Chelsea vs Manchester City, 2025-26 English Women's Super League

· English Women's Super League
Chelsea
  • 31': Aggie Beever-Jones
  • 64': Maika Hamano
FT
2 - 1
Manchester City
  • 70': Niamh Charles (OG)

Champions Chelsea edge Man City in WSL opener

Chelsea held off Manchester City to begin defence of their Women's Super League title with a hard-fought 2-1 win at Stamford Bridge.

Match Timeline

  • 31': Agnes Beever-Jones (Chelsea) Goal at 31'
  • 56': Sydney Lohmann (Manchester City) Yellow Card at 56'
  • 62': Catarina Macario (Chelsea) Substitution at 62'
  • 64': Maika Hamano (Chelsea) Goal at 64'
  • 70': Niamh Charles (Chelsea) Own Goal at 70'
  • 77': Johanna Rytting Kaneryd (Chelsea) Substitution at 77'
  • 77': Oriane Jean-François (Chelsea) Substitution at 77'
  • 77': Laura Blindkilde Brown (Manchester City) Substitution at 77'
  • 85': Iman Beney (Manchester City) Substitution at 85'
  • 86': Sjoeke Nüsken (Chelsea) Substitution at 86'
  • 90'+4': Leila Ouahabi (Manchester City) Substitution at 94'

Statistics

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7 Fouls 5
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 0
3 Corner Kicks 5
1 Saves 5
48.3 Possession 51.7
17 SHOTS 8
5 ON GOAL 3
0.3 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
0 Accurate Passes 0
0 Passes 0
0.0 Pass Completion % 0.0
0 Accurate Crosses 0
0 Crosses 0
0.0 Cross % 0.0
0 Long Balls 0
0 Accurate Long Balls 0
0.0 Long Balls % 0.0
3 Blocked Shots 2
0 Effective Tackles 0
0 Tackles 0
0.0 Tackle % 0.0
0 Interceptions 0
0 Effective Clearances 0
0 Clearances 0

Game Information

Competition: English Women's Super League

Venue: Stamford Bridge
Location: London, England
Attendance: 14,182

Women's Super League Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Chelsea 3 +4 9
2 Manchester United 3 +8 7
3 Arsenal 3 +7 7
4 Manchester City 3 +4 6
Full Table

Line-Ups

CHE Chelsea (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
24 Hannah Hampton (GK)
4 Millie Bright
21 Niamh Charles
14 Nathalie Björn
8 Erin Cuthbert
30 Keira Walsh
17 Sandy Baltimore
2 Ellie Carpenter
33 Aggie Beever-Jones
23 Maika Hamano
18 Wieke Kaptein
Chelsea Substitutes:
Livia Peng, Veerle Buurman, Catarina Macario, Johanna Rytting Kaneryd, Oriane Jean-François, Sjoeke Nüsken, Lexi Potter, Sam Kerr, Guro Reiten.

MNC Manchester City (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
31 Ayaka Yamashita (GK)
28 Gracie Prior
4 Jade Rose
5 Alex Greenwood
18 Kerstin Casparij
10 Vivianne Miedema
25 Yui Hasegawa
22 Sydney Lohmann Yellow Card
9 Khadija Shaw
46 Lily Murphy
11 Lauren Hemp
Manchester City Substitutes:
Sacha Lewis, Naomi Layzell, Laura Blindkilde Brown, Khiara Keating, Laura Coombs, Laura Wienroither, Codie Thomas, Iman Beney, Leila Ouahabi.

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