MatchWSL: Nine stats to know ahead of Liverpool's trip to Villa Park
The Reds resume the campaign after the October international break by travelling to Villa Park for a 4.30pm GMT kick-off on Sunday.
See some key statistics about the match, provided by Opta, below…
Liverpool completed a league double over Villa last season, winning 2-0 at home and 4-1 away.
Against no opponent did Matt Beard’s team score more times during the 2023-24 WSL campaign.
Villa won their first ever WSL meeting with Liverpool in November 2022 (1-0) but are winless in their three games against the Reds since.
Liverpool are unbeaten in their last seven away fixtures in the division (five wins, two draws). They have never before gone eight in a row on the road in the competition without defeat.
Since a 5-0 win over Leicester City in March 2023, Villa have drawn four and lost four of their WSL matches played at Villa Park.
The Reds haven’t been behind at half-time in any of their last seven matches in the WSL, their longest such streak since October 2016 (10 games).
Villa have recorded the best big chance conversion percentage – 71.4 – in the league so far in this campaign.
Liverpool’s total of 498 duels contested and duels won percentage of 54.8 in the WSL this term are bettered only by Leicester (504 and 55.8 respectively).
Marie Höbinger has played the most passes in the opposition half (137) and delivered the most crosses (34) for Beard’s side in the league in 2024-25.
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