English Women's Super League

FT Sunday, October 25, 2026
Chelsea WWDWW 3
–
Crystal Palace DWDLL 1
1st2ndT
CHE033
CRY101
VBS Community Stadium

Team Stats

12
Fouls
5
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
13
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
5
69.7
Possession
30.3
26
SHOTS
5
10
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
478
Accurate Passes
163
578
Passes
259
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.6
9
Accurate Crosses
3
36
Crosses
6
0.3
Cross %
0.5
50
Long Balls
56
26
Accurate Long Balls
15
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
6
Blocked Shots
2
14
Effective Tackles
13
21
Tackles
22
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
6
Interceptions
7
7
Effective Clearances
48
7
Clearances
48

Head to Head

CHE leads series 5-0

Lineups

CRY · 3-4-1-2

  1. 26Pauline Peyraud-MagninG
  2. 6Aimee EverettCD
  3. 22Teyah GoldieCD-L
  4. 32Molly BartripCD-R
  5. 16Hayley LaddCM-L
  6. 25Fuka TsunodaCM-R
  7. 17Annabel BlanchardAM
  8. 7Lexi Lloyd-SmithLM
  9. 29Allyson SwabyRM
  10. 9Bethany EnglandCF-L
  11. 19Abbie LarkinCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 24Shanade HopcroftSUB
  2. 8Molly-Mae SharpeSUB
  3. 3Jamie-Lee NapierSUB
  4. 27Shannon O'BrienSUB
  5. 15Hayley NolanSUB
  6. 30Shae YañezSUB
  7. 4Sierra EngeSUB
  8. 11Ashleigh WeerdenSUB
  9. 10Kirsty HowatSUB

CHE · 3-4-2-1

  1. 24Hannah HamptonG
  2. 15Katie McCabeCD
  3. 26Kadeisha BuchananCD-L
  4. 22Lucy BronzeCD-R
  5. 32Lexi PotterCM-L
  6. 6Sjoeke NüskenCM-R
  7. 12Alyssa ThompsonLM
  8. 2Ellie CarpenterRM
  9. 9Melvine MalardF
  10. 23Maika HamanoCF-L
  11. 19Wieke KapteinCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Livia PengSUB
  2. 5Veerle BuurmanSUB
  3. 11Sandy BaltimoreSUB
  4. 8Erin CuthbertSUB
  5. 16Giulia DragoniSUB
  6. 33Aggie Beever-JonesSUB
  7. 17Nelly LasSUB
  8. 25Lola BrownSUB
  9. 29Manaka MatsukuboSUB

Timeline

  1. 20' Goal! Crystal Palace Women 1, Chelsea Women 0. Molly Bartrip (Crystal Palace Women) with an attempt from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fuka Tsunoda with a cross following a corner.
  2. 42' Delay in match because of an injury Fuka Tsunoda (Crystal Palace Women).
  3. 42' Delay in match (Chelsea Women).
  4. 44' Annabel Blanchard (Crystal Palace Women) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 44' Wieke Kaptein (Chelsea Women) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 44' Katie McCabe (Chelsea Women) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 45' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  8. 45'
  9. 45' Substitution, Chelsea Women. Erin Cuthbert replaces Maika Hamano.
  10. 45' Substitution, Chelsea Women. Sandy Baltimore replaces Alyssa Thompson.
  11. 51' Goal! Crystal Palace Women 1, Chelsea Women 1. Melvine Malard (Chelsea Women) right footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Katie McCabe.
  12. 63' Lucy Bronze (Chelsea Women) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 64' Delay in match because of an injury Annabel Blanchard (Crystal Palace Women).
  14. 64'
  15. 66' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  16. 66'
  17. 69' Substitution, Chelsea Women. Aggie Beever-Jones replaces Wieke Kaptein.
  18. 70' Hayley Ladd (Crystal Palace Women) is shown the yellow card.
  19. 75' Goal! Crystal Palace Women 1, Chelsea Women 2. Melvine Malard (Chelsea Women) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sandy Baltimore.
  20. 77' Substitution, Crystal Palace Women. Shannon O'Brien replaces Annabel Blanchard.
  21. 78' Delay in match because of an injury Abbie Larkin (Crystal Palace Women).
  22. 78' Delay in match (Chelsea Women).
  23. 79' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  24. 79' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  25. 90' Goal! Crystal Palace Women 1, Chelsea Women 3. Sandy Baltimore (Chelsea Women) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  26. 90'+1' Substitution, Chelsea Women. Giulia Dragoni replaces Sjoeke Nüsken.
  27. 90'+1' Substitution, Chelsea Women. Manaka Matsukubo replaces Melvine Malard.
  28. 90'+5' Substitution, Crystal Palace Women. Jamie-Lee Napier replaces Allyson Swaby.
  29. 90'+5' Substitution, Crystal Palace Women. Sierra Enge replaces Hayley Ladd.

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