Women’s Football: Liverpool vs Chelsea

On September 18, all fans of women’s football could enjoy a great match in the English Women’s Super League. Liverpool Women and Chelsea Women had a great football match which ended 2-1.

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Match report and score

The game was played at Liverpool Women’s home stadium, Prenton Park. The main referee of the match was Emily Heaslip, assisted by Emily Carney and Lucy-Anne Briggs, and the fourth official was Abigail Byrne.

Team line ups

Liverpool Women starting lineup:

№1 R. Laws. №25 G. Flaherty. №5 N. Fahey (c). №6 J. Matthews. №2 E. Koivisto. №7 M. Kearns. №18 C. Holland. №12 T. Hinds. №11 M. Lawley. №24 K. Stengel. №9 L. Kiernan.

Chelsea Women starting lineup:

№1 Z. Musovic. №4 M. Bright. №26 K. Buchanan. №16 M. Eriksson (c). №21 N. Charles. №22 E. Cuthbert. №5 S. Ingle. №14 F. Kirby. №11 G. Reiten. №20 S. Kerr. №10 L. James.

The score in the match was opened in the third minute. Chelsea’s Kirby scored from 11 meters when the referee gave a foul to Liverpool in his own box. Stengel scored two goals for the Liverpool team. She could convert two penalties at 67 and 87 minutes of the match. A goal in the 87th minute gave Liverpool the victory in the match.

Teams match stats:

Liverpool Women had 30.9% possession, while Chelsea Women had 69.1%. Total shots were made: 6 by Liverpool and 10 by Chelsea, which on target were 2 vs 4, and off-target were 3 vs 4. It is worth noting the game of the Liverpool goalkeeper, who made 3 saves in the game. Shots blocked: by Liverpool 1 and by Chelsea 2. The Chelsea team had 83.4% accurate passes, and Liverpool had 63%. Also, Chelsea Women had a 1 clear-cut chance, but unfortunately, they could not use it to score. Chelsea also had 4 corner kicks, and none of them had Liverpool. Offsides – 1 for Liverpool and 4 for Chelsea. Team Liverpool Women player’s received 2 yellow cards.

The Liverpool team was ready to play and win, but they were already awarded the first penalty in the game in the second minute of the match. A clumsy foul by Gilly Flaherty against Guro Reiten in the box resulted in the referee awarding a penalty, which Fran Kirby converted accurately. It was her first goal for Chelsea since February this year.

On the contrary, Chelsea did not use their opportunities. The team could have scored another goal in the 20th minute of the game, but Kerr hurried with acceleration and was offside. As a result, the…