WALSALL. West Ham bested Aston Villa to win 2-1. It was West Ham to strike first with a goal of A. Stringer at the 12′. Then it was a penalty in the 42′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, K. Svitková gave the win to West Ham in the 52′ minute with a goal. Aston Villa lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the The Banks’s Stadium stadium in Walsall on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Lucy May. The weather was rainy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.2 degrees Celsius or 41.27 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.
Match Statistics
- 58 Ball Possession 42
Shots
- 4 Total 5
- 4 On Target 3
- 0 Off Target 2
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 26 Attack 26
- 9 Dangerous attack 10
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 1 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 4
Fouls
- 0 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Aston Villa had a strong ball possession 58% while West Ham was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
West Ham was putting more pressure with 10 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why West Ham won the contest.
Aston Villa shot 4 times, 4 on target, 0 off target. On the other side, West Ham shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Aston Villa didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, West Ham received 3 yellow cards (A. Stringer, C. Walker and K. Longhurst).
Match Timeline
Standings
Next matches
In the next match in the Women’s Super League, Aston Villa will play away with Everton W on the 13th of February with a 2-0 head to head stats in favor of Everton W (0 draws).
West Ham will play away agasint Leicester W on the 13th of February with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of West Ham (0 draws).
Aston Villa – Formation
The manager Carla Ward decided to play with the following team: H. Hampton, A. Asante, S. Mayling, A. Patten, M. Pacheco, J. Scott, R. Petzelberger, R. Littlejohn, R. Allen, E. Gielnik and A. Lehmann.
The home team had on the bench: M. Sargeant, J. Hutton, C. Boye-Hlorkah, S. Haywood, O. McLoughlin, L. Blindkilde, S. Rogers and S. Hayles.
Substitutions
Aston Villa made only 1 change substituting R. Littlejohn for L. Blindkilde (76′).
West Ham – Formation
Olli Harder played with: M. Arnold, G. Flaherty, L. Parker, G. Fisk, D. Brynjarsdóttir, K. Svitková, K. Longhurst, A. Stringer, E. Snerle, L. Evans and C. Walker.
These were the players on the bench: Z. Wyne, E. Moore, A. Leat, M. Filis, H. Houssein and L. Joel.
Substitutions
West Ham made 2 changes: L. Evans for M. Filis (46′) and E. Snerle for Z. Wyne (77′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Women’s Super League.
- Everton – Reading – 1-2
- Birmingham – Leicester – 1-2
- Chelsea – Manchester City – 1-0
- Tottenham – Brighton – 4-0
- Aston Villa – West Ham – 1-2