Arsenal W host the first leg in this deciding Champions League Women 2nd Round game. Ajax W will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Sportpark De Toekomst before the return leg in 8 days.
It's no vacation for neither Arsenal nor Ajax 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.
Arsenal W form and stats
Last season their Champions League Women adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Wolfsburg W.Arsenal W have played 1 Wsl 1 Women games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Arsenal W are confident in defense, having played 638 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A nice win for Arsenal W last time playing, versus Brighton W. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0 with Mead (2), Little and Blackstenius scoring for the victors. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Arsenal played a great game against Brighton W and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Before that match, a Wsl 1 Women win away at West Ham W.It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Arsenal W have performed as huge favourites like they are today: 35 games found in the database showing 33 Arsenal W wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Wsl 1 Women game versus Tottenham W in only four days. This game is also played here at Meadow Park.
Arsenal W has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Ajax W form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Kristianstads W and Eintracht Frankfurt W in order to reach 2nd round of Champions League Women. Ajax W's mission in Champions League Women last season failed in the 16th finals against Bayern Munich W.Ajax are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the game against Fortuna Sittard W. As you can tell from the results above, Ajax W was very dominant against Fortuna Sittard W, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Pelova providing the goals.
A defeat, in the Super Cup Women away at FC Twente, earlier. The visitors come into this game as huge outsiders. This role is not totally unknown to them, as they have played 14 away matches before with similar winning odds. These games have ended with 5 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats. 3 games were lost by at least two goals margin.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. Mead 2 goals |  V. Pelova 2 goals |  S. Blackstenius 1 goals |
Arsenal W missing players
Ajax W missing players
| Arsenal W | Ajax W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 10 | 19 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 54 | 35 | Scored | S | 44 | 75 | ||
| 24 | 15 | Conceded | C | 15 | 21 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 43% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 8% | ||
| 7.3 | 7.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.3 | 8.8 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.7 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 20.7 | 19.9 | ||
| 6.2 | 6.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 10 | 9.4 | ||
| 33% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | ||
| 6.5 | 5.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.9 | 7.8 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Manchester United W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Aston Villa W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Liverpool W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Tottenham W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | West Ham W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Manchester City W | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Chelsea W | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Leicester W | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Everton W | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Brighton W | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 12 | Reading W | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Twente | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | ADO Den Haag | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Ajax W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Feyenoord W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | PSV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | PEC Zwolle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Excelsior Barendrecht W | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Fortuna Sittard W | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 10 | Telstar W | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 11 | Alkmaar W | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 |
