MANCHESTER. Manchester City defeated Everton 3-2 thanks to K. Shaw who scored in the 51st and 69th minute. Manchester City was definitely better in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Academy Stadium stadium in Manchester on Saturday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. The referee was Kirsty Dowle. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 22.1 degrees Celsius or 71.8 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 44%.
Match Statistics
- ! 66 Ball Possession 34
Shots
- 19 Total 12
- 6 On Target 7
- 13 Off Target 3
- 3 Shots blocked 2
- 116 Attack 62
- 82 Dangerous attack 43
- 82 Ball safe 79
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 3
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 8 Total 6
- 0 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Manchester City had a strong ball possession 66% while Everton was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Manchester City was more pushing with 82 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Manchester City won the match.
Manchester City shot 19 times, 6 on target, 13 off target. On the opposite side, Everton shot 12 times, 7 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Manchester City didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Everton received 2 yellow cards (R. Sevecke and A. Clarke).
Match Timeline
Standings
Next matches
Manchester City – Formation
The manager Gareth Taylor decided to play with the following team: Khiara Keating, Stephanie Houghton, Alex Greenwood, Leila Ouahabi El Ouahabi, Esme Beth Morgan, Filippa Angeldal, Yui Hasegawa, Khadija Monifa Shaw, Chloe Kelly, Deyna Cristina Castellanos Naujenis and Lauren Hemp.
The home team had on the bench: Kerstin Casparij, Laura Coombs, Hayley Raso and Jemima Dahou.
Substitutions
Manchester City made 4 changes: E. Morgan for Laura Coombs (79′), L. Hemp for Hayley Raso (84′), Leila Ouahabi for Kerstin Casparij (84′) and D. Castellanos for Jemima Dahou (84′).
Everton – Formation
Brian Sorensen played with: Courtney Brosnan, Katrine Veje, Nathalie Björn, Elise Isolde Stenevik, Isobel Christiansen, Lucy Graham, Aurora Galli, Clare Wheeler, Karen Holmgaard, Nicoline Sørensen and Katja Snoeijs.
They had on the bench: Rikke Læntver Sevecke, Annie Wilding, Emily Ramsey, Abby Clarke, Leonie Maier and Hanna Bennison.
Substitutions
Everton made 4 changes: I. Christiansen for Hanna Bennison (62′), E. Stenevik for Rikke Sevecke (72′), K. Snoeijs for Abby Clarke (85′) and K. Holmgaard for Leonie Maier (87′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Women’s Super League.
- West Ham – Tottenham – 2-2
- Reading – Chelsea – 0-3
- Manchester City – Everton – 3-2
- Liverpool – Manchester United – 0-1
- Brighton – Leicester – 0-1
- Arsenal – Aston Villa – 0-2