Everton 0-5 Chelsea: Visitors maintain perfect WSL start under Bompastor

Chelsea maintained their perfect start to the Women’s Super League season by thrashing Everton 5-0 at Goodison Park on Sunday.

They took the lead in the 14th minute when Kadeisha Buchanan’s teasing delivery was headed beyond Courtney Brosnan by Agnes Beever-Jones.

The visitors then struck twice shortly before the break, first through Erin Cuthbert, who dispossessed Veatriki Sarri before sending a left-footed effort into the bottom corner.

Guro Reiten then got herself on the scoresheet, squeezing the ball in at Brosnan’s front post after being picked out by Sjoeke Nusken’s searching ball into the box.

Chelsea continued to dominate after the interval, but had to wait until the 82nd minute to notch their fourth through Wieke Kaptein’s fine effort into the roof of the net.

Just over a minute later, Ashley Lawrence rounded off a fine team move to tap home Oriane Jean-Francois’ cross to seal yet another win for Sonia Bompastor’s Blues.

A performance! #CFCW pic.twitter.com/4a2AlYM3Pb

— Chelsea FC Women (@ChelseaFCW) November 3, 2024

Data Debrief: Brilliant Blues march on

The triumph saw manager Bompastor become the third manager to win their first five games in the WSL, after David Parker and Jonas Eidevall.

And it was arguably the most dominant win her tenure. The Blues racked up 26 shots compared to Everton’s six, ending the contest with an expected goals (xG) total of 3.16 compared to their opponents’ measly 0.37.

Chelsea have now equalled their longest winning run in the WSL against a single team, with the victory over the Toffees their 10th in a row, going level with their current win streaks against Tottenham and West Ham.