There's been three sleeps since West Ham W ran out versus Birmingham W and the result was 1-0. What will happen against Manchester United W?

Insights:
  • West Ham W have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Manchester United W have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Women's Super League

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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West Ham W form and stats

3-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Women's Super League numbers at home for West Ham W so far this season.

A strong away win for West Ham W against Birmingham W the last match, as Leon were on target.

Before that game, the home loss against Chelsea W with the scoreline 1-4.

Ham are traveling soon after this match as the FA Cup Women match at Ipswich Town awaits in four days.

A decent goal production from West Ham W in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 league matches. Ham have conceded 8 in these home matches.

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Manchester United W form and stats

As the visiting team in Women's Super League matches, Manchester United W have produced an overall stat of 4-3-1 so far.

It's the second away game in a row for Manchester United W, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Reading W (placed 7th) last time out.

That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Leicester W.

Manchester United W has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 8 games. It's not easy to score on Manchester as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): West Ham W one win, zero draws and Manchester United W three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less. The games between these teams have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 2 red cards from the last four duels.

Top Goalscorers

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

West Ham W missing players

Manchester United W missing players

West Ham W Manchester United W
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 7 2 Played P 3 8 16
6 3 1 Won W 2 4 9
5 3 0 Drew D 0 3 4
5 1 1 Lost L 1 1 3
20 13 2 Scored S 5 13 35
22 8 4 Conceded C 2 6 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 86% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 88% 94%
44% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 25% 50%
25% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 44%
6% 14% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 19%
44% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 62% 44%
31% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 44%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 12% 12%
 
3.4 4.3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.6 5.6
5.2 3.9 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.5 3.5
1.3 0.7 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1 0.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5.1 5.9 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 12.8 11.7
3.1 4.3 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 4.5 4.6
41% 43% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 36% 47%
 
8.9 6.3 5 Shots against (avg) S A 11 8 6.6
4.1 2.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 2.8 2.6
Key stats in Women's Super League this season:
  • Manchester United W have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Manchester United W have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Women's Super League
  • Manchester United W haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • West Ham W have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • West Ham W have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • West Ham W have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • West Ham 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 17 12 4 1 45 10 9 8 1 0 30 6 8 4 3 1 15 4 35 40
2 Chelsea W 15 11 2 2 35 7 8 7 1 0 18 1 7 4 1 2 17 6 28 35
3 Manchester United W 16 9 4 3 35 16 8 5 1 2 22 10 8 4 3 1 13 6 19 31
4 Tottenham W 16 8 4 4 19 12 8 4 3 1 10 4 8 4 1 3 9 8 7 28
5 Manchester City W 15 8 2 5 31 20 6 2 1 3 8 9 9 6 1 2 23 11 11 26
6 West Ham W 16 6 5 5 20 22 7 3 3 1 13 8 9 3 2 4 7 14 -2 23
7 Reading W 16 7 2 7 19 26 9 5 1 3 11 12 7 2 1 4 8 14 -7 23
8 Brighton W 17 7 1 9 18 26 9 4 1 4 9 14 8 3 0 5 9 12 -8 22
9 Everton W 15 5 2 8 14 25 8 2 2 4 9 14 7 3 0 4 5 11 -11 17
10 Aston Villa W 17 5 1 11 11 31 8 1 0 7 4 15 9 4 1 4 7 16 -20 16
11 Leicester W 17 4 0 13 14 34 8 3 0 5 9 12 9 1 0 8 5 22 -20 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.