WSL preview: Albion head to Liverpool

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A look ahead to Sunday's game at Prenton Park.

Bruce Talbot

2023-11-26T06:00:00Z

Albion will be looking for their third away win of the WSL season at Liverpool on Sunday.

Albion return to WSL action on Sunday when they take on Liverpool at Prenton Park in their last fixture before the two-week international break.

Team news

Head coach Mel Phillips reported no new concerns following Wednesday’s 3-1 win against West Ham United in the Conti Cup.

Head coach’s view

“We’ve taken a lot of positives from the last four league games and Wednesday. It’s been a tough block of fixtures but we’ve shown we are competitive with any team in the league and after we made changes and rotated against West Ham that we have strength in depth and options. I have faced [Liverpool head coach] Matt Beard’s teams before and I know Sunday will be a very difficult game.”

Recent meetings

At home Albion had to settle for a 3-3 draw last season despite leading 3-1 at one stage and in the reverse fixture in April the hosts won 2-1 despite a goal from Elisabeth Terland. The Norwegian also netted in the home fixture along with Danielle Carter and Katie Robinson.

Player to watch

Liverpool's Emma Koivisto battles with Vea Sarri during last season's 3-3 draw.

A familiar face in the Liverpool defence is right-back Emma Koivisto, who spent two seasons at Brighton prior to moving to the north-west in the summer of 2022. The Finland international, 29, made 37 appearances for Albion and scored three goals. She had played more than 60 times for her country.

Stats and facts

Liverpool won this exact fixture in April (2-1), ending a three-game winless run against Brighton in the WSL (D1 L2).

Since failing to score in their first WSL meeting with Liverpool (0-1 in September 2018), Brighton have found the net in each of their last four against them (W2 D1 L1).

Liverpool lost 5-1 at Chelsea last time out, conceding more goals in that game than they had in their first six WSL matches this season (4).

None of Liverpool’s last 15 WSL home games has been drawn (W8 L7), with the Reds winning five of their last seven on home soil.

Following their 1-0 win at Man City in their last away game, Brighton are looking to win consecutive WSL games on the road for the first time since March 2022. Their two away wins this season (L1) is already more than they managed in the whole of 2022-23 (W1 D3 L7).

With eight goals scored and nine conceded, Liverpool’s WSL games have seen fewer goals scored than any other side this season (17).

Liverpool and Brighton have had just 26 shots on target each in the WSL so far this season, with only Bristol City (23) and West Ham (24) managing fewer so far.

Brighton have faced the most shots (156) and have the highest expected goals against total (16.7) of any WSL side so far this season.

Only Chloe Kelly and Katie Zelem (18 each) have created more chances in the WSL this season than Liverpool’s Marie-Therese Höbinger (17), though the Austrian has yet to provide an assist so far this term.

Elisabath Terland has scored 62.5% of Brighton’s WSL goals this season (5/8), the highest share of any player so far this term.

How to follow the game

There will be updates on the club’s social media channels and the match is also live on FA Player.