MatchWSL: Leicester City v Liverpool - 10 Opta pre-match stats
Read our statistical preview of Liverpool’s trip to Leicester City in the Barclays Women’s Super League.
The Reds visit King Power Stadium for a 3pm GMT kick-off on Sunday.
Here are 10 Opta facts and figures to know ahead of the game…
Liverpool beat Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 last time out and could win back-to-back WSL games for the first time since winning their final four matches of 2023-24.
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Watch on YouTubeThe Reds were unbeaten in eight consecutive WSL away fixtures (won six, drew two) before losing their final two of 2024 to Everton and Manchester United. They haven’t lost three in a row on the road in the same top-flight campaign since January 2020.
Leicester have won only one of their last 19 WSL games (drew five, lost 13), scoring eight goals and conceding 33 times.
The Foxes have failed to score in eight of their 11 WSL fixtures this season, with only Yeovil Town in 2017-18 (11) ever going goalless in more matches through their opening 11 games of a campaign.
Leicester are winless in their last three WSL meetings with Liverpool (drew one, lost two).
The Reds’ first away trip to face Leicester in the WSL saw them lose 4-0 in April 2023, but their most recent on the final day of last season saw them win 4-0.
Leanne Kiernan came off the bench and netted a second-half hat-trick for Matt Beard’s side on that day, after Sophie Roman Haug had opened the scoring early on.
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Watch on YouTubeExcluding games against Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City, Liverpool are unbeaten in the last 72 WSL matches they have taken a lead in (won 60, drew 12), since losing 5-2 to Birmingham City in September 2012.
Only two players have started all 11 of the Reds’ WSL games so far this term: Taylor Hinds and Olivia Smith.
Beard’s team have won a league-high total of 53.9 per cent of their defensive duels so far this season.
Barclays Women's Super League
Sun 26 January — 15:00
King Power Stadium


Leicester

Liverpool
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