READING FC WOMEN are aiming to get back to winning ways in the Women’s Super league against Aston Villa.
The Royals have endured a tough run of fixtures, including games against Arsenal, Manchester United and Manchester City in which they lost all three matches.
Kelly Chambers’ team are seventh in the WSL after City opened up the gap between the teams with their 2-0 victory over the Royals
Reading’s form has waived in recent weeks with just one league win from their last six matches seeing them slide down a couple of places in the WSL table.
Sunday’s opponents, Aston Villa, have managed to claw themselves out of a potential relegation scrap by picking up points to create a gap between them, Leicester City and their city rivals Birmingham City.
Villa are currently in 10th on 16 points, four above Leicester and they now have a sizeable lead of 12 points on bottom placed Birmingham who looked destined for life in the Championship next season.
When the teams met in October, the Royals headed into the match in dreadful form that has seen them lose their opening four games of the season without scoring a goal.
However, the Villa match proved to be a turning point in the season as Chambers’ team got their campaign up and running and allowed them to build an impressive unbeaten run.
Reading flew out of the traps and were 2-0 in front after 19 minutes with goals from Amalie Eikeland and Rachel Rowe.
Natasha Dowie got on the scoresheet on the brink of half-time to consolidate a magnificent 45 minutes at the Select Car Leasing Stadium.
Reading shut Villa out in the second-half, not allowing their opponents a single attempt at goal which gave them a much needed win to kickstart their season.
