FIFA Women's World Cup

FT Saturday, June 6, 2015
China WLLLL 0
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Canada WLWLW 1
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CAN011
Commonwealth Stadium · 53,058 att.

Match Report

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Late penalty gives Canada win over China in Women's World Cup opener

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
8
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
0
3
Saves
1
38
Possession
62
5
SHOTS
14
1
ON GOAL
4
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
177
Accurate Passes
410
294
Passes
516
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
1
6
Crosses
17
0.3
Cross %
0.1
77
Long Balls
62
20
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
0
Blocked Shots
5
22
Effective Tackles
19
27
Tackles
22
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
14
Effective Clearances
10
14
Clearances
10

Head to Head

CAN leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

CAN · 4-3-3

  1. 1Erin McLeodG
  2. 10Lauren SesselmannCD-L
  3. 3Kadeisha BuchananCD-R
  4. 15Allysha ChapmanLB
  5. 9Josée BélangerRB
  6. 11Desiree ScottCM
  7. 13Sophie SchmidtLM
  8. 22Ashley LawrenceRM
  9. 16Jonelle FilignoF
  10. 12Christine SinclairLF
  11. 14Melissa TancrediRF

CHN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Fei WangG
  2. 6Li DongnaCD-L
  3. 14Zhao RongCD-R
  4. 2Liu ShanshanLB
  5. 5Wu HaiyanRB
  6. 10Li YingAM
  7. 23Ren GuixinLM
  8. 19Tan RuyinRM
  9. 9Wang ShanshanF
  10. 17Gu YashaAM-L
  11. 21Wang LisiAM-R

Timeline

  1. 22' Desiree Scott (Canada) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 42' Substitution, China PR. Han Peng replaces Wang Lisi.
  3. 61' Substitution, Canada. Kaylyn Kyle replaces Jonelle Filigno.
  4. 62' Substitution, China PR. Zhang Rui replaces Li Ying.
  5. 71' Substitution, Canada. Jessie Fleming replaces Desiree Scott.
  6. 77' Substitution, Canada. Adriana Leon replaces Melissa Tancredi.
  7. 87' Substitution, China PR. Ma Jun replaces Gu Yasha.
  8. 90'+2' Goal! Canada 1, China PR 0. Christine Sinclair (Canada) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.

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