There was a time when objectives have been arduous to return by for Everton.
Of their first 10 league matches of the 2024-25 WSL season, Sorensen’s facet discovered the again of the web simply six instances and went goalless on 5 events.
Since returning to motion within the new yr, nonetheless, they’ve eight objectives, scored by 5 totally different gamers, in 5 matches, with West Ham the one facet to forestall them from scoring.
A key issue of their turnaround in entrance of purpose is January signing Kelly Gago, who headed into this sport with three objectives in her first 4 WSL matches, however whereas she was stored fairly at Villa Park, Everton remained ruthless in assault.
They have been dominated by Villa for a lot of the match, notably throughout the first half when the hosts had 63.9% possession and outshot their guests six to 2 (4 to at least one on track).
Nonetheless, not like Villa, who created a number of probabilities by Daly, Baijings and Jordan Nobbs, Everton transformed their two clear-cut probabilities in entrance of purpose.
Frustratingly for Villa boss Arroyo, it is not a brand new drawback for her facet, who had 70% possession and 12 photographs (however solely three on track) throughout their 3-0 defeat by Leicester Metropolis on 16 February.
They’ve additionally been over-reliant on Daly, who has scored 5 of their 15 league objectives. Second-highest scorer Adriana Leon (three) moved to San Diego Wave earlier this week.
With an important match in opposition to relegation favourites Crystal Palace up subsequent (16 March), Aston Villa want to resolve their issues in entrance of purpose rapidly.
