Aston Villa vs Leicester City preview, prediction and team news

Aston Villa Leicester City prediction
Ahead of Aston Villa vs Leicester City, read our preview, prediction and the latest team news ahead of the Women’s Super League clash.

Aston Villa vs Leicester City match information

  • ⚽️ Women’s Super League Matchday 6: Aston Villa vs Leicester City match information
  • 🏟️ Villa Park
  • ⏱️ Sunday, October 12th – 12:45pm BST (Sky Sports Football and Women’s Super League YouTube channel)

Aston Villa vs Leicester City preview

Aston Villa will be looking to build on their first WSL win of the season when they face Leicester City on Sunday.

Kirsty Hanson and Lynn Wilms scored in a 2-0 victory over West Ham to give Villa their first three points.

They are eighth in the standings on five points but have played one game fewer due to the postponement of their clash with Liverpool.

Their opponents on Sunday are Leicester City, who have four points from their opening five games.

The Foxes have struggled for goals but have shown a lot of fight in the WSL so far this season.

After beating Liverpool despite going down to 10 players, they lost by one goal to both Chelsea and Tottenham.

Last week, Noemie Mouchon scored an 81st-minute equaliser to give the Foxes a share of the spoils against Everton.

The Foxes will be hoping to spring a surprise when they face Aston Villa on Sunday.

Form and past head-to-head meetings

Aston Villa last five games

  • West Ham 0-2 Aston Villa (WSL)
  • Arsenal 1-1 Aston Villa (WSL)
  • Tottenham 0-0 Aston Villa – 7-6 on penalties (Women’s League Cup)
  • Aston Villa 1-3 Chelsea (WSL)
  • Brighton 0-0 Aston Villa (WSL)

Leicester City last five games

  • Leicester City 1-1 Everton (WSL)
  • Leicester City 1-2 Tottenham (WSL)
  • Ipswich 1-5 Leicester City (Women’s League Cup)
  • Chelsea 1-0 Leicester City (WSL)
  • Leicester City 1-0 Aston Villa (WSL)

Aston Villa vs Leicester City last five meetings

  • Leicester City 1-1 Aston Villa (pre-season friendly – 24/08/2025)
  • Leicester City 3-0 Aston Villa (WSL – 16/02/2025)
  • Aston Villa 0-0 Leicester City (WSL – 13/10/2024)
  • Aston Villa 2-2 Leicester City (WSL – 30/03/2024)
  • Leicester City 0-1 Aston Villa (WSL – 19/01/2024)

Aston Villa vs Leicester City team news

Leicester City interim boss Rick Passmore has confirmed that Missy Goodwin and Celeste Boureille will miss Sunday’s trip to Aston Villa.

Goodwin is working her way back towards fitness while Boureille is likely to be back next month.

Aston Villa are without Jill Baijings who has been ruled out for months with a knee injury. 

Predicted lineups

Aston Villa: D’Angelo; Wilms, Patten, Deslandes; Grant, Kearns, Kendall, Maltby; Daly; Salmon, Hanson

Leicester City: Leitzig; Swaby, Kees, Thibaud; Cayman, Tierney, McLoughlin, Ale; Van Egmond; Cain, Rantala

Aston Villa vs Leicester City prediction

Aston Villa have a poor recent record against Leicester City with three draws and a defeat in their last four games.

The Foxes are slight underdogs but have made life difficult for their opponents in the WSL over recent weeks.

SheKicks predicts a narrow victory for Aston Villa on home soil.

Prediction: Aston Villa 1-0 Leicester City

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Kieran Lynch is a sports writer specialising in women's football who started writing for SheKicks in June 2025. He writes about clubs and players across the Women's Super League, European football and international tournaments including Women's Euro 2025.