Bristol City W vs Sheffield Utd W preview: Visitors in for a strenuous 90 minutes

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Competition: England Wsl 2 Women
Competition: Sun 02.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)

A victory to the home team is expected from this fixture if the league standings is to be trusted. The Bristol City W regulars are hopeful that the contrast between 1st and Sheffield Utd W's 11th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Insights:
  • Bristol City W have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Wsl 2 Women
  • Bristol City W have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sheffield Utd W have scored away.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Bristol City W form and stats

Bristol City W have performed here this season with 7 wins from 9 Wsl 2 Women matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. Bristol has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here. We remember; it was Birmingham W.

Happy days for Bristol City W in their previous game, a fixture away at Southampton W (placed 5th) that ended with a 1-0 victory.

Heartbreak before that as Bristol City W lost 0-2 at Millwall W's place.

It should be considered that a glance at the 13 most recent league games shows that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).

From these home matches, Bristol have conceded only 5 goals.

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Sheffield Utd W form and stats

There's been little loot from Sheffield Utd W's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 8 away games in the Wsl 2 Women. Sheffield Utd W only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.

Sheffield Utd W failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Lewes W (placed 8th) that ended with defeat 2-3.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Sunderland W that ended 1-1.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sheffield as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Sheffield Utd W have conceded 11 goals in these away matches. Sheffield Utd W has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Sheffield Utd W - Bristol 1-3 was the result in these sides' last head-to-head match, played this season. Previous four meetings with these teams: Bristol City W won three, Sheffield Utd W were winners in one and we saw zero draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Bristol City WS. Hayles
S. Hayles
9 goals
Bristol City WA. Harrison
A. Harrison
5 goals
BristolG. Clinton
G. Clinton
5 goals

Bristol City W missing players

Sheffield Utd W missing players

Bristol City W Sheffield Utd W
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 3 8 18
13 7 3 Won W 1 1 4
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
2 1 0 Lost L 2 5 11
30 18 6 Scored S 3 7 22
9 5 2 Conceded C 4 11 23
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 78% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 62% 61%
33% 44% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 39%
17% 22% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 22%
6% 11% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
28% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 44%
61% 56% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
17% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 39%
 
5 4.1 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 5.4 5.2
4 3.2 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 3.3 3.2
1 1.1 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.4 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.5 13.2 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 11 10.9
6 5.9 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.4 4.8
27% 34% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 16% 25%
 
9 7.9 4.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 8.1 8.2
3.8 3.2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4 4
Key stats in Wsl 2 Women this season:
  • Bristol City W have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bristol City W have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Bristol City W have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sheffield Utd W have scored away.
  • Bristol City W have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Wsl 2 Women
  • Bristol City W have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Wsl 2 Women
  • Bristol City W have the most clean sheets (11) in Wsl 2 Women
  • Bristol City W have the most points (22) at home in Wsl 2 Women
  • Bristol City W have the most scored goals (18) at home in Wsl 2 Women
  • Bristol City W have the the best goal difference (+13) at home in Wsl 2 Women
  • Bristol City W have the the best goal difference (+21) in Wsl 2 Women
  • Bristol City W have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Bristol City W haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Bristol City W is in the best form (5-0-1) in Wsl 2 Women
  • Sheffield Utd W have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Sheffield Utd W have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sheffield Utd 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 Bristol City W 18 13 3 2 30 9 9 7 1 1 18 5 9 6 2 1 12 4 21 42
2 Millwall W 18 11 3 4 36 17 9 5 2 2 16 8 9 6 1 2 20 9 19 36
3 Charlton W 18 10 4 4 31 21 9 5 2 2 14 10 9 5 2 2 17 11 10 34
4 Birmingham W 17 10 2 5 28 18 8 4 2 2 13 11 9 6 0 3 15 7 10 32
5 Southampton W 18 7 6 5 16 12 9 4 1 4 7 5 9 3 5 1 9 7 4 27
6 Crystal Palace W 18 9 0 9 19 27 9 4 0 5 9 15 9 5 0 4 10 12 -8 27
7 Durham W 17 7 3 7 25 21 10 5 3 2 17 8 7 2 0 5 8 13 4 24
8 Lewes W 17 6 4 7 16 21 8 2 3 3 8 11 9 4 1 4 8 10 -5 22
9 Sunderland W 18 5 3 10 23 26 8 2 1 5 9 14 10 3 2 5 14 12 -3 18
10 Blackburn Rovers W 17 3 7 7 14 23 8 3 3 2 8 9 9 0 4 5 6 14 -9 16
11 Sheffield Utd W 18 4 3 11 22 23 10 3 1 6 15 12 8 1 2 5 7 11 -1 15
12 Coventry United W 18 2 0 16 15 57 9 2 0 7 8 25 9 0 0 9 7 32 -42 6

Read more about Wsl 2 Women

The FA Women’s Championship is the second highest division of women’s football in England. Eleven teams play each other home and away for a total of 220 matches. The top two teams of the league table after a full seasons is promoted to the Women’s Super League.