Leicester Metropolis captain Janice Cayman scored a brace of good objectives, whereas Julie Thibaud made sure of the 3-0 win for the Foxes as they hosted Aston Villa on the King Energy Stadium in a WSL relegation battle.
Leicester Metropolis appeared to get again on monitor after a disappointing efficiency final trip and the bottom goalscoring report within the WSL. These two groups began a degree aside, and this match turned out to be the right alternative to search out their goalscoring type. Aston Villas new supervisor Natalia Arroyo’s solely win thus far got here within the FA Cup, she hoped her group may additionally rediscover WSL type at a vital time of their season.
Beginning XIsLeicester Metropolis
Leitzig; Ale, Thibaud, Howard, Bott, Mace, Tierney, Goodwin, Cayman, Chossenotte, Eiríksdóttir.
Aston Villa
D’Angelo; Maritz, Parker, Patten, Mayling, Baijings, Nobbs, Hanson, Daly, Robinson, Nunes.
A conflict of WSL backside dwellers
The primary half began at tempo for 2 groups sitting on the backside of the WSL desk and missing confidence. New Leicester striker Hlín Eiríksdóttir confirmed her power to outmuscle the Aston Villa defenders and sq. it to teammate Shauna Chossenotte, who missed the ball utterly. Katie Robinson then went shut for Aston Villa. Nevertheless, she clipped her shot simply past Janina Leitzig’s far publish within the Leicester objective.
Belgium worldwide Cayman went one higher up the opposite finish for Leicester, as she slotted previous Sabrina D’Angelo within the twenty ninth minute after nice imaginative and prescient from Sophie Howard, who chipped the ball over Villa’s backline and into her path.
A low level for the Foxes was seeing Sam Tierney subbed off by damage and changed by Yuka Momiki. The Japanese worldwide then scored a second, however it was dominated out for a foul on Noelle Maritz within the build-up earlier than she poked dwelling. 1-0 on the halftime break.
Leicester banish goalscoring demons
The Foxes put the sport to mattress in 4 busy second half minutes. Janice Cayman sublimely volleyed in her second, a lot to the delight of her teammates. Defender Julie Thibaud headed dwelling from shut vary after some good work from duo Ruby Mace and Sophie Howard. Villa lacked any risk, regardless of having 70 p.c possession. Two long-distance pictures from Kirtsy Hanson and Chastity Grant went flying over. The Foxes gained for under the third time this season, 3-0.
Arising subsequent
Aston Villa stay in a deadly place, with solely 4 factors separating them from Palace within the relegation place. With three supervisor adjustments this season already, they’ll be hoping to safe WSL factors of their subsequent match in opposition to Everton on March 2nd.
Leicester Metropolis will hope their optimistic ending continues once they face high-flying Manchester United subsequent up within the WSL, on March 2nd.
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