Joe Montemurro

Chelsea's 6-2 demolition of Tottenham moved Sonia Bompastor onto 125 points from her first 50 WSL matches — the most by any manager at that stage in the competition's history. Lauren James and Ellie Carpenter each scored twice, while Keira Walsh and Alyssa Thompson registered two assists apiece.

A Leticia McKenna double on her starting debut, plus goals from Caitlin Foord, Clare Wheeler, debutant Daniela Galic and Holly McNamara, powered Australia to a 7-1 rout of world No 47 Haiti in their final October friendly in France.

Nathan Cleary publicly thanked partner Mary Fowler for flying to Australia to care for him after surgery, confirming the reason for her Matildas absence. The Matildas lost 4-2 to Germany without her, and Fowler will also miss the friendly against Haiti.

Australia fell 4-2 to a young Germany side in Karlsruhe on 10 October 2026, with Sam Kerr netting twice for the Matildas but unable to prevent a comprehensive defeat that highlighted Australia’s depth concerns ahead of the 2027 Women’s World Cup.