Chelsea liquidates Reading 5-0 with a superb match

Chelsea estinguishes Reading 5-0 with goals of

April 4, 2022

Chelsea annihilates Reading 5-0 with goals of J. Fleming (40′), B. England (52′), S. Kerr (66′), S. Kerr (77′) and B. England (90′ pen). Chelsea was truly better in terms of ball possession (76%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

The referee was Emily Heaslip.

Match Statistics

Chelsea W

5 - 0

Reading W

! 76 Ball Possession 24

Shots

15 Total 2
7 On Target 1
8 Off Target 1
0 Shots blocked 0

96 Attack 68
73 Dangerous attack 34
89 Ball safe 66

1 Penalties 0
4 Corners 1

Fouls

0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 2

Ball possession

Chelsea was in firm control of the ball 76% while Reading was struggling with a 24% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Chelsea was more aggressive with 73 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Chelsea won the match.

Chelsea shot 15 times, 7 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Reading shot 2 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

None of the teams received any yellow card.

Match Timeline

Jessie Fleming(goal)B. England

40'

52'

57'

Sanne Troelsgaard- sub ->E. Harries

S. Kerr(goal)G. Reiten

66'

S. Kerr(goal)E. Cuthbert

77'

Maren Mjelde- sub ->A. Nouwen

78'

Niamh Louise Charles- sub ->J. Carter

78'

Jonna Andersson- sub ->G. Reiten

79'

Tia Primmer- sub ->N. Harding

Alsu Abdullina- sub ->J. Fleming

81'

82'

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Next matches

In the next match in the Women’s Super League, Chelsea will play away with Birmingham W on the 1st of May with a 7-1 head to head stats in favor of Chelsea (1 draw).

Reading will play away agasint Leicester W on the 1st of May with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Reading (0 draws).

Chelsea – Formation

Chelsea W

Zecira Musovic 1.Sweden

Magdalena Ericsson 16.Sweden

M. Bright 4.England

Jessica Carter 7.England

78'

Aniek Nouwen 3.Netherlands

78'

S. Ingle 5.Wales

Jessie Fleming 17.Canada

81'

40'

G. Reiten 11.Norway

79'

E. Cuthbert 22.Scotland

82'

S. Kerr 20.Australia

66', 77'

B. England 9.England

52', 90'

Substitutes

A. Berger 30.Germany

J. Andersson 25.Sweden

79'

Maren Mjelde 18.Norway

78'

Alsu Abdullina 27.Russia

81'

Drew Spence 24.Jamaica

82'

E. Thompson 35.England

Niamh Louise Charles 21.England

78'

The manager Emma Hayes decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Chelsea made 5 changes: A. Nouwen for M. Mjelde (78′), J. Carter for N. Charles (78′), G. Reiten for J. Andersson (79′), J. Fleming for A. Abdullina (81′) and E. Cuthbert for D. Spence (82′).