# Sheffield United Ladies v Leicester City WFC — the Match Wizard Women's Championship, game week 1 — Sunday, 6 September 2026, kick-off 14:00 UK time. > The wizard is price-blind: four steps on played-match facts alone, then your appraisal — and only then the market. Read it in order. Nothing here is a tip or a selection. Sheffield United Ladies: 22 league matches in the bank, all from last season. Leicester City WFC: 22 league matches in the bank, all from last season in the Women's Super League. Look and learn: it is early in the season, so nearly everything counted here was earned last season -- by squads and dugouts a summer window may have reshaped. Treat the first five weeks as pointers while the new shapes settle, not proof. ## Step 1 of 4 — The table **Leicester City WFC is new to this division, so the rank comparison rests on less than a shared season.** Step one is THE TABLE: rank against rank, and the blocks -- the table cut into a top, middle and bottom block, drawn from last season's final standings. The question is not just where each side stands but how it behaves against the company the other keeps: does it play to rank against the blocks above and below, or come apart? ### Sheffield United Ladies -- at home - **Where it stands:** Has not played a league game yet this season, so the current table says nothing about it. Last season it finished 11th of 12 in this division. - **Its block:** By last season's final table it sits in the bottom block (9th to 12th). Blocks are drawn from last season because its season has not started yet. - **Against today's opponent's block:** Today it faces a side new to its division, and none of the matches we hold were against that block -- nothing to read. - **Across all the blocks:** Across the blocks, over the last two seasons: against the top block won 1, drew 2, lost 5 of 8 (0.62 a game); against the middle block won 0, drew 4, lost 4 of 8 (0.50 a game); against the bottom block won 3, drew 0, lost 3 of 6 (1.50 a game). ### Leicester City WFC -- away - **Where it stands:** Has not played a league game yet this season, so the current table says nothing about it. It was not in this division last season -- it came down from the Women's Super League, where it finished 12th of 12. - **Its block:** New to the division this season, so it takes no block from last season's final table. - **Against today's opponent's block:** Today it faces a side from the bottom block (9th to 12th). Against that block it has won 1, drew 2, lost 3 of 6 -- 5 points of 18. At home against them: won 1 of 3. Away against them: won 0 of 3. - **Across all the blocks:** Across the blocks, over the last two seasons: against the top block won 0, drew 0, lost 8 of 8 (0.00 a game); against the middle block won 1, drew 1, lost 6 of 8 (0.50 a game); against the bottom block won 1, drew 2, lost 3 of 6 (0.83 a game). ## Step 2 of 4 — Home and away form **+0.91 points a game is the venue form gap, in Sheffield United Ladies's favour: Sheffield United Ladies takes 1.09 a game at home over the last two seasons, Leicester City WFC 0.18 away.** Step two is HOME AND AWAY FORM -- the home side judged on its home record, the away side on its away record, because those are the records that will be on the pitch. The last five reach back into last season where this season is too young to answer, and say so. ### Sheffield United Ladies -- at home - **Its record at the relevant venue:** No home game yet this season. Last season at home: won 3, drew 3, lost 5 of 11, scoring 10 and conceding 19 -- 1.09 points a game. - **Its last five league matches:** Newest first: lost to Bristol City Women 0-4 at home; lost to Durham Women 1-2 away; lost to Ipswich Town W 1-4 away; lost to Southampton W 2-5 away; beat Portsmouth Ladies 2-1 at home. The last 5 of these are from last season. - **The dugout:** Every one of the 4 banked matches with a manager recorded was taken by Ash Thompson. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures. ### Leicester City WFC -- away - **Its record at the relevant venue:** No away game yet this season. Last season away in the Women's Super League: won 0, drew 2, lost 9 of 11, scoring 3 and conceding 32 -- 0.18 points a game. - **Its last five league matches:** Newest first: lost to Everton Women 0-1 away in the Women's Super League; lost to Chelsea Women 1-3 at home in the Women's Super League; lost to Arsenal Women 0-7 away in the Women's Super League; lost to London City Lionesses 1-5 away in the Women's Super League; lost to Brighton & Hove Albion Women 0-1 at home in the Women's Super League. The last 5 of these are from last season. - **The dugout:** Every one of the 6 banked matches with a manager recorded was taken by Rick Passmoor. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures. ## Step 3 of 4 — Goals, and when they come **Sheffield United Ladies scores heaviest in the 31-45+ spell and concedes heaviest in 76-90+; Leicester City WFC scores heaviest in 76-90+ and concedes heaviest in 76-90+. The shapes mesh: Leicester City WFC's strongest scoring spell is exactly where Sheffield United Ladies is softest.** Step three is GOALS, AND WHEN THEY COME. Not just how many each side scores and lets in, but the minute bands they come in, who lands the first blow, what each side does after falling behind, and who finds goals late. A side that concedes early and scores late reads very differently from one that does the opposite, at the same goal difference. Side by side: Sheffield United Ladies scores most in the 31-45+ band (6 of 21); Sheffield United Ladies concedes most in the 76-90+ band (14 of 43); Leicester City WFC scores most in the 76-90+ band (4 of 11); Leicester City WFC concedes most in the 76-90+ band (12 of 52). Who lands the first blow and who lands the last is the question this step exists to ask. ### Sheffield United Ladies -- at home - **Goals a game:** Scores 1.0 and concedes 2.0 a game over its last 22 league matches; at home, 0.9 for and 1.7 against over 11. - **When it scores:** Of 21 scored across its own 22 matches with times recorded: 1-15: 5; 16-30: 2; 31-45+: 6; 46-60: 2; 61-75: 3; 76-90+: 3. - **When it concedes:** Of 43 conceded across its own 22 matches with times recorded: 1-15: 3; 16-30: 3; 31-45+: 8; 46-60: 12; 61-75: 3; 76-90+: 14. Its heaviest conceding spell is after the 75th minute -- 14 of 43 (33%). - **The first goal:** Scored first in 11 of its 22 read -- then won 4, drew 5, lost 2; conceded first in 10 -- pulled back 0 wins and 0 draws from them. Across every match where it trailed at some stage it recovered 1 points. - **Two-goal swings:** Led by two goals at some point in 4 of its 22 read, winning 4 of them; trailed by two in 7, rescuing nothing; was ahead at some point without winning in 7. ### Leicester City WFC -- away - **Goals a game:** Scores 0.5 and concedes 2.4 a game over its last 22 league matches; away, 0.3 for and 2.9 against over 11. - **When it scores:** Of 11 scored across its own 22 matches with times recorded: 1-15: 0; 16-30: 1; 31-45+: 3; 46-60: 2; 61-75: 1; 76-90+: 4. Its heaviest scoring spell is after the 75th minute -- 4 of 11 (36%). - **When it concedes:** Of 52 conceded across its own 22 matches with times recorded: 1-15: 7; 16-30: 8; 31-45+: 11; 46-60: 9; 61-75: 5; 76-90+: 12. Its heaviest conceding spell is after the 75th minute -- 12 of 52 (23%). - **The first goal:** Scored first in 4 of its 22 read -- then won 2, drew 0, lost 2; conceded first in 17 -- pulled back 0 wins and 2 draws from them. Across every match where it trailed at some stage it recovered 2 points. - **Two-goal swings:** Never led by two goals in its 22 read; trailed by two in 12, rescuing nothing; was ahead at some point without winning in 2. ## Step 4 of 4 — The bookies' favourite markets **Averaging the two sides' own rates: over 2.5 goals in 55% of their games, both teams scoring in 52%, and a two-goal lead for one side or the other in 55%. On the record there is no strong lean either way on goals.** Step four is THE BOOKIES' FAVOURITE MARKETS -- over and under, both teams to score, and the two-goal lead that pays the 2UP offer out early -- read from what these two sides have actually produced, with the denominator on every figure. Still no price: these are the match's tendencies, not its odds. How the counting works, once for the whole step: every figure is counted over ONE side's own matches -- Sheffield United Ladies's numbers over its games, Leicester City WFC's over its own. The two clubs are never pooled into one denominator; where a single figure for this fixture is wanted, it is the AVERAGE of the two sides' rates, and says so. For the 2UP offer the fact that matters is a two-goal lead for one team or the other at ANY point, not the final margin. In Sheffield United Ladies's own 11 home matches read, one appeared in 6 (55%). In Leicester City WFC's own 11 away matches read, 6 (55%). Averaging the two sides' rates -- never pooling their matches -- that is 55% of games. ### Sheffield United Ladies -- at home - **Over and under:** Over 2.5 goals in 13 of its own 22 (59%); over 1.5 in 18 (82%); over 3.5 in 7 (32%). At home: over 2.5 in 6 of its 11 (55%). - **Both teams to score:** Both teams scored in 14 of its own 22 (64%). At home: 6 of its 11 (55%). - **Clean sheets and blanks:** Kept a clean sheet in 1 of its own 22 (5%); failed to score in 8 (36%). - **Two goals clear:** Counted over Sheffield United Ladies's own 22 matches read: Sheffield United Ladies or the side it was playing that day went two goals up in 11 (50%). Sheffield United Ladies itself held the lead in 4, winning 4. In its home matches: one side or the other went two up in 6 of 11. ### Leicester City WFC -- away - **Over and under:** Over 2.5 goals in 11 of its own 22 (50%); over 1.5 in 15 (68%); over 3.5 in 7 (32%). Away: over 2.5 in 5 of its 11 (45%). - **Both teams to score:** Both teams scored in 9 of its own 22 (41%). Away: 3 of its 11 (27%). - **Clean sheets and blanks:** Kept a clean sheet in 3 of its own 22 (14%); failed to score in 11 (50%). - **Two goals clear:** Counted over Leicester City WFC's own 22 matches read: Leicester City WFC or the side it was playing that day went two goals up in 12 (55%). Leicester City WFC itself held the lead in 0. In its away matches: one side or the other went two up in 6 of 11. ## Your appraisal — and now the market **Leicester City WFC is new to this division, so the rank comparison rests on less than a shared season. +0.91 points a game is the venue form gap, in Sheffield United Ladies's favour: Sheffield United Ladies takes 1.09 a game at home over the last two seasons, Leicester City WFC 0.18 away. Sheffield United Ladies scores heaviest in the 31-45+ spell and concedes heaviest in 76-90+; Leicester City WFC scores heaviest in 76-90+ and concedes heaviest in 76-90+. The shapes mesh: Leicester City WFC's strongest scoring spell is exactly where Sheffield United Ladies is softest. Averaging the two sides' own rates: over 2.5 goals in 55% of their games, both teams scoring in 52%, and a two-goal lead for one side or the other in 55%. On the record there is no strong lean either way on goals.** If the pattern holds -- and a pattern is a shape, not a promise: Sheffield United Ladies lands the first blow more often (11 of 22 to 4 of 22); when a lead builds towards 2UP it is more often Sheffield United Ladies's -- two goals clear in 4 of 22, against 0 of 22; a one-goal lead has not been safe in Sheffield United Ladies's hands -- ahead without winning in 7 of 22; Leicester City WFC finds its goals latest of all -- 4 of its 11 after the 75th, and Sheffield United Ladies concedes most in that same spell; the last quarter-hour is where this fixture's money is likeliest to move. That read is built from the four steps, with no price in your ear -- the steps hold the evidence if you want the post-mortem. Now the market gets its say. Where it agrees with you it got there first; where it does not, your read and the crowd's disagree -- that is the conversation this tool exists to set up, and no measured edge backs either side of it. The tissue is a plain goals model: Sheffield United Ladies 1.76 goals expected, Leicester City WFC 0.77, from two seasons of scoring rates (11 home matches and 11 away in the bank), shrunk toward the division average. It is calibrated against nothing and claims no edge -- it exists to make your view concrete before the market speaks. Note: Leicester City WFC's figures include last season in the Women's Super League, where goals came against different company. - **Match result:** Our tissue: Sheffield United Ladies 1.64 (61%), the draw 4.34 (23%), Leicester City WFC 6.23 (16%). The market's averages: ?, ? and ?. Not every market price is recorded yet -- check nearer kick-off. - **Over or under 2.5 goals:** Our tissue: over 2.5 2.16 (46%), under 2.5 1.86 (54%). The market has not recorded both sides of this line yet. - **Both teams to score:** Our tissue: yes 2.25 (44%), no 1.80 (56%). The market has not recorded both sides of this line yet. - **The 2UP fact:** For the 2UP offer the fact that matters is a two-goal lead for one team or the other at ANY point, not the final margin. In Sheffield United Ladies's own 11 home matches read, one appeared in 6 (55%). In Leicester City WFC's own 11 away matches read, 6 (55%). Averaging the two sides' rates -- never pooling their matches -- that is 55% of games. No tissue is offered for this -- the played-match rates above are the honest read. The market figures are the AVERAGE pre-match odds our feed records across books, not a best price -- a shaded average, so small gaps mean nothing. ## Half-time The HTML page reads the second half from any half-time score you give it: /football/wizard/womens-championship/2026-09-06/sheffield-united-ladies-v-leicester-city-wfc/halftime/ Built 2026-09-03T23:09:34+00:00 from matches completed before kick-off.