Total Football Analysis’ Breakout XI for 2025 includes eight ‘alternates’/’bench players’ who almost made the cut for a full scouting report in the magazine.
Those players will still be covered with a mini-data analysis.
Our sub right-back is Jessica Husband of Hearts Women playing in the SWPL.
The 16-year-old Heart of Midlothian defender is an exciting, emerging talent that is catching the eye of many.
Husband can play on either side of the defence but has mostly played as a right wing-back thus far.
The below visualisation shows her primary crossing zones and where those crosses have landed.
Jessica has three goals to her name, along with five assists this term, showing her attacking capabilities.
From the visual above, a good number of Jessica’s crosses have landed in dangerous areas.
She is closer to the byline when crossing from the right side than the left, seeing almost equal success from each wing.
With 3.28 touches in the box per 90 minutes, Jessica ranks in the top 10 for that metric.
She is also mostly engaging in the mid-to-final third, and many of her defensive actions have come in the wide mid-to-final third, showcasing her intense ball-recovering ability.
With 2.97 Progressive runs per 90 minutes, Husband is decent at ball-carrying, too.
Defensively, she wins a high volume of duels—in fact, she wins 70% of her duels—which shows her ability in 1v1 defending.
Jessica Husband is among the youngest and brightest talents to come out of the Scottish Women’s Premier League.
For a number of reasons, including some listed above, she is undoubtedly a player to watch out for in 2025; where she will be by the end of the year will be an interesting watch.
