Leicester W vs Sheffield Utd W match preview

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Competition: England Wsl 2 Women
Date: Sun 15.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)

The visiting Sheffield Utd W side should be favourites in this visit to Leicester W, as the away team holds a 17 point advantage from their ten league games this season.

It's no vacation for neither Leicester W nor Sheffield Utd W as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Leicester W form and stats

Leicester W, who have the most conceded goals (27) in Wsl 2 Women, have collected 4 points from their Wsl 2 Women home games so far after 1-1-3. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Leicester W to get some points in this home game. Three consecutive losses here is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.

The Leicester W crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-4 to Everton W here in a League Cup Women match. Heartbreak before that as Leicester W lost 1-3 at Aston Villa W's place.

Leicester W were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Leicester W have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 8 goals in 5 league matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Leicester W having conceded 13 goals here so far.

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Sheffield Utd W form and stats

The visitors, who have the most scored goals (32) in Wsl 2 Women, are W4-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Wsl 2 Women. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Sheffield Utd W hope to make it five in this match. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Sheffield Utd W's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Aston Villa W game.

Sheffield Utd W delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Coventry United (placed 10th) in their previous match; a League Cup Women game. That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus London Bees W in the Wsl 2 Women.

Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 14 goals in 5 league games away this season. Sheffield Utd W have conceded 8 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Sheffield Utd W - Leicester W 7-1, played this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's 0 Leicester W victories, 0 draws and 3 Sheffield Utd W wins. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

 
J. Pennock
7 goals
 
O. Fergusson
6 goals
 
K. Wilkinson
6 goals

Leicester W missing players

Sheffield Utd W missing players

Leicester W Sheffield Utd W
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 1 5 10
1 0 0 Won W 1 4 8
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
7 4 1 Lost L 0 1 1
13 6 1 Scored S 3 14 32
29 15 5 Conceded C 2 8 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
80% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 90%
60% 60% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 60% 70%
30% 40% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 60% 50%
80% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 90%
10% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
10% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.8 4 3 Corners For (avg) C F 0 3.7 6.1
5.6 4.4 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 3.3 3.9
1.7 1.4 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 0.7 0.8
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
95 61 7 Total Shots T S 0 44 109
47 30 4 Shots on Target S O 0 21 48
26% 20% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 50%
Key stats in Wsl 2 Women this season:
  • All of Leicester W's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Sheffield Utd W's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Leicester W has the most conceded goals (27)
  • Leicester W has the most conceded goals in the second half (18)
  • Leicester W has the most dropped points from leading position (11)
  • Leicester W has the most matches over the total-line (7)
  • Leicester W have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Leicester W have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Leicester W have yet to win a game at home.
  • Leicester W haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sheffield Utd W has the most scored goals (32)
  • Sheffield Utd W has the most scored goals in the first half (20)
  • Sheffield Utd W has the the best goal difference (+19)
  • 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 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Sheffield Utd W have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Sheffield Utd W have scored more than double the goals of Leicester W.
  • Sheffield Utd W have won significantly less corners away then at 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 Aston Villa W 10 9 1 0 28 10 5 4 1 0 10 5 5 5 0 0 18 5 18 28
2 Sheffield Utd W 10 8 1 1 32 13 5 4 1 0 18 5 5 4 0 1 14 8 19 25
3 Durham W 10 7 1 2 25 8 5 4 0 1 10 3 5 3 1 1 15 5 17 22
4 Millwall W 10 7 0 3 19 15 5 2 0 3 9 12 5 5 0 0 10 3 4 21
5 London Bees W 10 3 2 5 14 19 6 2 1 3 8 10 4 1 1 2 6 9 -5 11
6 Crystal Palace W 10 2 3 5 10 22 5 0 2 3 3 14 5 2 1 2 7 8 -12 9
7 Lewes W 10 2 2 6 10 17 4 1 1 2 7 7 6 1 1 4 3 10 -7 8
8 Leicester W 10 2 2 6 15 27 5 1 1 3 8 13 5 1 1 3 7 14 -12 8
9 Blackburn Rovers 9 2 1 6 10 17 5 1 1 3 7 8 4 1 0 3 3 9 -7 7
10 Coventry United 10 1 3 6 14 21 4 0 0 4 6 10 6 1 3 2 8 11 -7 6
11 Charlton W 9 0 6 3 6 14 5 0 3 2 2 8 4 0 3 1 4 6 -8 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.