Matchday 6 delivered another dramatic weekend of WSL action, with Arsenal’s struggles continuing, Chelsea and Manchester City maintaining their strong starts, and London City Lionesses continuing to make headlines.
The WSL returned for Matchday 6 after the international break and, as ever, there was no shortage of talking points.
Arsenal’s struggles deepened with another frustrating result, Chelsea and Manchester City maintained their perfect starts at the top, while London City Lionesses continued to prove they belong among the division’s frontrunners.
Elsewhere, Aston Villa produced one of the comebacks of the weekend to inflict a surprise defeat on Liverpool.
Here are our biggest takeaways from the latest round of action.
Arsenal’s Woes Worsen
Arsenal’s difficult start to the season showed little sign of improving as they were held 1-1 by Birmingham City, with familiar issues at both ends of the pitch again coming to the fore.
While the Gunners dominated stretches of possession, they lacked the cutting edge to turn pressure into goals and were exposed defensively.
The result extended Arsenal’s winless run to five WSL matches, the longest such streak in the club’s history. They are now also without a win in their last two league meetings with promoted opposition; their longest such run against promoted teams in the competition.
There was a sense of inevitability about Arsenal’s attacking struggles. They have scored just five goals in six league matches this season, with no WSL side finding themselves in a more frustrating position in front of goal.
Arsenal are the only team that have hit the woodwork (5) as many times as they’ve scored goals (also 5). They’ve now gone four consecutive home league games without scoring in the first half for the first time since a five-match run between April and October 2023.
When Arsenal did finally find the net, it came through Olivia Smith’s excellent finish from distance, a goal met almost with relief among the home support. It was Smith’s first WSL goal since March and ended the longest league scoring drought of her career, at 12 matches.
Birmingham City’s disciplined back line repeatedly withstood Arsenal pressure, with all four members of the visitors’ defence recording 11 or more clearances (Millie Turner – 12, Shannon Cooke – 12, Rebecca McKenna – 11, Neve Herron – 11). It is the first time in WSL history that four players from the same team have each made at least 11 clearances in a single match, which just highlights Arsenal’s inability to break down teams in a low block.
With just six points from their opening six matches, this is Arsenal’s second-worst start to a WSL campaign, better only than their four-point return in 2014. No side has gone on to win the WSL title after collecting as few as six points from their first six matches.
Bompastor Rewrites the Record Books
If there were any doubts about Sonia Bompastor’s ability to sustain Chelsea’s dominance, they are fading fast. Chelsea’s 6-2 win over Tottenham was a statement performance, and it moved Bompastor onto 125 points from her first 50 WSL matches, the most by any manager at that stage of their career in the competition, overtaking Joe Montemurro (123).
The Blues scored six times from just eight shots on target. That’s the highest shots-on-target conversion rate (75%) Chelsea have ever recorded in a WSL match in which they’ve scored five or more goals, showing just how clinical they were against Spurs.
It was also the first time the Blues had scored six goals in a WSL game since their 6-0 victory over Crystal Palace in September 2024.
The defeat compounded a miserable afternoon for Tottenham, who’ve now lost consecutive WSL matches by four or more goals for the first time in their history.
Chelsea’s attacking fluidity was on show throughout the contest. Four players recorded at least two goal involvements in the same WSL match for the first time since May 2023, with Keira Walsh and Océane Hurtré (six).
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