Aston Villa Women prepare for a key Women's Super League home fixture against Liverpool on Sunday 18 October at Keys Park, kicking off at 2pm local time. The match is the sixth round of the WSL regular season. Villa currently sit 12th in the standings with three points from five games, having scored 4 goals and conceded 11. A victory would be key to help them climb away from the bottom of the table.
Villa's recent form has been mixed. They drew 1-1 with Crystal Palace Women in their last home league outing on 4 October, with Noelle Maritz scoring a second-half equaliser. That result extended a sequence of two wins, two draws and one defeat in their last five matches across all competitions, a run you can review on our stats page.
Aston Villa Women's last five results show resilience at home. They beat Newcastle United Women 3-1 in the WSL Cup on 30 September, with L. Kendall scoring a late brace. Before that, they suffered a heavy 4-0 away defeat to Tottenham Hotspur Women in the league.
Liverpool arrive having lost their last two WSL matches. They were narrowly beaten 1-0 by Manchester United Women on 3 October and lost 4-2 to Manchester City Women in mid-September. Their recent struggles present an opportunity for Villa to capitalise. Liverpool are sixth in the table with 7 points from their five matches.
The team is expected to field a familiar lineup. The starting XI from the Crystal Palace draw featured a back three of Anna Patten, Maren Harviken and Olivia Deslandes, with goalkeeper Akane Okuma behind them. Chasity Grant, who provided the assist for Maritz's goal, and Lucia Kendall are likely to lead the attacking efforts again.
A positive result would provide a significant boost ahead of a challenging run of fixtures, the details of which are on our fixtures schedule. Villa's defence, which has conceded 11 league goals, will need to be organised against a Liverpool attack that includes forwards like Barbora Olsson.
