Aston Villa Women resume their FA Women's Continental Tyres League Cup campaign on Sunday when they take on Durham.
We welcome the Barclays Women's Championship side to Poundland Bescot Stadium for a 6pm kick-off.
The meeting will be our third fixture in this season's group stage, with a finale to come against Sheffield United next month.
Carla Ward's side have collected three points against Manchester United and Everton and will be in a strong position to qualify for the knockout stages of the competition should they take maximum points from thir final two fixtures.
This weekend's visitors to Poundland Bescot Stadium are Durham.
The Barclays Women’s Championship outfit have been one of the most competitive the division has had to offer in recent seasons.
While this current campaign has proved tricky, the visitors currently sit in the league’s bottom half, they are giving the Conti Cup a good go.
Last time out in this season’s competition, Durham overcame Manchester United on penalties in a memorable night at Maiden Castle after equalising in stoppage time.
These two sides last met during the 2020/21 season in the same competition, as Nat Haigh’s winning penalty kick gave Villa a bonus point.
The Last Meeting
As mentioned above, Villa Women last faced Durham two seasons ago in this very competition and booked a place in the quarter-finals in the process.
Having played out a competitive 1-1 draw with the Championship side at Maiden Castle, Villa won 4-2 in a penalty shootout to secure an extra point and a passage through to the knockout stages.
Villa fell behind to an early effort from the hosts, before Emma Follis levelled the scores late on with a peach of a free-kick.
The result saw Villa go through to the next phase of the competition for the second straight season.
