West Ham United Women v Liverpool
Barclays Women’s Super League, Chigwell Construction Stadium, Sunday 5 April 2023, 5pm BST.
West Ham United Women are back at the Chigwell Construction Stadium on Sunday evening as they welcome Liverpool to east London.
A number of the Reds’ players and coaching staff will be back in the familiar territory of east London when they take on the Hammers on Sunday.
Paul Konchesky, a former Liverpool player will be hoping to see his side get back to winning ways in front of home support; his side are without a win in the Barclays Women’s Super League (WSL) since the of the year.
Liverpool come into the game one point behind the Irons in the standings, currently sitting in eight place, whilst Konchesky and his players will be hoping to put some distance between themselves and Sunday’s opponents as the season nears it’s conclusion.
Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the clash…
Tickets...
Tickets are available for the match against Liverpool on Sunday and are priced from as little as £13 for Adults and £5 for Juniors.
Tickets can be purchased online until 3pm on the day of the match, or from the ticket office at Chigwell Construction Stadium, which opens at 3:30pm on Sunday.
How to follow...
Sunday’s WSL match against Villa will be broadcast live on The FA Player, with coverage beginning just before the scheduled 5pm kick-off.
You can also follow the action across our social media channels, while highlights and exclusive reactions will follow after the final whistle on whufc.com.
Travel...
Fans attending Sunday’s fixture at Chigwell Construction Stadium should note that parking is not available at the ground, so supporters are advised to make use of public transport.
If you are driving to the ground from the north, leave the M25 at Junction 27 and take the M11 towards London. At the end of the M11 continue onto the A406 towards Docklands (A13) and London City Airport. At the intersection with the A13, turn onto this road in the direction of the Dartford Crossing.
At the junction with the A1306, leave the A13 and join the A1306 towards Dagenham. At the third set of traffic lights turn left just before the McDonalds into Ballards Road. At the end of this road, you will come to a large roundabout.
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Turn left and proceed up Rainham Road South, passing Dagenham East tube station on the left and Victoria Road is a quarter of a mile further on, on the same side of the road.
If driving to the ground from the south, leave the M25 at Junction 31 and take the A13 towards Central London. Exit the A13 onto the slip road, signposted Dagenham/Dagenham East. At the end of the slip road at the double roundabout turn right, then go under the A13. At the T-junction turn left onto the A1306. At the second set of lights turn right onto the B178.
At the end of this road you will come to a large roundabout. Turn left and proceed up Rainham Road South, passing Dagenham East tube station on the left and Victoria Road is a quarter of a mile further on, on the same side of the road.
Supporters are advised to check their journeys before travel, with resources such as TfL's Journey Planner or the TfL Go app helping to plan your journey.
Supporters may also wish to visit the National Rail website to plan their journey if travelling on the rail network.
Team News…
West Ham United Manager Paul Konchesky will be without Jess Ziu and Amber Tysiak for the visit of Liverpool. Ziu has been out with an ACL injury since the penalty shootout win over London City Lionesses in early October but is making good progress with her rehabilitation. Tysiak is close to returning to action, but isn't expected to be back for the game against the Reds.
Abbey-Leigh Stringer hasn’t featured in the WSL since the 0-0 draw with Arsenal in early February and is also a doubt for Sunday’s fixture.
The Opposition...
Following promotion to the Barclays Women’s Super League from the Barclays Championship last season, Liverpool will be pretty happy with their start to life in the top flight this term. With 15 games played, Matt Beard’s outfit have picked up 15 points, with four wins, three draws and eight defeats so far this season as they head to east London today.
One of those victories came against the Hammers in December last year, the last time West Ham played Liverpool in the league. First-half goals from Welsh midfielder Ceri Holland and American forward Katie Stengel secured a 2-0 win for the Reds on Merseyside. It was a victory that ended a seven-game winless run for Liverpool, who had lost five of their following seven fixtures after a shock 2-1 win over Chelsea in September.
That memorable triumph over the Blues - thanks to a brace from Stengel - has been the highlight of the season for the Reds so far, although the club has shaken off that rocky period through the Autumn and now looks comfortably well on their way to consecutive seasons in the top flight. Of course, Beard will hope to take a further step towards securing that place among the elite of English football next year with a win over his former employers today.
Appointed as Liverpool manager for the second time in May 2021, Matt Beard returned to Merseyside nearly six years after his first tenure, which saw Liverpool secure successive Women’s Super League titles in 2013 and 2014.
Between stints with the Reds, Beard has also managed Bristol City Women, West Ham United Women and also Boston Breakers in the United States. Beard took charge of the Hammers’ first season as a professional outfit and led the Irons to a FA Cup final in 2018, which they lost to Manchester City.
In his first season back with Liverpool, Beard took his side to promotion from the Championship, following a 20-game unbeaten run and a title win, with the club eleven points clear by the season’s conclusion.
As it stands, he has taken four wins from his first 15 games back in the top flight and also reached the Conti Cup quarter-finals this term.
