WSL preview: Albion head to Spurs

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A look-ahead to Sunday's game at Brisbane Road Stadium.

Bruce Talbot

2025-03-16T06:00+00:00

Albion will be looking to build on a 2-2 draw against leaders Chelsea a fortnight ago when they face Spurs on Sunday.

Albion head to the Brisbane Road Stadium on Sunday when we take on Tottenham Hotspur in the WSL, kick off 3pm.

Dario Vidosic’s side sit fifth in the table and will be trying to build on an excellent 2-2 draw with unbeaten leaders Chelsea last time out.

Team news

Bruna Vilamala is back in training, having been out since the FA Cup tie against Durham in January, but Jorelyn Carabali (knee) is still sidelined.

Dario Vidosic’s thoughts …

On building on Chelsea performance and result … “It’s important to maintain the standards and apply ourselves in every game, not just big games like Chelsea. We didn’t play last week so we had a chance to really work on a few things, with and without the ball. Both teams have had two weeks to prepare and it’s two teams who want to play football.”

On finishing the season strongly… “The table should never dictate anything. It only matters after the final game of the season. We’re in a good position [fifth] but we’ve got seven very tough games to go. We want to finish as high as we can, but we need to build performances and then the ladder will take care of itself.

On improving away form… “We’ve had some good performances and some not so good. We want to try and turn the good ones into more points. We had some long trips at the start of the year and probably didn’t handle that as well as we can so that’s something to learn from ahead of a very tough 90 minutes.

“You are always learning, on and off the pitch and you always learn more when you lose. Weird as it is, you need these periods to come out hopefully a better team as individuals, the players and myself as coach. We showcased that against Chelsea when we were really good, especially in the first half, and we need to do it on a consistent basis.”

Player to watch

Former England international Bethany England loves scoring against Albion. Her eight goals against the Seagulls are more than any other player in our WSL history and she has netted three times against us in the last four matches including the opening goal in December’s 1-1 draw. England has eight goals this season – only Manchester City’s Bunny Shaw (12) has more. The 30-year-old won 26 England caps.

Stats and facts

Tottenham are unbeaten in their last six WSL meetings with Brighton (W3 03), since losing 2-1 away from home in October 2021.

Albion have never won away to Tottenham Hotspur in the Women's Super league in five previous attempts, though they have earned a draw on their last two visits after losing on their first three trips.

Three of the last four WSL meetings between Spurs and Brighton have ended level, with the last two ending 1-1. The last top-flight fixture to be drawn three times in a row was Aston Villa vs West Ham in 2021.

Tottenham have lost each of their last three WSL matches, last losing more in a row between November 2022 and March 2023 under Rehanne Skinner (9 in a row).

Only Crystal Palace (12) are on a longer winless streak in the Women's Super league currently than Brighton (P7 03 L4); only the Eagles (1) have won fewer points In the WSL than the Seagulls (3) since the start of December.

Only Crystal Palace (39) have conceded more WSL goals this season than Tottenham Hotspur (33), though both of Spurs' two clean sheets in 2024-25 have come In home matches.

Only Manchester City (10) have won more points from losing positions in the WSL this season than Brighton (6), who were the first team to trail but avoid defeat to reigning champions Chelsea this season in their most recent league match (2-2).

Only three teams have a quicker direct speed than Tottenham Hotspur (1.66m/s) in the 2024-25 WSL campaign (Leicester 1.93m/s, West Ham 1.74m/s and Crystal Palace 1.70m/s), while only Chelsea (16) have recorded more shots via fast breaks than Spurs (11) this season.

Albion defender Rachel McLauchlan has provided an assist in her last two WSL appearances with Katie Robinson (May 2023) and Maisie Symonds (November 2023) the only previous Brighton players to do so in three straight outings in the competition.

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