Fixtures
- Aston Villa Women Vs. Leicester City Women – Sun, Oct 13th 2024, 14:00
Aston Villa welcome Leicester City to Villa Park this afternoon for their second home game of the 2024/25 Women’s Super League season.
Robert de Pauw’s side will be looking for their first win of the new league season.
Villa were last in action last weekend as they travelled to take on Brighton & Hove Albion on the south coast.
Goals from Rachel Daly either side of the break weren’t enough to secure the Villans a point as they fell to a 4-2 defeat.
Nikita Parris, Pauline Bremer, Fran Kirby and Michelle Agyemang were on target for Brighton in an action packed encounter that also saw Paula Tomàs, for Villa, and Poppy Pattinson, for the hosts, get sent off for seperate incidents.
Leicester also fell to defeat last weekend as they were defeated by 2-0 WSL newcomers Crystal Palace on soil.
Two second-half goals from Annabel Blanchard inflicted the damage as the Foxes were also forced to wait another week for their first win of the season.
Stats
Aston Villa have won five of their previous six WSL meetings with Leicester City, drawing the most recent 2-2 at the Bescot Stadium in March this year.
Leicester City have won just one of their four previous away Midlands derbies in the WSL (D1 & L2).
Rachel Daly has scored in all four of her WSL appearances against Leicester City (5 goals).
The Last Meeting
Aston Villa were forced to settle for a point the last time they faced Leicester City as the sides drew 2-2 at the Bescot Stadium back in March.
Adriana Leon gave the Villans a first-half lead before Leicester immediately equalised through Yuka Momiki.
Sam Tierney nodded home from a free-kick to put the Foxes in front but Rachel Daly had the final say, lathing onto a Jordan Nobbs cross to ensure a share of the points.
Team News
Anna Leat (head), Jill Baijings (back) and Georgia Mullett (hamstring) all still remained sidelined but are edging closer to returning to team training.
Rachel Corsie is set for an extended spell on the sidelines after having knee surgery earlier this month.
Paula Tomàs will serve the first of her three game ban this afternoon after being sent off against Brighton & Hove Albion last weekend.
Managers’ Pre-match Thoughts
“Everybody is really training hard, and pushing, and driven. Of course we want to win and there is disappointment but everybody is still hungry to push.” – Robert de Pauw
