National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Crusaders Strikers W or Sion Swifts W that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Crusaders Strikers W form and stats
Crusaders Strikers W was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the FA Women's Cup.Crusaders Strikers W have been outstanding at home so far in the Premiership Women with 5 wins, 0 draws and only 1 loss.
Crusaders Strikers W are confident in defense, having played 238 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Crusaders are returning here after visiting Derry City W and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.
Before that, Crusaders Strikers W had a Premiership Women home game versus Linfield W which ended with a victory 2-0.The match schedule is unforgiving for Crusaders Strikers W as they have a new game in only three days, a Premiership Women match thankfully also at home. Mid-Ulster W are visiting.
Crusaders are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (17 goals in 6 games). As for guarding their own goal, Crusaders Strikers W have only let in {2 goals} at home.
Sion Swifts W form and stats
Swifts's mission in FA Women's Cup last season failed in the final.Sion Swifts W have an excellent away record in the Premiership Women so far with 4-1-1 from 6 games.
Two away matches in a row for Sion Swifts W, whose coach could celebrate last time after the win against Lisburn W. As mentioned above, Swifts was the only team on the pitch versus Lisburn W in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task.
Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against Ballymena Allstars W in the Premiership Women.The Sion Swifts W manager has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 21 goals in 6 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Crusaders Strikers W victories, three draws and two Sion Swifts W wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Crusaders Strikers W missing players
Sion Swifts W missing players
| Crusaders Strikers W | Sion Swifts W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 17 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 59 | 32 | Scored | S | 31 | 76 | ||
| 30 | 11 | Conceded | C | 15 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 3.2 | 1.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 3 | 2.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 1.7 | ||
| 0.9 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.4 | 0.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.3 | 2.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 6 | ||
| 3.8 | 1.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 3.2 | ||
| 62% | 192% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 61% | 101% | ||
| 7.1 | 4.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.7 | 4.5 | ||
| 4 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Glentoran BU W | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 70 | 34 |
| 2 | Cliftonville W | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 78 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 3 | 72 | 28 |
| 3 | Sion Swifts W | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 30 | 28 |
| 4 | Crusaders Strikers W | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 24 |
| 5 | Linfield W | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 27 | 22 |
| 6 | Lisburn W | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 16 | -13 | 16 |
| 7 | Larne W | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 61 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 27 | -46 | 10 |
| 8 | Ballymena Allstars W | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 29 | -50 | 5 |
| 9 | Mid-Ulster W | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 54 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 24 | -50 | 5 |
| 10 | Derry City W | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 66 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 30 | -56 | 0 |
