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<strong>Bristol</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Women</strong> – <strong>Leicester</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Women</strong><br />
English <strong>Women</strong>'s Super League – 01/10/2023<br />
1. Opta Facts<br />
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This will be the first ever WSL meeting between <strong>Bristol</strong> <strong>City</strong> and <strong>Leicester</strong> <strong>City</strong>. The Robins were replaced<br />
in the top-flight by <strong>Leicester</strong> in 2021.<br />
The last meeting between <strong>Bristol</strong> <strong>City</strong> and <strong>Leicester</strong> <strong>City</strong> in any competition was in the League Cup in<br />
February 2021, a 1-0 victory for the Robins thanks to a Kiera Skeels goal.<br />
<strong>Bristol</strong> <strong>City</strong> have lost their opening match of the season in five of their last seven WSL seasons (W1 D1),<br />
with their one win in this time a 1-0 away victory at Brighton in 2018-19.<br />
<strong>Leicester</strong> have lost their first WSL match in each of their two previous seasons in the competition, losing<br />
2-1 in both seasons, against Aston Villa in 2021-22 and Tottenham in 2022-23.<br />
<strong>Bristol</strong> <strong>City</strong> are looking to become only the third team to win their opening WSL game of the season as a<br />
promoted club, along with Sunderland in 2015 and Liverpool last season. In their one opening day game<br />
as a newly promoted side, the Robins lost 6-0 to Chelsea in 2017-18.<br />
Since being promoted ahead of the 2021-22 season, <strong>Leicester</strong> <strong>City</strong> have lost more WSL games than any<br />
other side (33) and no side have shipped more goals (101). Meanwhile, the Foxes have scored 15 fewer<br />
WSL goals than any of the sides to have featured in each of the last two campaigns (29).<br />
<strong>Bristol</strong> <strong>City</strong> have won just four of their last 39 <strong>Women</strong>’s Super League games (D9 L26) and won none of<br />
their final seven games in the 2020-21 season before being relegated (D3 L4).<br />
<strong>Leicester</strong> have lost 86% of their away matches in the <strong>Women</strong>’s Super League (19/22), the second-highest<br />
percentage of any side to play in the competition, behind only Yeovil Town (91%). The Foxes did,<br />
however, end last season with a 1-0 away win at Brighton and are looking for consecutive away WSL wins<br />
for the first time.<br />
<strong>Bristol</strong> <strong>City</strong>’s Abi Harrison had the most assists in the <strong>Women</strong>’s Championship last season (8), while no<br />
player was involved in more goals than Harrison (15, 7 goals + 8 assists).<br />
<strong>Leicester</strong>’s Willie Kirk lost his first two managerial WSL matches against <strong>Bristol</strong> <strong>City</strong> as Everton boss in<br />
the 2018-19 season but has since won his last three against the Robins, including two 4-0 wins in the<br />
2020-21 campaign.<br />
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