Dundee United Women v Celtic Women
SWPL 1 | Gussie Park
Sunday, 5 November 2023 @ 4.00pm
Celtic Women travel to Gussie Park for Sunday's match against Dundee United Women looking to bounce back from defeat last time out in SWPL 1.
Celtic, who sit second in the league after 11 games, fell to a 2-1 home defeat to Rangers Women on October 22.
They face a Dundee United side who also lost their last match, a 6-0 defeat to Motherwell, and who sit 10th in the table.
With 53 goals in 11 games so far this season, Celtic are the league's second-highest scorers with 4.8 goals per game. And they are conceding fewer than average, letting in eight goals at a rate of 0.7 per game.
Dundee United, meanwhile, are below average scorers, with 1.0 goal per game, compared to a league average of 2.2. They have conceded 4.4 goals per game.
In Amy Gallagher, the away team have one of the league's most on-form strikers so far this season. She has notched 11 goals in 10 appearances, to sit third in the scoring charts.
Her goal rate of one every 76 minutes is much quicker than that of Rachel Todd, the hosts' top scorer with a goal every 218 minutes, and a total of four goals in 10 games.
Dundee United are in disappointing form in SWPL 1, with two wins and four losses from their last six games.
With five wins and one loss over that period, Celtic's form is much better – they have taken 15 points from 18, compared to Dundee United's six.