Fixtures
- Aston Villa Women Vs. Crystal Palace Women – Sun, Nov 17th 2024, 14:00
Aston Villa take on Crystal Palace at Villa Park today with a first league win of season firmly in the side’s sights.
Robert de Pauw’s team take on the Eagles this afternoon, 14:00pm KO, as they look to build on last weekend’s solid point gained.
Villa impressed on the road last Sunday as they held Manchester United to a 0-0 draw at Leigh Sports Village.
The Villans dominated proceedings and kept the Reds firmly at bay.
Anna Patten collected the Player of the Match award as she helped the side earn a well deserved clean sheet.
Crystal Palace also picked up a point last weekend as they drew 1-1 with Everton at home last Sunday.
Indiah-Paige Riley put the Eagles ahead within the opening minute but the side couldn’t hold on for the win as Honoka Hayashi secured a point for Everton with a second-half header.
Stats
Today will be the first league meeting between the two sides since September 2019 when Aston Villa thumped Crystal Palace 6-0.
Aston Villa have kept two clean sheets in their last four league games.
Jordan Nobbs has scored in three of her last five WSL starts against a newly promoted opponent (3 goals).
Katie Stengel (Crystal Palace) has scored 10 WSL goals, with six of those coming via braces, the most recent of which came at Villa Park for Liverpool in a 3-3 draw.
The Last Meeting
Aston Villa kicked-off their 2024/25 League Cup campaign with a 2-0 victory over Crystal Palace at the Bescot Stadium last month.
Two well taken goals from Kirsty Hanson and Katie Robinson late on sealed the three points and sent Villa top of Group E.
Team News
Lucy Parker (ankle) is set for a short spell on the sidelines after suffering an ankle injury during last weekend’s game against Manchester United.
Georgia Mullett (hamstring) is back in team training and is in contention to be available for today’s fixture.
Jill Baijings (back) has returned to individual training on the pitch as she continues to build her load.
Rachel Corsie (knee) is back in the gym after undergoing knee surgery.
Managers’ Pre-match Thoughts
“Following the Manchester United game we’re feeling like we’re heading in the right direction and things are starting to click and hopefully come Sunday we can put in a really good performance.” – Lucy Staniforth
