Preview | The New Saints Women v Swansea City Women

Swansea City Women travel to face The New Saints Women in the Genero Adran Premier this afternoon (1pm kick-off).

The Swans head into the game looking to extend their unbeaten run to eight games, having drawn just one of their last seven outings.

The New Saints have also been enjoying a rich vein of form, having lost just once all season, with that sole defeat coming against champions Cardiff City Women.

The Swans currently sit three points behind TNS, with a game in hand to come against Briton Ferry Llansawel.

Pre-match views

Swansea City Women's first-team manager Jamie Sherwood: "I'm always confident in the group of players we have and what we are doing.

"In the previous game against TNS we weren't good enough in both boxes and that's what cost us the game.

"It's part of the journey that we are on, we've come a long way since that defeat and it's one defeat in the whole season. We still need to tighten up and improve, but we would be in that position even if we'd had an unbeaten season.

"The squad will be ready to play, we are confident in our group. We've had players out for long periods of time, we've got Jess Williams and Rachel Cullen who have both been out for two or three weeks, Sophie-Brisland-Hancocks is out going into this period, we had Charlie [Haynes] out at the beginning of the season, obviously Katy Hosford has been away as well.

"If you take five or six key players out of any team, most teams would struggle, but this group has coped really well with this and adapted well and I'm fully confident in what we want to do.”

Team news

The Swans will be without Sophie Brisland-Hancocks who recently underwent minor knee surgery, and is expected to return in January 2025. Jess Williams and Rachel Cullen remain unavailable for the Swans.

Captain Katy Hosford is in contention to feature for the Swans, having returned to training following a hamstring issue.

Previous meeting

In the previous meeting between these two sides, the Swans were handed their first defeat of the season as they were beaten 5-0 at Llandarcy Academy of Sport.

Caitlin Chapman put TNS ahead early, before a Chantelle Teare brace gave the visitors a commanding 3-0 lead at the break.

Maria Francis-Jones extended their lead further after the interval, with Teare sealing her hat-trick as the Swans suffered a setback just a week after south Wales derby victory.

Prime numbers

5 – The Swans have previously travelled to Oswestry to face TNS five times, winning four and losing one.

7 – Emily Richards has netted seven goals in her seven games since returning to Swansea City, leaving her one behind Swans top scorer Aimee Deacon.