Villa make it successive defeats in their inaugural WSL season.

Stine Larsen scores Villa’s first ever WSL goal from the penalty spot in the 79th minute of the game.

Lisa Weiß, Sophie Haywood and Amy West make their (top-flight) WSL debuts becoming WSL Players #17 to 19 respectively.

For Lisa Weiß it’s also her Villa debut.

2020-21 WSL Appearance & Goal Record
GK Lisa Weiß 🇩🇪 2020-21 WSL 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺1 |
FB Ella Franklin-Fraiture 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2020-21 WSL 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CB Elisha N'Dow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2020-21 WSL 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
D Natalie Haigh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2020-21 WSL 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
FB Caroline Siems 🇩🇪 2020-21 WSL 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
M Ramona Petzelberger 🇩🇪 2020-21 WSL 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
M Marisa Ewers 🇩🇪 2020-21 WSL 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
M Chloë Arthur 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2020-21 WSL 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
M Emma Follis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2020-21 WSL 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
F Stine Larsen 🇩🇰 2020-21 WSL 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
F Diana Silva 🇵🇹 2020-21 WSL 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
D Asmita Ale 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2020-21 WSL 🕒 2 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
F Sophie Haywood 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2020-21 WSL 🕒 1 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺1 |
M Emily Syme 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2020-21 WSL 🕒 2 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
M Amy West 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2020-21 WSL 🕒 1 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺1 |
F Shania Hayles 🇯🇲 2020-21 WSL 🕒 2 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
GK Sian Rogers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2020-21 WSL 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺1 |
CB Anita Asante 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2020-21 WSL 🕒 0 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺2 |
D Jodie Hutton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2020-21 WSL 🕒 1 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺1 |
M Nadine Hanssen 🇳🇱 2020-21 WSL 🕒 1 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺1 |

“I felt in the first 45 minutes, we struggled to secure the ball.
“We struggled to get hold of the game in central areas.
"The game bypassed our midfield.
“We talk a lot about taking risks and daring greatly; wanting the players to get on the ball and love the ball.
“The response going into the second half was so much better.
“The problem we were having is that the game was so transitional; that played into Reading’s hands.
“Going into half-time when you’re losing gives you a mentality of ‘We’ve got nothing to lose’.
“We gave the team two options.
“Option one was to come back out and play like we did (in the first half), or we go out and earn the right to play.
“We did that in the second half, but ultimately it was too late.
“Stine’s a phenomenal talent”
“I’m pleased that she’s got her first goal in a Villa shirt and hopefully there are many more to come.”
**Gemma Davies**

“We weren’t ready.
“It was too transitional and erratic; we aren’t good at that (style of play).
“We’re good at playing football.
“But we didn’t do that.
“It started with the first half.
“We are a better team (than we showed), but we weren’t there.
“Reading are good at what they want to do.
“We created a lot of chances, so I think the score could’ve been 3-3.
“But we should’ve stepped up in the first half.
“We created a lot of chances; we believed we could come back from 3-0 down.
“Ultimately, it’s not good enough and we have to learn from this and keep improving.”
**Stine Larsen**