WSL preview: Man Utd journey to Studying stay on Sky Sports activities

Crew information and stats for Saturday’s Girls’s Premier League fixtures as Studying host Manchester United, on Sky Sports activities, whereas Leicester journey to Everton.

Studying vs Manchester United – Saturday, 11:30am, stay on Sky Sports activities

Saturday March 12 11:00 AM

It begins at 11:30 am

Crew information: studying He’s anticipated to call the identical group that scored a goalless draw in opposition to Tottenham final week.

Goalkeeper Grace Moloney hasn’t appeared since mid-February earlier than that sport, which suggests younger Rhiannon Stewart has held a place in between posts, however Moloney’s return is a welcome sight for the Royals.

Millie Turner continues to be absent from Manchester UnitedThe squad is because of damage, which suggests Diane Caldwell is more likely to keep alongside Maria Thorisdottir in defence.

Jackie Groen got here into midfield rather than Hayley Ladd within the 4-0 win over Leicester final trip, and will stay the primary within the beginning line-up working alongside Katie Zelm in midfield.

Alicia Russo is United’s main scorer this season, however moved vast to permit Martha Thomas to play within the No. 9 spherical on Sunday and will maintain her place after choosing up the scoring sheet.

Eight stats

• Studying gained one in every of its 5 matches within the Girls’s Premier League in opposition to Manchester United (D1 L3), with a 2-0 win away from residence in February 2023.
• Man United have by no means misplaced away from Studying within the Premier League within the earlier two visits (W1 D1), successful 2-1 final season underneath Casey Stoney.
• Studying has stored six WSL clear sheets this season, the identical quantity it has managed in 2019-20 and 2020-20 collectively. They held the final six gamers within the 2018-2019 season (7).
• Manchester United have gained solely one in every of their final 5 away matches (D3 L1) since successful three matches between Might and October 2023.
• Studying is unbeaten in six residence video games within the WSL (W5 D1) The Royals haven’t gone seven residence video games unbeaten within the competitors beforehand.
• Manchester United scored their a hundredth purpose on the Girls’s World Championship of their 4-0 win over Leicester Metropolis final time – they reached that quantity in 51 video games, with Arsenal scoring 100 in fewer video games (43) of the ten groups to achieve that quantity.
• Since choosing up 15 pictures in opposition to Everton in February, Studying has solely managed 16 in his final three video games and solely three on purpose. Their whole anticipated targets in these three matches was simply 1.43.
• Manchester United have scored essentially the most targets from nook kicks within the Girls’s Premier League this season with 9; Learn-only in 2017-18 (10) and Man Metropolis in 2020-21 (12) achieved extra throughout your entire Premier League marketing campaign.
• Martha Thomas scored extra targets in opposition to Studying (3) than another opponent, as all three had been concerned in the identical match for former West Ham membership in April final 12 months. The truth is, she continues to be the primary and solely to attain a hat-trick within the Scottish Girls’s League.
• Manchester United’s Alicia Russo has been concerned in 13 targets in 19 World Sequence of Poker matches (9 targets, 4 assists), though Studying is one in every of three groups she has confronted and has not scored in opposition to, together with Aston Villa and Everton.

Everton – Leicester – Saturday, 5:30 pm

Crew information: Everton Midfielder Lucy Graham has been restricted this season with damage, however made her first begin since December in a 1-0 win over Aston Villa final trip.

Tony Duggan’s comeback is not fairly as profitable as she would have hoped, having scored simply as soon as in 14 WSL video games this season, however she is going to proceed to steer the Toffees streak.

Lister It could be with out long-term absentees Hannah Kane, Lashant Paul and Kirsty Degree.

Saturday’s guests haven’t any new damage or suspension issues, boosted by the return of Nigeria worldwide Ashley Plumptree.

Eight stats

• That is solely the second assembly between Everton and Leicester – the Toffees gained the primary sport in November, successful 1-0 with a purpose from Simone Magill.
• Leicester have misplaced their final 4 video games in opposition to Everton in all competitions – one within the World Sequence of Poker, two within the Girls’s Championship and one within the FA Cup.
• Everton have misplaced each of their WSL residence video games underneath new supervisor Chris Roberts – the Toffees haven’t misplaced three consecutive residence video games within the competitors since April 2019 underneath Willie Kirk.
• Leicester Metropolis is the one group to have featured within the World Sequence of Poker, however they’ve by no means drawn, successful 4 and shedding 12 of their 16 matches to date. They’re the third group to not draw of their first 16 video games in a season, after Doncaster Rovers Payments in 2016 and Arsenal in 2018-19.
• Everton have gained their final three Girls’s Soccer League matches in opposition to newly promoted golf equipment, together with a 1-0 win over Leicester earlier this season. Nevertheless, the Toffees have misplaced extra WSL matches in opposition to rising golf equipment than another group within the historical past of the competitors (seven).
• Since Lydia Bedford’s first WSL sport on December 12, solely Man Utd (5) have gained extra WSL matches than Leicester Metropolis (4).
• Everton have scored solely 5 targets of their final 10 matches on the World Sequence of Poker, having scored six targets in two matches in opposition to Birmingham (3-1) and Studying (3-0). The conversion fee within the final 10 video games was solely 4% (5 targets from 117 pictures).
• Solely Birmingham (13) and Aston Villa (11) have conceded the primary purpose in additional WFL matches this season than Leicester (10). The Foxes have misplaced each sport they netted first.
• Everton’s Kenza Daly has gone extra makes an attempt with out scoring than another WSL participant this season (20 pictures), along with her final purpose within the competitors returning in April 2023 in opposition to Studying for West Ham.
• Leicester Metropolis have given extra minutes to gamers aged 21 or youthful than another group within the World League One this season (3,441) than Arsenal, on the different finish of the spectrum, who gave these gamers simply 20 minutes.

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Sky Sports activities – All 35 video games shall be accessible throughout main Sky Sports activities channels, together with Sky Sports activities Premier League, Sky Sports activities Soccer and Sky Sports activities Predominant Occasion.

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Sky Sports activities Information – 24 hours a day, seven days per week, Barclays FA WSL followers can take pleasure in Sky Sports activities Information (Channel 409) the league’s common editorial protection and tales all through the season.

Inside WSL – Hosted by award-winning broadcaster and journalist Jessica Creighton, inside WSL Barclays Girls’s Soccer League is a complete report on all elements of the Barclays Girls’s Soccer League. The weekly present will air from Thursday 9 September on Sky Sports activities Premier League, and this system will function half-hour previews of matches, in-depth evaluation and unique participant interviews. Viewers can anticipate entry to behind the scenes in addition to a abstract of all of the motion on and off the sphere.

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