Overview
- Manchester City are the only WSL side to have won all four of their opening league games and the Opta model rates them as favourites to beat Arsenal this weekend.
- Chelsea and Tottenham remain unbeaten and the Opta 'supercomputer' gives Chelsea a very high probability of beating West Ham in the coming fixtures.
- Aston Villa sacked head coach Natalia Arroyo after a winless start and appointed Brian Sorensen as interim manager to try to halt their slide.
- Charlton Athletic are still without a point and face the real prospect of losing their opening five matches, while newly ambitious clubs have seen individual signings make early impacts, such as Alexia Putellas scoring her first goal for London City Lionesses.
- Early-season xG and Opta metrics show City and Chelsea leading the underlying numbers, Arsenal are underperforming their chance creation, and the expanded 14-team format plus European fixtures are already raising squad-management pressures across the league.