Match preview: Albion back in WSL action against Liverpool

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All you need to know ahead of Sunday's game at the Broadfield Stadium.

Bruce Talbot

2024-02-18T07:00:00Z

Lee Geummin in action against Aston Villa.

Albion return to WSL action on Sunday when they take on Liverpool at the Broadfield Stadium, kick off 12 noon.

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Team news

Interim head coach Mikey Harris said that striker Pauline Bremer could return to the squad after missing the last three matches with injury.

View from the bench

The opposition

Liverpool are fifth in the table, five points behind Manchester United having won five of their 13 matches including a 4-0 success against Albion in November, although they have only won once in the WSL – a 2-1 victory over United – since that game. Like Albion, they reached the last eight of the Adobe FA Cup last Sunday by beating London City Lionesses 2-0 thanks to goals from Sophie Haug and Melissa Lawley.

Last time v Liverpool at home

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Marie-Therese Höbinger joined Liverpool last summer from Swiss club Zurich and the 22-year-old midfielder is their top scorer in the WSL this season with four goals.

Hobinger was part of the Austria squad which competed at the 2022 Euros in England and has won more than 30 international caps.

Stats and facts

After winning two of their first three WSL games against Liverpool (L1), Albion have since gone three matches without victory against the Reds in the competition (D1 L2).

Liverpool have won their last two meetings with Brighton and Hove Albion in the Women’s Super League and could achieve a double over the Seagulls for the first time in the competition.

Albion have won just one of their last seven WSL games (D1 L5), with each of their losses in that streak also seeing them fail to score.

Liverpool have failed to win any of their last three WSL games (D1 L2) – the Reds haven’t failed to win four in a row since a run of seven without victory between September and November 2022.

Albion have won just three of their 13 matches so far this season (D2 L8), with each of their victories coming via a different scoreline (1-0, 2-1 & 3-2).

Liverpool have won just two of their last 18 away WSL games (D7 L9), keeping a clean sheet in just two of those matches. They’ve also failed to win either of their last two away league matches against Albion (D1 L1).

Albion have blocked 81 shots on target as a team in the WSL this season, 26 more than any other side. Defender Guro Bergsvand has made 20 of those blocks, the most of any player in the competition.

Liverpool’s Sophie Haug has won 58 aerial duels in the WSL this season – 21 more than any other player. In terms of overall duels won, only four players have recorded more than her 78.

Elisabeth Terland has scored nine goals this season in the WSL – the third[1]most of any player. She’s previously netted two goals in three matches against Liverpool, though her side failed to win in either of her goalscoring appearances.

Liverpool’s Ceri Holland has scored three goals across her three prior WSL meetings with Albion, her most goals against any opposition in the competition.