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Birmingham City

3 — 3 Sep 27, 2026 · 06:30 PM IST

Crystal Palace

WSL · Round 4

Venue St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham

Referee Amy Fearn

Attendance 1,627

Player of the Match Océane Hurtré 9.4 90' played

Match Events

1' Home ⚽ Océane Hurtré — 1-0

25' Away Shannon O'Brien

30' Away ⚽ Shanade Hopcroft — 1-1

33' Home ⚽ Océane Hurtré — 2-1

44' Away Jamie-Lee Napier

HT

46' Away ↔ Sierra Enge → Jamie-Lee Napier

70' Away ↔ Abbie Larkin → Shannon O'Brien

70' Away ⚽ Bethany England — 2-2

71' Home ↔ Chancelle Effa Effa → Veatriki Sarri

77' Away ⚽ Lexi Lloyd-Smith — 2-3

81' Home ↔ Suzu Amano → Geum-Min Lee

82' Home Océane Hurtré

87' Home ⚽ Suzu Amano — 3-3

FT

Match Stats

54 46

Ball possession

1.88 2.41

Expected goals (xG)

19 16

Total shots

9 5

Shots on target

26 17

Touches in opposition box

2 3

Big chances

2 2

Big chances missed

368 (81%) 304 (78%)

Accurate passes

1 2

Yellow cards

9 7

Corners

Lineups

Birmingham City (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Amy Merricks

Starting XI

23 Sophie Baggaley 5

3 Marie Levasseur 5.1

21 Millie Turner 6.2

30 Neve Herron 8.1

18 Rebecca McKenna 6.2

26 Asato Miyagawa 6.9

8 Lisa Naalsund 7.8

16 Lily Crosthwaite 7

7 Geum-Min Lee 7.6

22 Océane Hurtré 9.4

27 Veatriki Sarri 6.7

Substitutes

20 Chancelle Effa Effa 5.8

14 Suzu Amano

1 Lucy Thomas

4 Jade Rastocle

2 Martha Harris

15 Rebecca Holloway

6 Shannon Cooke

19 Chelsea Cornet

10 Wilma Leidhammar

Crystal Palace (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Josanne Potter

Starting XI

26 Pauline Peyraud-Magnin 6.6

3 Jamie-Lee Napier 5.4

32 Molly Bartrip 5.7

29 Allyson Swaby 5

22 Teyah Goldie 7

6 Aimee Everett 7.4

24 Shanade Hopcroft 7.6

27 Shannon O'Brien 6.7

17 Annabel Blanchard 7

7 Lexi Lloyd-Smith 8.3

9 Bethany England 8.2

Substitutes

4 Sierra Enge 6.7

19 Abbie Larkin 6.1

56 Comfort Erhabor

30 Shae Yañez

12 Caitlin Cosme

15 Hayley Nolan

11 Ashleigh Weerden

8 Molly Sharpe

10 Kirsty Howat