Villa Crushed

🟥 25 Jan 2026 Villa 1-4 United

Scorer(s): Kirsty Hanson | 37’ |

Assist(s): Noëlle Maritz | 37’ |

Villa equalise within two minutes of the visitors taking the lead, but a three-goal burst halfway through the second half crushes Villa and leaves them defeated for the second successive weekend.

Kirsty Hanson celebrates scoring the equaliser

Full Match Report: https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/womens/game/20260125

Line Up & Subs:

GK Ellie Roebuck 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

FB Lynn Wilms 🇳🇱

CB Lucy Parker 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

CB Anna Patten 🇮🇪

CB Océane Deslandes 🇫🇷 🟨 (LB Jenna Nighswonger 🇺🇸 72')

FB Noelle Maritz 🇨🇭 🔥

DM Miri Taylor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🟨 (M Oriane Jean-François 🇫🇷 63')

M Lucy Staniforth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

F Maya Hijikata 🇯🇵 (F Milly Round 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 86')

F Georgia Mullett 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (F Ebony Salmon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 63')

F Kirsty Hanson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ⚽

Unused:

GK Sabrina D'Angelo 🇨🇦

CB Lydia Sallaway 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

LB Rachel Maltby 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

M Pippa Lea 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Oriane Jean-François, Jenna Nighswonger and Milly Round make their WSL debuts for Villa, becoming the 73rd, 74th and 75th players to represent Villa in the WSL, respectively.

For Nighswonger and Round, it’s their club debuts.

Lucy Staniforth makes her first WSL start of the season.

Kirsty Hanson scored her seventh goal in thirteen WSL games this season.