Preview | Cascade YC Ladies v Swansea City Women

Swansea City Women travel to face Cascade YC Ladies in the quarter-finals of the Genero Adran Trophy.

The Swans will be looking to go one better than they did the season prior, having lost in the final of this competition to Cardiff City last campaign.

A 4-0 win over Llanfair United saw the Swans reach this round, goals from Aimee Deacon, Chloe Chivers, Emily Thomas and Emily Richards booking their side a spot in the quarter-finals.

Cascade enter the quarter-finals as the only second tier side left in the competition, beating Cardiff Met Women 1-0 to book their place.

The Caerphilly outfit currently sit fourth in the Genero Adran South, six points behind leaders Cwmbran Celtic with a game in hand.

Pre-match views

Swansea City Women first-team manager Jamie Sherwood: Any chance to put yourself 90 minutes away from winning a trophy is a positive moment and it’s a moment we have worked hard for already this season.

The squad have been putting themselves through physical challenges on the training ground to enable them to have an opportunity like this. 

We expect strong and organised opposition who will look to maximise their potential over us and we must be ready to demonstrate our standards, our ability and our mentality against Cascade

We have an identity with the ball that should suit any condition we play in. We want to control possession, we want to make our opponents move into areas that they believe they are in control and then exploit their weaknesses. 

We believe in our ability in possession and those pictures and scenarios are becoming a trend in our games now which is pleasing but what is more satisfying is our personality without the ball.

If we approach the game with a clear identity and a purposeful personality then we have a great opportunity to achieve a target set back in May.

Previous meeting

The two sides previous meeting also came in a quarter-final, with the Swans progressing to the Bute Energy Welsh Cup semi-finals with a 6-1 win.

The Swans fell behind early on as Erin Parry’s long-range strike cannoned into the net off the crossbar.

But they responded in emphatic fashion with a quick-fire double from Stacey John-Davis.

Kelsey Thomas extended the Swansea lead just before the break, scoring her first goal for the club with a calm finish.

Skipper Katy Hosford made it 4-1 in the second half, arrowing a low effort into the net from the edge of the box, before sliding home her second goal in the 89th minute.

There was still time for Jasmine Guymer to bury an excellent strike into the top corner with the last kick of the game for her own first goal for the club, as the Swans marches into the last four.

Prime numbers

4 – This will be the fourth time the Swans have faced off against second tier opposition this season, having won all of their previous three, scoring 18 and conceding none.

12 – Twelve different players have scored for the Swans this season, just two fewer than last season’s final tally of 14 scorers.