West Ham conquers Aston Villa 2-1

WALSALL. West Ham bested Aston Villa to win 2-1.

West Ham conquers Aston Villa 2-1

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

12'
A. Stringer(goal)
36'
A. Stringer- Yellow
40'
Claudia Walker- Yellow
A. Lehmann(penalty)
42'
46'
Melisa Filis- sub ->L. Evans
52'
60'
Kate Longhurst- Yellow
76'
77'

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

Aston Villa W
G
Hannah Hampton 1.England
D
A. Patten 44.England
D
M. Pacheco 33.England
M
A. Ankyewah Asante 6.England
M
S. Mayling 2.England
M
J. Scott 20.England
M
R. Petzelberger 10.Germany
M
Remi Allen 4.England
F
Ruesha Littlejohn 31.Republic of Ireland
76'
F
E. Gielnik 9.Australia
F
A. Lehmann 7.Switzerland
Goals42'
Substitutes
G
S. Rogers 23.England
D
Meaghan Sargeant 3.England
M
J. Hutton 12.England
M
S. Haywood 17.England
M
Olivia McLoughlin 16.England
M
L. Blindkilde Brown 19.England
76'
M
S. Hayles 22.Jamaica
F

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

West Ham W
G
M. Arnold 1.Australia
D
G. Flaherty 5.England
D
L. Parker 15.England
M
G. Fisk 22.England
M
D. Brynjarsdóttir 32.Iceland
M
A. Stringer 4.England
36' Goals12'
M
E. Snerle 8.Denmark
77'
M
C. Walker 9.England
40'
F
Kateřina Svitková 10.Czech Republic
Goals52'
F
Kate Longhurst 12.England
60'
F
L. Evans 7.Scotland
46'
Substitutes
G
E. Moore 26.Canada
G
A. Leat 18.New Zealand
D
L. Joel 20.England
D
Zaneta Wyne 2.United States
77'
M
Halle Houssein 33.England
M
Melisa Filis 17.England
46'

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.​