Birmingham are 11th in the WSL table, with one point from their opening eight games of the season. "I am expecting a really tough game. I think Stephen should be, and deserves to be, favourite. If I can get my double 16 back to where it was in 2017 and 2018 I'll be hard to beat. On that occasion, he delivered a man-of-the-match performance before cruelly suffering a major knee injury during the closing minutes that destroyed his 2019 World Cup dream. The five-time major finalist will take on Ross Smith for a place in the last eight, after 'Smudger' eased past world No 13 Joe Cullen to cap off a dream debut.