Can West Ham W surprise Manchester City W in their own stadium?

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Competition: England Wsl 1 Women
Competition: Sun 31.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Etihad Stadium (55097 seats)

The league table in Wsl 1 Women tells a story about these teams so far, with Manchester City W leading West Ham W by 17 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • Manchester City W has the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Wsl 1 Women
  • Manchester City W have scored more than double the goals of West Ham W.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Manchester City W form and stats

Manchester City W, who have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Wsl 1 Women, have played 5 Wsl 1 Women games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-0 (wins-draws-losses). The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Manchester has won their last four matches. Ever since the Brighton W game Manchester has been unbeatable here at Etihad Stadium producing four straight wins.

Before that game, the home loss against Chelsea W (after extra-time) with the scoreline 2-4.

As mentioned above, Manchester "killed" Brighton W in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Manchester City W have performed as huge favourites like they are today: 40 games found in the database showing 32 Manchester City W wins, six draws and two defeats.

It's goals goals goals for Manchester who have scored 21 goals from 5 league home games. Manchester are not conceding a lot of goals here at Etihad Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.

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West Ham W form and stats

As the visiting team in Wsl 1 Women matches, West Ham W have produced an overall stat of 2-1-2 so far.

Ham are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 23 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were ten wins, three draws and ten defeats. Of the defeats, six games were lost by at least two goals margin.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the West Ham W manager O. Harder as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Chelsea W.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Ham are regular goalscorers on their travels. As for defending, West Ham W rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 8 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last four meetings: four - zero - zero (Manchester City W wins - draws - West Ham W wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

West Ham WE. van Egmond
E. van Egmond
3 goals
Manchester City WJ. Park
J. Park
2 goals
ManchesterR. Lavelle
R. Lavelle
2 goals

Manchester City W missing players

West Ham W missing players

Manchester City W West Ham W
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 3 Played P 1 5 10
7 4 2 Won W 0 2 2
3 1 1 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 1 2 7
37 21 15 Scored S 2 10 13
10 3 1 Conceded C 3 8 24
91% 80% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
91% 80% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 70%
73% 80% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 60%
55% 60% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 60% 50%
36% 60% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 20% 30%
64% 60% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 60%
36% 40% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 10%
9% 20% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0.4 0.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.2 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.2 11.2 7.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7 9.4 9.5
4.3 3.8 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 5.2 4.8
79% 111% 188% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 38% 27%
Key stats in Wsl 1 Women this season:
  • All of West Ham W's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Manchester City W has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Wsl 1 Women
  • Manchester City W has the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Wsl 1 Women
  • Manchester City W have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Manchester City W have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Manchester City W have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Manchester City W have scored more than double the goals of West Ham W.
  • West Ham W have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • West Ham W have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • 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 Chelsea W 11 9 2 0 34 6 5 5 0 0 21 4 6 4 2 0 13 2 28 29
2 Manchester United W 12 9 2 1 30 11 6 4 2 0 15 4 6 5 0 1 15 7 19 29
3 Manchester City W 11 7 3 1 37 10 5 4 1 0 21 3 6 3 2 1 16 7 27 24
4 Arsenal W 11 7 2 2 39 9 6 5 1 0 23 4 5 2 1 2 16 5 30 23
5 Everton W 10 5 2 3 21 15 6 3 2 1 11 7 4 2 0 2 10 8 6 17
6 Reading W 13 3 6 4 16 23 7 1 3 3 7 12 6 2 3 1 9 11 -7 15
7 Tottenham W 10 3 3 4 13 18 5 2 2 1 8 5 5 1 1 3 5 13 -5 12
8 Birmingham W 10 3 1 6 9 15 4 0 1 3 3 8 6 3 0 3 6 7 -6 10
9 Brighton W 12 2 3 7 8 26 6 1 0 5 4 18 6 1 3 2 4 8 -18 9
10 West Ham W 10 2 1 7 13 24 5 0 0 5 3 16 5 2 1 2 10 8 -11 7
11 Aston Villa W 11 2 1 8 10 30 6 0 1 5 2 17 5 2 0 3 8 13 -20 7
12 Bristol City W 11 0 2 9 6 49 5 0 1 4 2 18 6 0 1 5 4 31 -43 2

Read more about Wsl 1 Women

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.