Wsl 2 Women preview: Can Crystal Palace W edge out victory against Blackburn Rovers W?

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Competition: England Wsl 2 Women
Competition: Sun 26.March
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Dales Lane (1400 seats)

The home crowds anticipate a win and three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a stumbling visitor. Crystal Palace W are in 6th place while the guesting Blackburn Rovers W worry at 10th.

Insights:
  • Crystal Palace W have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Blackburn Rovers W have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Wsl 2 Women

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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Crystal Palace W form and stats

When playing at home in the Wsl 2 Women, Crystal Palace W have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 8 games.

Crystal Palace W's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Blackburn Rovers W (placed 10th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Birmingham W.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Crystal Palace W have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 1 and lost 3.

With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Crystal Palace W defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Blackburn Rovers W form and stats

There's been little loot from Blackburn Rovers W's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 8 away games in the Wsl 2 Women. Blackburn Rovers W only have 0 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws.

Blackburn are travelling again after losing away to Crystal Palace W in their previous match (0-1).

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Charlton W.

We have checked recent matches where Blackburn Rovers W have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 2 victories, 0 draws and 3 defeats.

Low-scoring game? 9 of this club's most recent 11 league matches have had two or less goals.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Blackburn's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 13 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Crystal Palace W have managed a streak of 4 consecutive games without losing (3-1-0) when facing Blackburn Rovers W.

Blackburn Rovers W - Crystal Palace W 1-3 was the product when these participants formerly did battle, some time ago this season.

Top Goalscorers

Blackburn Rovers WS. Jordan
S. Jordan
7 goals
Crystal Palace WE. Hughes
E. Hughes
5 goals
CrystalC. Haines
C. Haines
3 goals

Crystal Palace W missing players

Blackburn Rovers W missing players

Crystal Palace W Blackburn Rovers W
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 2 9 17
9 4 2 Won W 0 0 3
0 0 0 Drew D 1 4 7
9 5 1 Lost L 1 5 7
19 9 5 Scored S 1 6 14
27 15 3 Conceded C 3 14 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 78% 82%
67% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 65%
56% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 35%
22% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 29%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
33% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 53%
39% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 22% 29%
28% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 44% 35%
 
4.8 5 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.8 3.4
5.3 3.8 2 Corners against (avg) C A 9.5 7.3 7.3
0.9 0.6 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 0.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.1 8.9 11 Shots (avg) S ( 5 5.8 7.4
4.2 4.2 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.2 3.5
25% 24% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 21% 24%
 
11.9 9.8 10.7 Shots against (avg) S A 20 13.2 13.1
5.4 5 5.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.3 5.2
Key stats in Wsl 2 Women this season:
  • Blackburn Rovers W have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Blackburn Rovers W have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Blackburn Rovers W have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Blackburn Rovers W have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Wsl 2 Women
  • Blackburn Rovers W have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Wsl 2 Women
  • Blackburn Rovers W have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Blackburn Rovers W have yet to win a game away.
  • Crystal Palace W have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Crystal Palace 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 17 12 3 2 29 9 9 7 1 1 18 5 8 5 2 1 11 4 20 39
2 Millwall W 17 11 3 3 36 14 9 5 2 2 16 8 8 6 1 1 20 6 22 36
3 Charlton W 16 9 3 4 28 19 7 4 1 2 11 8 9 5 2 2 17 11 9 30
4 Birmingham W 16 9 2 5 27 18 8 4 2 2 13 11 8 5 0 3 14 7 9 29
5 Southampton W 17 7 6 4 16 11 8 4 1 3 7 4 9 3 5 1 9 7 5 27
6 Crystal Palace W 17 8 0 9 18 27 8 3 0 5 8 15 9 5 0 4 10 12 -9 24
7 Durham W 16 6 3 7 22 21 9 4 3 2 14 8 7 2 0 5 8 13 1 21
8 Lewes W 15 5 4 6 13 18 8 2 3 3 8 11 7 3 1 3 5 7 -5 19
9 Sunderland W 17 5 2 10 21 24 8 2 1 5 9 14 9 3 1 5 12 10 -3 17
10 Blackburn Rovers W 16 3 7 6 14 22 8 3 3 2 8 9 8 0 4 4 6 13 -8 16
11 Sheffield Utd W 17 4 3 10 20 20 9 3 1 5 13 9 8 1 2 5 7 11 0 15
12 Coventry United W 17 2 0 15 15 56 8 2 0 6 8 24 9 0 0 9 7 32 -41 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.