Aston Villa take on Everton in the Barclays FA Women’s Super League this lunchtime with both sides having started the new season in very different form.
Newly-promoted Villa have lost both of their matches while Everton have collected maximum points from their encounters and are yet to concede a goal.
Ahead of the meeting at The Banks’s Stadium, Villa’s first-ever home fixture in Walsall, we take a look at the facts and figures relating to the two clubs.
5 – All five of Everton’s goals scored in the Barclays FA Women’s Super League this season have come in different 15-minute periods. The Blue Girls are yet to score between the 30th minute and the end of the first half.
9 – Aston Villa’s number nine Stine Larsen netted the club’s first-ever top flight goal in the 3-1 defeat at Reading three weeks ago.
15 – On average, Gemma Davies’ side have conceded their first goal in the 15th minute in their opening two fixtures in the Barclays FA Women’s Super League.
2017 – The last meeting between these two clubs came in April 2017 when Simone Magill, Claudia Walker and Faye Bryson were on target in a 3-0 victory for Everton in the FA Women’s Super League 2 Spring Series.
47 – There has been a total of 47 shots taken at the Aston Villa goal so far this season, a sign that this afternoon’s fixture could have plenty of goalmouth action.
2011 – Everton are aiming to win their fifth consecutive match in all competitions for the first time since 2011 when they recorded FA Women’s Super League 1 victories over Doncaster Rovers Belles, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Birmingham City.
80 – Everton’s number 17 Lucy Graham has been in excellent form in The Blue Girls’ opening two matches. She has contributed to 80% of her side’s goals, scoring twice and providing two assists.
0 – Everton are one of just three sides yet to concede a goal in the Barclays FA Women’s Super League this season, Brighton & Hove Albion and Manchester City being the others.
4,500,000 – The construction cost of Walsall FC’s Banks’s Stadium was reported to be £4.5 million. The venue was opened in 1990 and hosts an Aston Villa Women league fixture for the first time this afternoon.
1 – Aston Villa’s 2-0 defeat to Manchester City at Villa Park on opening day was their first in 15 league matches on home soil.
This afternoon’s Barclays FA Women’s Super League fixture between Aston Villa and Everton kicks-off at 12.30pm and will be available to stream live on the FA Player.
Statistics: Women’s Soccerway