Key occasions
Leicester Metropolis v Crystal Palace group information
The ultimate fixture of right now:
GOAL! Manchester Metropolis 2-0 West Ham (Fowler 71)
That needs to be the sport for Metropolis. A backpass goes mistaken for West Ham, with Khadija Shaw, on as a sub, intercepting within the space. She retains a maintain of it by the byline earlier than hanging up a cross on the far put up; Mary Foster leaps excessive to information a header into the web.
GOAL! Tottenham 0-1 Liverpool (Kapocs 10)
Stunner! It’s an error from Becky Spencer in aim that creates it, her kick out from the again going straight to Cornelia Kapocs within the left channel. With Spencer off her line, Kapocs rapidly launches from greater than 20 yards out, completely inserting it into the web.
17 min: Arsenal 0-0 Everton Any sense of drama is but to emerge on the Emirates. Elsewhere in London, Spurs have kicked off in opposition to Liverpool.
48 min: Manchester Metropolis 1-0 West Ham Hemp practically has her and Metropolis’s second, putting the crossbar earlier than blasting over a easy probability lower than a minute later, having been completely arrange by Chloe Kelly’s cross throughout aim.
46 min: Manchester Metropolis 1-0 West Ham Jill Roord is off for Metropolis, with Vivianne Miedema getting a run out for the second half.
1 min: Arsenal 0-0 Everton We’re up and away on the Emirates, the place Everton are trying to find their first factors of the season.
Half-time: Manchester Metropolis 1-0 West Ham Metropolis have had an awesome quantity of possession however haven’t examined Kinga Szemik sufficient; the Hammers stay within the contest.
39 min: Manchester Metropolis 1-0 West Ham Metropolis appear unable to lose the ball, a gazillion-pass transfer solely breaking down after Leila Ouahabi’s tried ball throughout aim to Chloe Kelly is lower out.
30 min: Manchester Metropolis 1-0 West Ham Hemp stays a nuisance, drifting from the left into the world to threaten the aim. This time she will get her head on the tip of a cross from Yui Hasegawa, the ball looping over the bar.
27 min: Manchester Metropolis 1-0 West Ham It’s all Metropolis in the intervening time on the Joie Stadium, forming a recreation of assault versus defence within the West Ham half.
Tottenham v Liverpool group information
On to the line-ups for the two.15pm kick-off.
The Reds to face Tottenham Hotspur this afternoon 📋🔴#TOTLIV
— Liverpool FC Girls (@LiverpoolFCW) October 6, 2024
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GOAL! Manchester Metropolis 1-0 West Ham (Hemp 10)
Lauren Hemp will get Metropolis up and working. Mary Fowler is surrounded by West Ham shirts on the sting of the field, along with her again to aim, however one way or the other will get the ball to slide into the world. Hemp makes a sneaky run inside, nails the dummy and calmly slots in.
Arsenal v Everton group information
Right here’s the state of affairs on the Emirates:
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🏟️ An Emirates Stadium debut for @DomselaarDaphne
🫡 Kim Little with the armband
🤩 @bmeado9 makes her two hundredth Arsenal lookCome on you Gunners! 💪
— Arsenal Girls (@ArsenalWFC) October 6, 2024
DISALLOWED GOAL! Manchester Metropolis 0-0 West Ham
Viviane Asseyi is thru on aim, along with her deflected shot trickling into the web to present West Ham a shock lead inside two minutes … however the flag is up. It was a killer by means of ball from Katrina Gorry to separate the Metropolis defence.
Issues are about to get underway on the Joie Stadium. The Netherlands’ Jill Roord, by the best way, is within the beginning XI having made her return from an ACL harm off the bench final weekend.
One other pre-match learn for you, courtesy of Tom Garry:
The worldwide flavour of the WSL little doubt has many advantages, not least in widening the printed attraction of the division throughout the globe, partaking followers on totally different continents and boosting sponsorship revenues. Nonetheless, might it come at a value to the event of younger English gamers?
Metropolis’s XI – closely rotated – means they’re giving the large names a relaxation earlier than the large conflict with Barcelona within the week. Talking of the Champions League, right here’s extra on the mess surrounding that Chelsea-Manchester United postponement.
This, from a pair days in the past, is a very beautiful learn.
Manchester Metropolis v West Ham group information
Right here’s how we’re trying …
At this time’s squad to face West Ham! 📋
XI | Yamashita, Aleixandri, Greenwood (C), Fowler, Kelly, Roord, Hemp, Ouahabi, Casparij, Blindkilde Brown, Hasegawa
SUBS | Keating, Layzell, Miedema, Coombs, Kennedy, Fujino, Shaw, Thomas, Murphy#ManCity | @etihad pic.twitter.com/WWvAEvf6ca
— Manchester Metropolis Girls (@ManCityWomen) October 6, 2024
So Vivianne Miedema drops to the bench for Metropolis, as does Bunny Shaw – Metropolis make 5 adjustments from the facet that began within the 1-0 victory over Brighton final weekend. West Ham have simply the one change, with new signing Camila Sáez changing Shannon Cooke from the XI that drew in opposition to Liverpool.
Preamble
Howdy, howdy, howdy and welcome to protection of Chelsea’s bumper WSL conflict with Manchester United right now’s WSL clockwatch! There’s been a controversial postponement however we’ve nonetheless obtained lots to control:
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Manchester Metropolis v West Ham – 1pm BST
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Arsenal v Everton – 2pm
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Tottenham v Liverpool – 2.15pm
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Leicester v Crystal Palace – 3pm
Metropolis might be eyeing up a spot on the high of the desk even whether it is transient, with Arsenal and Spurs each on 4 factors, too. Brighton kicked off the weekend’s motion with a victory in opposition to Aston Villa yesterday, Fran Kirby slotting within the essential spotkick. Tom Garry was there for that one.
