UEFA Women's Champions League

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Austria Vienna LWWLW 0
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Chelsea WWDWW 1
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Match Report

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Chelsea edge past Austria Vienna in UWCL opener

Chelsea were given a stern test by Austria Vienna as they began their Women's Champions League campaign with a hard-fought 1-0 win at Plough Lane on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
9
Corner Kicks
4
5
Saves
6
33.2
Possession
66.8
15
SHOTS
13
6
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
134
Accurate Passes
402
226
Passes
489
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
3
22
Crosses
13
0.2
Cross %
0.2
54
Long Balls
50
15
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
1
14
Effective Tackles
13
23
Tackles
21
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
10
Interceptions
11
21
Effective Clearances
34
21
Clearances
34

Highlights

01:40 Alyssa Thompson: UWCL win will give Chelsea momentum Watch on ESPN

Lineups

CHE · 4-3-3

  1. 1Livia PengG
  2. 5Veerle BuurmanCD-L
  3. 26Kadeisha BuchananCD-R
  4. 15Katie McCabeLB
  5. 2Ellie CarpenterRB
  6. 21Keira WalshCM
  7. 6Sjoeke NüskenLM
  8. 19Wieke KapteinRM
  9. 9Melvine MalardF
  10. 11Sandy BaltimoreLF
  11. 12Alyssa ThompsonRF

Substitutes

  1. 23Maika HamanoSUB
  2. 4Naomi GirmaSUB
  3. 30Victoria RudzSUB
  4. 32Lexi PotterSUB
  5. 24Hannah HamptonSUB
  6. 14Nathalie BjörnSUB
  7. 42Chloe SarwieSUB
  8. 17Nelly LasSUB
  9. 25Lola BrownSUB
  10. 16Giulia DragoniSUB
  11. 22Lucy BronzeSUB

VIE · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Jasmin PalG
  2. 8Katharina SchiechtlCD
  3. 13Virginia KirchbergerCD-L
  4. 23Carina WenningerCD-R
  5. 5Tatjana WeissCM-L
  6. 7Elisa PfattnerCM-R
  7. 15Patricia PfannerAM
  8. 18Verena HanshawLM
  9. 2Louise SchöffelRM
  10. 22Modesta UkaCF-L
  11. 29Valentina PötzlCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 4Chiara PucciSUB
  2. 11Almedina SisicSUB
  3. 26Anna SchornSUB
  4. 28Nina-Katrin PichlerSUB
  5. 6Lotta CordesSUB
  6. 25Katharina GartnerSUB
  7. 12Emma GoetzSUB
  8. 21Lucija OrkicSUB
  9. 14Sandra JakobsenSUB

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal! Chelsea Women 1, Austria Wien Women 0. Wieke Kaptein (Chelsea Women) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner.
  2. 20' Substitution, Chelsea Women. Lexi Potter replaces Keira Walsh because of an injury.
  3. 45' Substitution, Chelsea Women. Maika Hamano replaces Melvine Malard.
  4. 51' Katie McCabe (Chelsea Women) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 66' Substitution, Austria Wien Women. Sandra Jakobsen replaces Patricia Pfanner.
  6. 79' Substitution, Austria Wien Women. Lotta Cordes replaces Louise Schöffel.
  7. 79' Substitution, Austria Wien Women. Almedina Sisic replaces Modesta Uka.
  8. 88' Delay in match because of an injury Almedina Sisic (Austria Wien Women).
  9. 88'
  10. 88' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  11. 88'
  12. 89' Almedina Sisic (Austria Wien Women) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 90'+2' Substitution, Austria Wien Women. Chiara Pucci replaces Tatjana Weiss.
  14. 90'+2' Substitution, Austria Wien Women. Lucia Orkic replaces Elisa Pfattner.

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