Aston Villa v Chelsea in the WSL; Southampton v Portsmouth, and more – matchday live | Soccer
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Burnley v Liverpool teams
The big news from Turf Moor is that Alexander Isak is not in the Liverpool squad for their game at Burnley. You can follow live buildup to that one with John Brewin.
Burnley (4-2-3-1): Dubravka; Walker, Hartman, Esteve, Ekdal; Ugochukwu, Cullen; Tchaouna, Laurent, Anthony; Foster.
Subs: Weiss, Worrall, Humphreys, Pires, Luis, Flemming, Mejbri, Edwards, Broja.
Liverpool (4-2-3-1): Alisson; Szoboszlai, Van Dijk, Konate, Kerkez; Mac Allister, Gravenberch; Wirtz, Salah, Gakpo; Ekitike.
Subs: Mamardashvili, Gomez, Endo, Bradley, Chiesa, Robertson, Frimpong, Nyoni, Ngumoha.
Aston Villa continue to press Chelsea, the attacking trio of Rachel Daly, Salmon and Hanson still causing plenty of problems. Back at St Mary’s, Pompey have kept their rivals honest with a couple of dangerous crosses, but it remains goalless.
Tom Garry
Tom Garry is at Goodison Park for Everton’s WSL game against Tottenham. The grand old ground is now the women’s team’s permanent home, and has had a revamp.
The rebrand around the exterior of Goodison Park in recent days has been impressive. A timeline of the women’s team’s history is now found proudly along Goodison Road outside the main stand, while along Walton Road, a series of new banners bear the women’s team’s name and say: ‘A history we own; a future we are making.’ Another simply reads: ‘Goodison Park, the home of Everton Women.’
Two changes for London City, with Lindstrom and Perez replacing Corrales and Zelem – but still no sign of Grace Geyoro getting her WSL debut. In WSL 2, Beth Hepple’s first-half goal has Durham in front at home to Charlton.
Southampton v Portsmouth: A better second half from the hosts so far, and they should probably be ahead as Cameron Archer gets to a through ball before Killip. With the goal gaping, he tries to cross rather than shoot from a narrow angle, and there’s nobody in red and white there to finish it off.
GOAL! Leicester 1-0 Liverpool (Van Egmond 59′)
Intriguing developments at the King Power, where Leicester have just seen Shannon O’Brien sent off for a second yellow – but the 10 women are now ahead thanks to Emily van Egmond’s header.
GOAL! Aston Villa 1-2 Chelsea (Walsh 54′)
Those half-time changes didn’t change the flow of the game much – but Chelsea have restored their lead as Keira Walsh’s strike ricochets in off Missy Bo Kearns. That may go down as an own goal, with Walsh’s shot heading wide before the fateful deflection.
Alyssa Thompson is on for her Chelsea debut, part of a half-time triple sub from Sonia Bompastor. Erin Cuthbert and Sandy Baltimore are also on, with Reiten, Kaptein and Charles making way.
GOALS! London City 0-4 Manchester United (Malard 47, 50)
A sobering start to the second half for the other Lionesses, as Melvine Malard finishes well from Jess Park’s through ball – and moments later, heads home Celin Bizet’s cross for her second goal, and fourth in two WSL games.
Some very sad and shocking news from the world of boxing: former world champion Ricky Hatton has died at the age of 46. Outside of his stellar career, Hatton was a huge Manchester City fan, and there will surely be tributes paid at the Etihad Stadium later.
Tom Garry
Perhaps we should not be surprised to see Aston Villa giving Chelsea such a tough run for their money today. Villa won all five their last five WSL games in a row at the end of last season so they are now unbeaten in six league games. They should probably be winning this one too.
Regardless of how they perform in the second half, their improvements since March, under Natalia Arroyo, are not just valuable for Villa but valuable for the league more broadly, making it a more competitive division. It was boring going into Sunday afternoon’s knowing the ‘big teams’ would go away to face a team like Villa a win. Nowadays we can’t be so sure.
Half time! Southampton 0-0 Portsmouth
Southampton’s in-game xG was an underwhelming 0.01, but Cameron Archer went close in stoppage time with an improvised flick that was gathered by Ben Killip. A much better half for the blue side of this rivalry, but it’s still goalless.
WSL half-time scores
Aston Villa 1-1 Chelsea
Leicester 1-1 Liverpool
London City Lionesses 0-2 Man Utd
WSL 2: Durham 1-0 Charlton
Half-time: Aston Villa 1-1 Chelsea Aggie Beever-Jones put Chelsea in front but Ebony Salmon’s chip has Villa level at the break – and it could be even better for the hosts, with Hannah Hampton making some big saves from Salmon and Kirsty Hanson.
Half-time: London City Lionesses 0-2 Manchester United An early penalty from Maya Le Tissier and Jayde Riviere’s did-she-mean-it finish from a tight angle have the visitors firmly in control.
Half-time: Leicester 0-0 Liverpool Having been on the back foot for most of the first half, Leicester nearly grab the half-time lead through Asmita Ale, whose close-range shot is blocked by Gemma Bonner.
Aston Villa v Chelsea: The hosts really should be ahead against unusually off-colour opponents; Salmon gets ahead of Bright again but sees her shot saved by Hampton.
Southampton v Portsmouth: Pompey continue to look the more likely to break the derby deadlock; Josh Murphy’s cross has to be cleared behind, and his next delivery finds Colby Bishop – but the big striker miscues his shot on goal.
Aston Villa v Chelsea: Salmon has the chance to double her tally after pouncing on Carpenter’s poor back-pass, but Hannah Hampton is out quickly to smother the ball. An even better intervention from the England keeper moments later, as she gets down smartly to keep out Hanson’s goalbound shot.
GOAL! Aston Villa 1-1 Chelsea (Salmon 34′)
Having fallen behind against the run of play, Villa are level thanks to a brilliant finish from Ebony Salmon. From Grant’s cutback, she sends a first-time lob spinning over Hampton and into the far corner. Pick that one out!
Plenty of possession and half-chances for Liverpool at Leicester but the visitors are yet to break through. Meanwhile, a goal at Villa Park!
GOAL! London City 0-2 Man Utd (Rivière 32′)
Manchester United double their lead through Jayde Riviere, who gets played in down the right and smashes a shot inside the near post! Hard to tell if she meant it, or was looking to cross – it’s a spectacular finish, either way.
London City Lionesses v Man Utd: After their early setback, London City have shown plenty of attacking intent, although for the visitors, Anna Sandberg has gone close with a free kick that was well-saved by Elene Lete.
Southampton v Portsmouth: Pompey keeper Nicolas Schmid has had to go off after colliding with his teammate, Connor Ogilvie. Ben Killip, who sprinted back to the dressing room to get something (gloves? energy drink? little towel?) is on in his place.
GOAL! Aston Villa 0-1 Chelsea (Beever-Jones 22′)
Sorry about that, Villa fans. On Chelsea’s first foray forward in a while, Macario skips past a couple of defenders and Ellie Carpenter’s cross is deflected into the path of Aggie Beever-Jones, who nods home unmarked.
It’s been an encouraging start for Aston Villa, with Kirsty Hanson pouncing on a defensive mistake and teeing up Ebony Salmon, who can’t get a shot away in time.
Pompey hit the bar! The visitors have shaded the early proceedings and go close to breaking the deadlock here, as André Dozzell’s shot from 25 yards thunks off the crossbar.
Aston Villa v Chelsea: Niamh Charles has suffered an ankle injury but looks like she will try to play on. Still goalless there and at the King Power, where Leicester host Liverpool.
At Villa Park, Aggie Beever-Jones gets into space but is just caught offside, before Hannah Hampton watches Lynn Wilms’ cross drift onto the roof of her net. It’s been a fast and furious start to the south coast derby – which you can watch on ITV1, if you’re in the UK. Big Match vibes!
GOAL! London City 0-1 Man Utd (Le Tissier pen 4′)
A nightmare start for the WSL newcomers as Jana Fernández hauls down Melvine Malard in the penalty area, and Maya Le Tissier drills her spot-kick down the middle.
Kick-off in Championship and WSL
We’re off at St Mary’s where the two managers, Will Still and John Mousinho, have already exchanged a few choice words on the touchline. We’re also under way in three Women’s Super League games, and there’s already a penalty at Hayes Lane …
There’s a busy schedule of games around Europe today, starting with Roma v Torino in Serie A, which kicked off 30 minutes ago. It’s goalless so far.
“One of those rare moments in recent past where the red Manchester team is sitting above the blue side in the table before their clash,” notes Krishna Moorthy. “Amends shall be made by 5.15pm this afternoon I guess …”
Not much has gone right for Ruben Amorim since he took the United job, but he did pick up four points from last season’s derbies – a wild 2-1 win at the Etihad thanks to two late goals, and a goalless draw I can barely recall, despite live-blogging it.
And finally, two teams looking to rebound from an opening-day loss meet at the King Power Stadium …
WSL: Leicester v Liverpool
Leicester (3-4-1-2): Leitzig; Kees, Boureille, Thibaud; Cayman; Tierney, Van Egmond, Ale; O’Brien; Cain, McLoughlin.
Subs: Clark, Wellesley-Smith, Rantala, Payne, Las, Eiriksdottir, Sherwood, Ayane, Kaczmar.
Liverpool (4-1-4-1): Kirby; Fisk, Bonner, Evans, Clark; Nagano; Olsson, Kerr, Hobinger, Kapocs; Enderby.
Subs: Borggrafe, Parry, Shimizu, Szymczak, Kiernan, Lundgaard, MacLean, Haug, Holland.
