English Women's Super League

FT Sunday, September 14, 2025
Chelsea WWWWW 3
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Aston Villa WWWWD 1
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CHE123
AVL101
Villa Park · 4,994 att.

Match Report

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Kerr scores on return as Chelsea overcome Aston Villa

Sam Kerr scored on her first Chelsea appearance for 20 months as the champions maintained their perfect start to the WSL season with a 3-1 win at Aston Villa.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
9
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
3
55
Possession
45
18
SHOTS
15
6
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
342
Accurate Passes
273
438
Passes
358
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
2
20
Crosses
14
0.1
Cross %
0.1
48
Long Balls
45
17
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
7
7
Effective Tackles
12
15
Tackles
19
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
10
Interceptions
4
12
Effective Clearances
29
12
Clearances
29

Head to Head

CHE leads series 5-0

Lineups

AVL · 3-4-1-2

  1. 26Ellie RoebuckG
  2. 4Anna PattenCD
  3. 24Océane DeslandesCD-L
  4. 14Lynn WilmsCD-R
  5. 8Jill BaijingsCM-L
  6. 7Missy Bo KearnsCM-R
  7. 9Rachel DalyAM
  8. 16Noelle MaritzLM
  9. 23Chasity GrantRM
  10. 20Kirsty HansonCF-L
  11. 17Ebony SalmonCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 38Rachel MaltbySUB
  2. 15Lucy ParkerSUB
  3. 21Lucia KendallSUB
  4. 2Sarah MaylingSUB
  5. 18Georgia MullettSUB
  6. 25Miri TaylorSUB
  7. 40Soffia KellySUB

CHE · 4-1-4-1

  1. 24Hannah HamptonG
  2. 4Millie BrightCD-L
  3. 14Nathalie BjörnCD-R
  4. 30Keira WalshDM
  5. 21Niamh CharlesLB
  6. 2Ellie CarpenterRB
  7. 18Wieke KapteinCM-L
  8. 9Catarina MacarioCM-R
  9. 11Guro ReitenLM
  10. 19Johanna Rytting KanerydRM
  11. 33Aggie Beever-JonesF

Substitutes

  1. 17Sandy BaltimoreSUB
  2. 1Livia PengSUB
  3. 8Erin CuthbertSUB
  4. 12Alyssa ThompsonSUB
  5. 5Veerle BuurmanSUB
  6. 27Oriane Jean-FrançoisSUB
  7. 6Sjoeke NüskenSUB
  8. 20Sam KerrSUB
  9. 23Maika HamanoSUB

Timeline

  1. 22' Goal! Aston Villa Women 0, Chelsea Women 1. Aggie Beever-Jones (Chelsea Women) header from very close range to the top left corner.
  2. 34' Goal! Aston Villa Women 1, Chelsea Women 1. Ebony Salmon (Aston Villa Women) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Chasity Grant.
  3. 45' Substitution, Chelsea Women. Alyssa Thompson replaces Guro Reiten.
  4. 45' Substitution, Chelsea Women. Erin Cuthbert replaces Wieke Kaptein.
  5. 45' Substitution, Chelsea Women. Sandy Baltimore replaces Niamh Charles.
  6. 55' Own Goal by Missy Kearns, Aston Villa Women. Aston Villa Women 1, Chelsea Women 2.
  7. 63' Sandy Baltimore (Chelsea Women) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 66' Substitution, Aston Villa Women. Lucia Kendall replaces Missy Kearns.
  9. 75' Substitution, Chelsea Women. Sam Kerr replaces Johanna Rytting Kaneryd.
  10. 76' Substitution, Aston Villa Women. Georgia Mullett replaces Ebony Salmon.
  11. 86' Substitution, Aston Villa Women. Miri Taylor replaces Rachel Daly.
  12. 88' Substitution, Chelsea Women. Oriane Jean-François replaces Catarina Macário.
  13. 90'+3' Goal! Aston Villa Women 1, Chelsea Women 3. Sam Kerr (Chelsea Women) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  14. 90'+5' Millie Bright (Chelsea Women) is shown the yellow card.

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