Aston Villa and Arsenal every play their last match earlier than the WSL winter break on Sunday because the pair go face to face at Villa Park.
The Gunners have dealt nicely with their current damage issues, and might head into the break inside touching distance of league leaders Chelsea with victory on Sunday.
They face a Villa aspect who’ve gained each of their matches at Villa Park this time period, however have been comprehensively overwhelmed by Manchester United of their most up-to-date league outing final weekend, and have damage considerations of their very own to deal with.
When is kick off? Sunday 11 December, 16:15 (GMT)
The place is the match being performed? Villa Park
TV channel/stay stream? Sky Sports activities Important Occasion/Soccer/Premier League (UK) FA Participant (worldwide)
What time does UK protection begin? 15:30 (GMT)
Referee? Paul Howard
Aston Villa at present have a lot of long run damage absentees, and will solely identify 4 subs at Outdated Trafford on Saturday. Remi Allen, Simone Magill and Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah are all sidelined with ACL accidents, whereas Tash Harding is out with a ruptured quad tendon. Freya Gregory additionally picked up an damage in opposition to Sheffield United within the Conti Cup in midweek.
Villa do have Kirsty Hanson out there for a WSL fixture as soon as extra, after she sat out in opposition to Manchester United as she was ineligible to play in opposition to her dad or mum membership. The Scotland winger scored on her return to the group within the Conti Cup n Wednesday.
Arsenal shall be with out Beth Mead for a lot of extra months after the ahead ruptured her ACL in November. Kim Little stays sidelined with a knee damage sustained on the finish of October and Lina Hurtig additionally nonetheless misses out. Jonas Eidevall is hopeful the pair can return earlier than Christmas.
Villa have been actually aggressive this time period after their summer season of sensible recruitment, beating Manchester Metropolis on the opening day of the marketing campaign and giving Chelsea a very good sport in October. Nonetheless, their loss to United final day trip was surprisingly emphatic.
It has been a case of making numerous possibilities however not essentially being as medical as they want for Arsenal in current weeks. If they will get three factors on Sunday and likewise guarantee profitable passage via to the Champions League quarter-finals subsequent week, then they may have navigated this busy interval with accidents exceptionally nicely.
Prediction: Aston Villa 0-2 Arsenal
