Nine matches played. Nine matches unbeaten. Four points clear at the top of the FA Women’s Super League table. Arsenal return to winning ways after defeats in the Champions League and FA Cup Final with a clinical 4-0 victory over Leicester City.
Tim Stillman shares his post-match thoughts from Meadow Park.
The high line was very odd. I was wondering whether their goal was the number of off sides, there were 11 I think, and it also meant them employing a last ditch sweeper keeper. A shame Paris didnt score right at the end. Their goalkeeper was good at sweeping and stopping but apart from the off sides there were too many straight long balls through the lines especially in the second half which were easily swept up. The two long balls in succession to Catley showed what could be done. Still I imagine they wont come up against such a… Read more »
My guess is that they trusted their defensive discipline and shape (Lydia Bedford must have felt that it worked the other night v Man U) and they wanted to be closer to our goal if they forced a turnover?
Tim, I thought Hoffeinheim need to score 11 goals unanswered. Why do they only need 5 goals? Isn’t it goal difference first, then head to head?
No, unfortunately head to head goal difference ranks higher.
https://documents.uefa.com/r/Regulations-of-the-UEFA-Women-s-Champions-League-2021/22/Article-18-Equality-of-points-group-stage-Online
It’s head to head so they’d only need 5 to beat our current 4-0 advantage over them.
5 is quite unlikely, it should be said! So, I wouldn’t worry, and we’ve already qualified as far as I’m concerned.