English Women's Super League

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Stamford Bridge · 14,182 att.

Match Report

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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.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
5
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
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
365
Accurate Passes
397
445
Passes
473
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
3
16
Crosses
17
0.3
Cross %
0.2
33
Long Balls
41
13
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
2
15
Effective Tackles
13
26
Tackles
27
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
5
Interceptions
10
16
Effective Clearances
24
16
Clearances
24

Head to Head

CHE leads series 3-2

Lineups

CHE · 3-4-2-1

  1. 24Hannah HamptonG
  2. 4Millie BrightCD
  3. 21Niamh CharlesCD-L
  4. 14Nathalie BjörnCD-R
  5. 8Erin CuthbertCM-L
  6. 30Keira WalshCM-R
  7. 17Sandy BaltimoreLM
  8. 2Ellie CarpenterRM
  9. 33Aggie Beever-JonesF
  10. 23Maika HamanoCF-L
  11. 18Wieke KapteinCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Livia PengSUB
  2. 5Veerle BuurmanSUB
  3. 9Catarina MacarioSUB
  4. 19Johanna Rytting KanerydSUB
  5. 27Oriane Jean-FrançoisSUB
  6. 6Sjoeke NüskenSUB
  7. 32Lexi PotterSUB
  8. 20Sam KerrSUB
  9. 11Guro ReitenSUB

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 31Ayaka YamashitaG
  2. 28Gracie PriorCD-L
  3. 4Jade RoseCD-R
  4. 5Alex GreenwoodLB
  5. 18Kerstin CasparijRB
  6. 10Vivianne MiedemaAM
  7. 25Yui HasegawaLM
  8. 22Sydney LohmannRM
  9. 9Khadija ShawF
  10. 46Lily MurphyAM-L
  11. 11Lauren HempAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 47Sacha LewisSUB
  2. 3Naomi LayzellSUB
  3. 19Laura Blindkilde BrownSUB
  4. 35Khiara KeatingSUB
  5. 7Laura CoombsSUB
  6. 13Laura WienroitherSUB
  7. 44Codie ThomasSUB
  8. 24Iman BeneySUB
  9. 15Leila OuahabiSUB

Timeline

  1. 31' Aggie Beever-Jones (Chelsea) Goal at 31'
  2. 56' Sydney Lohmann (Manchester City) Yellow Card at 56'
  3. 62' Catarina Macario (Chelsea) Substitution at 62'
  4. 64' Maika Hamano (Chelsea) Goal at 64'
  5. 70' Niamh Charles (Chelsea) Own Goal at 70'
  6. 77' Johanna Rytting Kaneryd (Chelsea) Substitution at 77'
  7. 77' Oriane Jean-François (Chelsea) Substitution at 77'
  8. 77' Laura Blindkilde Brown (Manchester City) Substitution at 77'
  9. 85' Iman Beney (Manchester City) Substitution at 85'
  10. 86' Sjoeke Nüsken (Chelsea) Substitution at 86'
  11. 90'+4' Leila Ouahabi (Manchester City) Substitution at 94'

Women's Super League News

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