The Blues boosted Women’s Super League campaign with a win at Walsall that contained a landmark Sam Kerr goal. With Arsenal’s win over Manchester City earlier in the day, Chelsea move into second place in the table, two points ahead of the Gunners and one behind Manchester United, who have played a game more.
There is now a two-week pause in the busy club schedule while players depart on international duty. Then it is a return to play Aston Villa away again - this time in the FA Cup semi-finals. That one is a 2.15pm kick-off on Sunday 16 April.
Chelsea Women LineUp:
Musovic; Carter, Buchanan, Eriksson (c), Charles; Rytting Kaneryd, Fleming, Ingle, Reiten (Perisset 81); Cankovic, Kerr (Abdullina 81).
Unused subs Berger, Mjelde, James, Cuthbert.
Scorers Cankovic 22, Reiten 43, Kerr 56
Booked Buchanan 90+4
Aston Villa Women LineUp:
Hampton, Staniforth, Patten, Turner (c), Pacheco; Dali, Blindkilde, Nobbs; Lehmann (Littlejohn 68), Daly, Hanson (Gregory 76).
Unused subs Leat, Rabjohn, Shaw, Keitley, Boye-Hlorkah
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