Matter of stats | Building on our away form

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·28 September 2024

Matter of stats | Building on our away form

Sunday sees our first away trip of the 2024/25 Barclays Women’s Super League campaign as we face Aston Villa at Villa Park (4.30pm UK) – and we will look to maintain our unbeaten run on the road from the end of last season.

Having lost just once in our final seven games of last term – the defeat coming against eventual WSL winners Chelsea – we also avoided defeat in our final three away games, winning once and drawing twice.

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Our victory came back in March at Ashton Gate as Bethany England’s strike inside the opening two minutes secured a 1-0 victory over Bristol City before draws with Manchester United (2-2) and Everton (2-2) followed in the closing stages of the season.

We accumulated 16 points on the road last term – the most recorded since our promotion to England’s top flight in 2019 – and scored 19 goals.

Our last meeting away at Villa

Our WSL head-to-head vs Villa

2023/24 – 18 Feb – Spurs 1-2 Aston Villa

2023/24 – 21 Oct – Aston Villa 2-4 Spurs

2022/23 – 23 Apr – Spurs 3-3 Aston Villa

2022/23 – 14 Jan – Aston Villa 2 -1 Spurs

2021/22 – 3 Apr – Spurs 0-1 Aston Villa

2021/22 – 12 Dec – Aston Villa 1-2 Spurs

2020/21 – 6 Feb – Aston Villa 1-0 Spurs

2020/21 – 13 Dec – Spurs 3-1 Aston Villa

Match stats

We’ve won two of our four away games against Aston Villa in the WSL (L2), only winning more often in the road in the competition versus West Ham United (three) and Brighton and Hove Albion (three).
Having won our opening game of the season, we could kick off a WSL campaign with back-to-back victories for the second time after also doing so in 2021/22.
In our 4-0 win against Crystal Palace, we recorded most shots on target (17), joint-most shots (26) and second highest expected goals figure (4.1) ever in a WSL game, on what was our 103rd match in the competition.
Hayley Raso recorded more shots (six) and more touches in the opposition box (12) than any other player on the opening day of the WSL season
Four of her 10 goals in the Women’s Super League have come against Aston Villa, only scoring as often versus Brighton.
Aston Villa’s Jordan Nobbs could make her 192nd appearance in the Women’s Super League, moving level with Sophie Ingle for the joint-most appearances made in the competition’s history.