WSL · ENG · Round 21

Brighton (W)
4 - 2 Full time
Arsenal (W)

Broadfield Stadium · Crawley, West Sussex

Lineups

Brighton5-4-1
SB32Baggaley
CH12Hayes
GB5Bergsvand
MT2Thórisdóttir
MA23Auée
MO19Olislagers
KS11⚽Seike
JC10⚽×2↓89'Cankovic
FK14⚽↓45'Kirby
MS18↓90'Symonds
NP9↓90'Parris
MZ1Zinsberger
EF2Fox
LW6Williamson
SC7Catley
KM11↓60'McCabe
KL10↓60'Little
MC8⚽Caldentey
AR23Russo
FM12↓60'Maanum
CF19⚽↓90'Foord
BM9↓59'Mead
Arsenal4-2-3-1

Brighton substitutes

15 Nadine Noordam 6.5 ↑45'
27 Rachel McLauchlan ↑89'
33 Charlize Rule ↑90'
22 Dejana Stefanovic ↑90'
52 Silvana Marshall-Miranda
20 Bruna Vilamala
7 Aisha Masaka
17 Rebecca Rayner

Coach: Dario Vidosic

Arsenal substitutes

18 Chloe Kelly 6.9 ↑59'
22 Jenna Nighswonger 6.7 ↑60'
13 Lia Wälti 6.6 ↑60'
25 Stina Blackstenius 6.4 ↑60'
21 Victoria Pelova ↑90'
40 Naomi Williams
28 Amanda Ilestedt
3 Lotte Wubben-Moy
32 Kyra Cooney-Cross

Coach: Renée Slegers

Match events

16'Fran Kirby assist: Jelena Cankovic 1 - 0⚽
21'Marisa Olislagers
29'Caitlin Foord 1 - 1⚽
43'Jelena Cankovic 2 - 1⚽
45'↑ Nadine Noordam ↓ Fran Kirby⇄
45'Maria Thórisdóttir
Second half
52'Jelena Cankovic assist: Marit Auée 3 - 1⚽
54'Kiko Seike assist: Marisa Olislagers 4 - 1⚽
59'↑ Chloe Kelly ↓ Beth Mead⇄
60'↑ Stina Blackstenius ↓ Frida Maanum⇄
60'↑ Lia Wälti ↓ Kim Little⇄
60'↑ Jenna Nighswonger ↓ Katie McCabe⇄
85'Caitlin Hayes
86'Nadine Noordam
89'↑ Rachel McLauchlan ↓ Jelena Cankovic⇄
90'↑ Dejana Stefanovic ↓ Nikita Parris⇄
90'↑ Charlize Rule ↓ Maisie Symonds⇄
90+1'↑ Victoria Pelova ↓ Caitlin Foord⇄
90+3'Mariona Caldentey 4 - 2⚽

Where to watch

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Match details

CompetitionWSL
Kick-off (UTC)Monday, 5 May 2025, 15:00 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

1Brighton (W) wins1Draws16Arsenal (W) wins

18 past meetings on record. Biggest Brighton (W) win: Arsenal 5–0 Brighton (2024). Biggest Arsenal (W) win: Brighton 0–5 Arsenal (2020).

6 May 2026Brighton 1 - 1 ArsenalWSL
5 Apr 2026Arsenal 0 - 2 BrightonWomen's FA Cup
12 Oct 2025Arsenal 1 - 0 BrightonWSL
22 Jan 2025Brighton 0 - 4 ArsenalWomen's League Cup
8 Nov 2024Arsenal 5 - 0 BrightonWSL
18 May 2024Arsenal 5 - 0 BrightonWSL
19 Nov 2023Brighton 0 - 3 ArsenalWSL
10 May 2023Brighton 0 - 4 ArsenalWSL
16 Sep 2022Arsenal 4 - 0 BrightonWSL
13 Mar 2022Brighton 0 - 3 ArsenalWSL
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27 Jan 2022Arsenal 2 - 1 BrightonWSL
31 Oct 2021Arsenal 3 - 0 BrightonWomen's FA Cup
25 Apr 2021Arsenal 2 - 0 BrightonWSL
11 Oct 2020Brighton 0 - 5 ArsenalWSL
12 Jan 2020Brighton 0 - 4 ArsenalWSL
29 Sep 2019Arsenal 4 - 0 BrightonWSL
28 Apr 2019Brighton 0 - 4 ArsenalWSL
25 Nov 2018Arsenal 4 - 1 BrightonWSL