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Sunderland

3 — 1 Oct 04, 2026 · 06:30 PM IST

Leicester City

English WSL 2 · Round 5

Venue Eppleton Colliery Football Ground, Hetton-le-Hole, Tyne and Wear

Referee Julia Kings

Attendance 513

Player of the Match Katie Kitching 8.6 89' played

Match Events

10' Home ⚽ Katie Kitching — 1-0

24' Away ⚽ Asmita Ale — 1-1

39' Away Emilia Pelgander

45 + 5' Away Araya Dennis

HT

54' Home ⚽ Elise Hughes — 2-1

64' Home ⚽ Sanni Franssi — 3-1

67' Away ↔ Heather Payne → Libby Bance

68' Away ↔ Alisha Lehmann → Araya Dennis

69' Away Simone Sherwood

76' Home ↔ Lily Dent → Sanni Franssi

76' Home ↔ Natasha Fenton → Katy Watson

77' Away ↔ Jessica Ziu → Emilia Pelgander

77' Away Heather Payne

80' Home Lily Dent

84' Home ↔ Mary Corbyn → Jessica Brown

90 + 1' Home ↔ Ria Bose → Katie Kitching

FT

Match Stats

56 44

Ball possession

21 11

Total shots

5 4

Shots on target

45 21

Touches in opposition box

2 1

Big chances

0 1

Big chances missed

294 (78%) 209 (71%)

Accurate passes

0 0

Yellow cards

7 4

Corners

Lineups

Sunderland (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Melanie Reay Copeland

Starting XI

1 Frances Stenson 6.5

77 Tess Laplacette 7

31 Chloe Paxton 7.1

6 Tara Bourne 7.2

11 Jessica Brown 7

20 Atlanta Primus 7.5

23 Kassandra Missipo 7.5

7 Katy Watson 7.5

10 Katie Kitching 8.6

16 Sanni Franssi 8.3

9 Elise Hughes 7.9

Substitutes

14 Natasha Fenton 6.1

19 Lily Dent 6.4

3 Mary Corbyn

2 Ria Bose

18 Noa Schumacher

27 Brianna Westrup

12 Emily Cassap

21 Marissa Sheva

8 Emily Scarr

Leicester City (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Rick Passmoor

Starting XI

16 Katie Keane 4.7

2 Sarah Mayling 6.8

22 Jessica Stapleton 5.7

15 Simone Sherwood 5.8

12 Asmita Ale 7.5

23 Libby Bance 5.7

18 Emilia Pelgander 5.7

30 Araya Dennis 6.6

10 Missy Goodwin 6.9

9 Poppy Pritchard 7.2

17 Paulina Nyström 6.1

Substitutes

11 Heather Payne 6.6

7 Alisha Lehmann 5.8

31 Jessica Ziu 6.1

41 Phoebe Baker

64 Beau King

19 Denny Draper

46 Ffion Bowen