BURTON-UPON-TRENT. Aston Villa beat Leicester to win 2-1. A goal from A. Lehmann was decisive in the 90min. It was Aston Villa to strike first with an early goal of J. Purfield at the 4′. Then it was an own goal in the 76′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, A. Lehmann gave the win to Aston Villa in the 90′ minute with a goal. Aston Villa took advantage of its better ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Pirelli Stadium stadium in Burton-upon-Trent on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Elizabeth Simms. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 4 degrees Celsius or 39.2 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.​

Match Statistics​

Leicester W

1 - 2

Aston Villa W

  • 44 Ball Possession 56
Shots
  • 13 Total 7
  • 9 On Target 4
  • 4 Off Target 3
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 64 Attack 81
  • 25 Dangerous attack 36
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 1 Corners 10
Fouls
  • 0 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 1 Substitutions 2

Ball possession

Aston Villa had a superior ball possession 56% while Leicester was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Aston Villa was more pushing with 36 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Aston Villa won the match.​

Leicester shot 13 times, 9 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Aston Villa shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Leicester didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards (S. Hayles and H. Hampton).

Match Timeline

4'
31'
63'
Ruesha Littlejohn- sub ->C. Arthur
76'
77'
77'
Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah- sub ->S. Hayles
Paige Bailey Gayle- sub ->N. Flint
79'
90'
A. Lehmann(goal)

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Chelsea W
56
22
Arsenal W
55
22
Manchester City W
47
22
Manchester United W
42
22
Tottenham W
32
22
West Ham W
27
22
Brighton W
26
22
Reading W
25
22
Aston Villa W
21
22
Everton W
20
22
Leicester W
13
22
Leicester City W
3
2
    Birmingham W
    11
    22

    Next matches

    In the next match in the Women’s Super League, Leicester will play away against Birmingham W on the 6th of February with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Leicester (0 draws).

    Aston Villa will host West Ham W on the 6th of February with a 0-0 head to head.

    Leicester – Formation

    Leicester W
    G
    Demi Lambourne 1.England
    D
    S. Howard 15.Scotland
    D
    Abbie McManus 5.England
    M
    A. Plumptre 22.England
    M
    S. Tierney 3.England
    M
    Molly Pike 8.England
    M
    S. O’Brien 27.England
    F
    Jemma Purfield 23.England
    F
    E. de Graaf 14.Netherlands
    F
    Jessica Sigsworth 9.England
    F
    Natasha Flint 7.England
    79'
    Substitutes
    G
    S. Harris 48.England
    D
    G. Brougham 6.England
    M
    A. Grant 19.Scotland
    M
    Connie Scofield 44.England
    M
    C. Devlin 10.England
    M
    Monique Robinson 40.England
    M
    S. Barker 18.England
    M
    L. Zajmi 20.Slovenia
    F
    P. Gayle 17.England
    79'

    The manager Lydia Bedford decided to play with the following team: D. Lambourne, S. Howard, J. Purfield, E. de Graaf, A. Plumptre, A. McManus, S. Tierney, M. Pike, S. O’Brien, J. Sigsworth and N. Flint.

    The home team had on the bench: A. Grant, C. Scofield, C. Devlin, M. Robinson, S. Barker, G. Brougham, P. Bailey-Gayle, S. Harris and L. Zajmi.

    Substitutions

    Leicester made only 1 change substituting N. Flint for P. Bailey-Gayle (79′)​.

    Aston Villa – Formation

    Aston Villa W
    G
    Hannah Hampton 1.England
    77'
    D
    A. Patten 44.England
    D
    M. Pacheco 33.England
    M
    A. Ankyewah Asante 6.England
    M
    S. Mayling 2.England
    M
    R. Petzelberger 10.Germany
    M
    C. Arthur 8.Scotland
    63'
    M
    Remi Allen 4.England
    M
    L. Blindkilde Brown 19.England
    M
    S. Hayles 22.Jamaica
    77' 31'
    F
    A. Lehmann 7.Switzerland
    90'
    Substitutes
    G
    S. Rogers 23.England
    D
    M. Ewers 21.Germany
    D
    E. N'Dow 5.England
    M
    S. Haywood 17.England
    M
    Olivia McLoughlin 16.England
    M
    J. Hutton 12.England
    F
    Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah 11.England
    77'
    F
    Ruesha Littlejohn 31.Republic of Ireland
    63'

    Carla Ward played with: H. Hampton, A. Asante, S. Mayling, A. Patten, M. Pacheco, R. Petzelberger, C. Arthur, R. Allen, L. Brown, A. Lehmann and S. Hayles.

    These were the players on the bench: S. Haywood, O. McLoughlin, C. Boye-Hlorkah, M. Ewers, J. Hutton, E. N’Dow, S. Rogers and R. Littlejohn.

    Substitutions

    Aston Villa made 2 changes: C. Arthur for R. Littlejohn (63′) and S. Hayles for C. Boye-Hlorkah (77′).

    Results of the day

    These are the results of the day in the Women’s Super League.​