Luton Ladies make the trip to take on Watford Ladies Development on Sunday.
Another memorable FA Cup campaign for the Ladies concluded last time out, after a 5-0 defeat at the hands of Championship side, Portsmouth Women before Christmas.
The Hatters will look to bounce back, after suffering just their second defeat of the season.
The opposition
The Hornets play in the same league as the Hatters, currently positioned in seventh place, five points above the relegation zone.
After nine games played in the league, they have won four and drawn two, scoring 15 goals.
Watford Ladies Development earnt promotion into the ERWFL Premier Division after a successful 2023/24 season, where they won 13 of their 18 league games, racking up 42 points and finishing with a +35 goal difference, 24 more superior than Southend Women, who finished second.
The hosts are on a three-game winning streak, keeping a clean sheet in all three. The run started in the last round of the League Cup, defeating Southend Women 5-0, then a 1-0 away win over Cambridge City Ladies and most recently a comfortable 3-0 victory over St Albans.
Our last League Cup tie
In the second round of the League Cup, we defeated Hertford Town Women 5-0, with Gabriella Spillman, Tasha Fensome, Cesca Partridge and Shianne Swarres all getting on the scoresheet.
Spillman opened the scoring five minutes in with a powerful finish into the roof of the net.
Swarres then doubled the lead, Buttigieg’s corner was met by the head of the midfielder to give the Hatters a 2-0 lead.
Fensome’s lobbed the keeper for the third of the game, after some smart link-up play between Partridge and Leighton.
Partridge’s deflected effort gave the Hatters a comfortable 4-0 lead on the hour mark, before Fensome rounded the scoring off, after she curled the ball past the keeper to make it five.
Back the Ladies in Hertfordshire
The game will be played at the home of Everett Rovers FC, Dodd Road, Watford WD24 5FS.
2025 promises to be an exciting year for Luton Town Ladies, so make sure you’re there for the start of it. COYH!
