Detailing Leicester's League Clash With Villa Women
- LCFC Women face Aston Villa on Saturday afternoon
- The fixture at Poundland Bescot Stadium has a 12:30pm kick-off
- City currently sit ninth in the Barclays Women's Super League
- Tickets for the game can be found on the hosts' website HERE
City's busy stint in the Women's Super League campaign continues this weekend when they travel to Walsall to take on seventh-placed Aston Villa.
Approaching the final run-in of the season, here is a look at both camps and how you can stay updated with the game...
The Foxes camp
Leicester will be hoping to return to winning ways for the first time since their quarter-final victory over Liverpool in the Adobe Women's FA Cup, having seen consecutive defeats in the league to Tottenham Hotspur and Brighton & Hove Albion.
Currently ninth in the standings with 16 points, a win could see the Foxes climb above the Villans and back into seventh place, heading into the March international break and a semi-final date with Spurs.
Jutta Rantala is the Fox in form at the moment, scoring three of Leicester's last four goals, and currently has 15 goal involvements in her debut season with the Club.
The opposition
Saturday's hosts are having a somewhat disappointing season compared to last year's fifth-place finish, having lost three more times this campaign, accumulating just half as many points compared to the last.
The last three fixtures has seen Villa win just once, in a 2-1 victory over Everton at Walton Hall Park, when Kenza Dali and Ebony Salmon found the net against the Toffees.
Adriana Leon has seven goals and assists this season, while Lionesses' striker Rachel Daly, who was last year's WSL top goalscorer with 22, has just six strikes registered to her name this term.
In the dugout
Carla Ward has been the manager of Aston Villa since May 2021 and is currently in charge of her third season with Villa, where she has a win percentage of 42 per cent in 81 games at the helm.
The 40-year-old spent time with Sporting Plaza De Argel, Leeds United, Lincoln and Doncaster Belles during her playing career and left Sheffield in November 2017 as club captain, with more than 200 appearances and 100 goals.
Last time out
Leicester have lost their last five meetings with Aston Villa, scoring just twice against the fellow East Midlands side, but have improved drastically over the last 12 months, and were narrowly beaten 1-0 in the reverse fixture in January.
Daly scored the only goal of the game just 16 minutes in at Pirelli Stadium, and despite close encounters with the Villa net, coming closest when Ava Baker saw a shot cleared off the line, Leicester were beaten two months ago and continue to look for their first win over their counterparts.
Coverage & tickets
Ticketing information and how to stay tuned with the Foxes' trip this Saturday can be found HERE.