Game Details
Game: Aston Villa Women v Everton Women
Date: Wednesday 2nd March
Competition: Barclays FA Women's Super League
Venue: Banks's Stadium
Time: 19:00
Watch: Tickets are available until kick-off at the turnstiles. The game is also free to watch on the FA Player.
After a two-and-a-half week break, Aston Villa Women are back in action to begin the month of March on Wednesday.
Carla Ward and co. will face Everton for the second time in as many matches at the Banks's Stadium in what is a key opportunity to pick up three points.
We took on the Toffees less than three weeks ago at Walton Hall Park with goals from Emily Gielnik and Ramona Petzelberger setting us on our way to a 2-0 victory.
Staff and players alike will surely be frustrated with the two week break that followed our last success, but the month of March is packed with mouthwatering clashes to sink our teeth into as we head into the home stretch of the 2021/22 season.
Watch Villa Women at the Banks's Stadium
Tickets available from £5.
This week's visitors are Everton.
The Toffees have experienced a turbulent 2021/22 campaign thus far.
They sacked Willie Kirk after the club won just one of their opening five games of the season.
The Scotsman had been in charge at the club for almost three years, but parted company with Everton after heavy defeats to Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal.
After a summer of substantial spending, the board felt progress wasn’t being made at the rate required and moved on.
Everton then turned to Champions League winning French coach, Jean-Luc Vasseur who had been sacked by Lyon Féminin in the spring having failed to retain the Division 1 Féminine title, losing out to Paris Saint-Germain.
Vasseur hoped that the winter break would allow him to get his messages across to the playing staff but would last just 10 games before being shown the door.
And so Everton head into Wednesday's game in a state of limbo.
While their managerial search goes on for the second time this season, they must continue to focus on the fixture list at hand.
Three To Watch
Hanna Bennison: Everton broke their transfer record when they signed Bennison in the summer, in what was described as a “substantial six-figure sum”. The Swedish midfielder was the third member of the Sweden Olympic team to make the move to the Blues, alongside Nathalie Bjorn and Anna Anvegard.
Izzy Christiansen: Christiansen has been with Everton since the middle of the 2019/20 season having joined the Toffees from Lyon Féminin, where she won the Champions League in the previous season – and were managed by Vasseur at the time of her departure. The 30-year-old likes to dictate the play and will need to be closely watched should she feature on Sunday.
Toni Duggan: A name that needs very little introduction to fans of the game. The number nine returned to her hometown club this summer after a four-year stint out in Spain with Barcelona and then Atletico Madrid. The forward has two goals so far this season in all competitions.
The Last Meeting
The Boss
Carla Ward spoke to VillaTV following last month's victory over the Toffees...
Emily Gielnik
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Additional Information
- The Community Stand will be open and available for fans to select their seat for this fixture
- The Hub, situated within the HomeServe stand, will be open for supporters to enjoy drinks and refreshments before kick-off and at half-time. The Hub can be accessed once through the turnstiles.
- Turnstiles will be open approximately 60 minutes before kick-off (18:00)
- Paper tickets are available to purchase at the Banks's Stadium turnstiles right up until kick-off
- Banks's Stadium remains cashless
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