Can Sheffield Utd W beat Crystal Palace W in AESSEAL New York Stadium clash?

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Competition: England Wsl 2 Women
Competition: Sun 01.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: AESSEAL New York Stadium (12021 seats)

Sheffield Utd W will aim to operate their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opposition. The hosts are currently 4 points behind Crystal Palace W.

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

Sheffield can neither be promoted or relegated from Wsl 2 Women. Crystal Palace W is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

It's no vacation for neither Sheffield Utd W nor Crystal Palace 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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Sheffield Utd W form and stats

6-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Wsl 2 Women numbers at home for Sheffield Utd W so far this season.

The spoils were shared in Sheffield Utd W's previous game, also at home. Visiting Crystal Palace W (placed 4th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Liverpool W (1-6).

This is expected to be a close game, with Sheffield Utd W perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sheffield as a small favourite), we find seven games. Sheffield Utd W has won three of these, drawn one and lost three.

A decent goal production from Sheffield Utd W in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 10 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Sheffield Utd W have conceded 12 goals.

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Crystal Palace W form and stats

Playing away, Crystal Palace W have won 5 games, drawn 1 and suffered 4 defeats in the Wsl 2 Women this season.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sheffield Utd W (placed 6th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Watford W.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Crystal Palace W playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were three Crystal Palace W wins, one draw and one defeat.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Crystal have scored 14 goals in 10 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Crystal Palace W have conceded 17 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have met earlier this season: Crystal Palace W - Sheffield 0-0. Last six meetings between these sides: Sheffield Utd W won five, Crystal Palace W were winners in zero and we saw one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SheffieldC. Sweetman-Kirk
C. Sweetman-Kirk
9 goals
Sheffield Utd WL. Watson
L. Watson
8 goals
Crystal Palace WM. Sharpe
M. Sharpe
6 goals

Sheffield Utd W missing players

Crystal Palace W missing players

Sheffield Utd W Crystal Palace W
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 3 11 22
9 6 2 Won W 2 5 11
6 2 0 Drew D 0 2 4
7 3 1 Lost L 1 4 7
32 18 3 Scored S 4 14 33
29 12 3 Conceded C 4 17 37
82% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 91%
73% 73% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 73% 77%
55% 64% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 64% 68%
41% 45% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 36% 45%
14% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 18% 23%
41% 45% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 55% 64%
45% 45% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 27% 18%
32% 27% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 27% 27%
 
4.4 3.9 2.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3 3.4
4 3.7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 14 7.7 6.7
0.6 0.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.6 0.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9 7.6 5.7 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 6.8 8
4.2 3.3 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.4 4
34% 50% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 42% 41%
 
9.1 8.4 10.7 Shots against (avg) S A 18.5 13.9 13.7
4.1 3.8 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 6.2 6.2
Key stats in Wsl 2 Women this season:
  • Crystal Palace W have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Crystal Palace W have the most points from losing position (9) in Wsl 2 Women
  • Sheffield Utd W have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool W 21 16 4 1 48 9 11 7 3 1 20 3 10 9 1 0 28 6 39 52
2 Millwall W 21 12 2 7 32 21 10 6 2 2 17 11 11 6 0 5 15 10 11 38
3 Bristol City W 21 11 3 7 41 26 11 6 1 4 23 16 10 5 2 3 18 10 15 36
4 Crystal Palace W 21 11 3 7 33 37 11 6 2 3 19 20 10 5 1 4 14 17 -4 36
5 Durham W 21 10 4 7 29 26 11 6 2 3 16 11 10 4 2 4 13 15 3 34
6 Sheffield Utd W 21 9 5 7 32 29 10 6 1 3 18 12 11 3 4 4 14 17 3 32
7 Charlton W 21 9 4 8 25 17 10 6 1 3 13 5 11 3 3 5 12 12 8 31
8 Lewes W 21 8 2 11 21 23 10 6 1 3 13 8 11 2 1 8 8 15 -2 26
9 Sunderland W 21 6 5 10 21 30 10 3 3 4 10 12 11 3 2 6 11 18 -9 23
10 Blackburn Rovers W 21 5 2 14 16 38 11 5 0 6 14 20 10 0 2 8 2 18 -22 17
11 Watford W 21 2 5 14 18 45 10 1 4 5 9 22 11 1 1 9 9 23 -27 11
12 Coventry United W 21 4 7 10 17 32 11 3 3 5 8 13 10 1 4 5 9 19 -15 9

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.