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Chelsea 2, Birmingham City 0, Full time

Full timeWSL Stamford Bridge
Chelsea

Home, position 2 in the table

  • Lexi Potter 8'
  • Melvine Malard 71'

Chelsea 2, Birmingham City 0

Full time

Birmingham City

Away, position 11 in the table

Minute by minute

  1. Minute 8:

    Goal Lexi Potter (Chelsea)

  2. Half-time
  3. Minute 63:

    Substitution (Chelsea) On Melvine Malard , off Sandy Baltimore

  4. Minute 66:

    Substitution (Birmingham City) On Suzu Amano , off Lee Geum-Min

  5. Minute 71:

    Goal Melvine Malard (Chelsea)

  6. Minute 72:

    Substitution (Chelsea) On Maika Hamano , off Wieke Kaptein

  7. Minute 77:

    Substitution (Birmingham City) On Veatriki Sarri , off Lily Crosthwaite

  8. Minute 77:

    Substitution (Birmingham City) On Shannon Cooke , off Neve Herron

  9. Minute 77:

    Substitution (Birmingham City) On Chancelle Effa , off Wilma Leidhammar

  10. Minute 87:

    Substitution (Chelsea) On Katie McCabe , off Alyssa Thompson

  11. Minute 87:

    Substitution (Chelsea) On Nathalie Björn , off Kadeisha Buchanan

  12. Minute 87:

    Substitution (Chelsea) On Giulia Dragoni , off Sjoeke Nüsken

  13. Minute 90 plus 1:

    Yellow card Keira Walsh (Chelsea)

Statistics

  • Possession: Chelsea 72%, Birmingham City 28%

  • Total shots: Chelsea 22, Birmingham City 5

  • Shots on target: Chelsea 8, Birmingham City 3

  • Corners: Chelsea 12, Birmingham City 1

  • Saves: Chelsea 3, Birmingham City 6

  • Offsides: Chelsea 3, Birmingham City 1

  • Fouls: Chelsea 10, Birmingham City 4

Line-ups

Chelsea

Formation 3-4-3

  • 24Hannah HamptonG
  • 26Kadeisha Buchanan(subbed off)CD
  • 5Veerle BuurmanCD-L
  • 22Lucy BronzeCD-R
  • 32Lexi PotterCM-L
  • 21Keira WalshCM-R
  • 6Sjoeke Nüsken(subbed off)LM
  • 2Ellie CarpenterRM
  • 19Wieke Kaptein(subbed off)F
  • 11Sandy Baltimore(subbed off)CF-L
  • 12Alyssa Thompson(subbed off)CF-R

Came on

15 Katie McCabe · 9 Melvine Malard · 14 Nathalie Björn · 16 Giulia Dragoni · 23 Maika Hamano

Birmingham City

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 23Sophie BaggaleyG
  • 30Neve Herron(subbed off)CD-L
  • 21Millie TurnerCD-R
  • 18Rebecca McKennaLB
  • 3Marie LevasseurRB
  • 7Lee Geum-Min(subbed off)AM
  • 26Asato MiyagawaLM
  • 8Lisa NaalsundRM
  • 10Wilma Leidhammar(subbed off)F
  • 22Oceane HurtreAM-L
  • 16Lily Crosthwaite(subbed off)AM-R

Came on

20 Chancelle Effa · 14 Suzu Amano · 6 Shannon Cooke · 27 Veatriki Sarri

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