Match Report
7 points for Sunderland W (2nd), 3 for Bristol City W (8th): a 4-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Sunderland W 2 scored and 0.67 conceded per game, Bristol City W 2 and 2, with the league averaging 1.39.
Sunderland W arrived off three straight defeats.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 2 for Sunderland W, 3 for Bristol City W and 0 drawn, at 5.2 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 40% of the wins in this matchup. Goals tend to flow: 100% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 60%.
Eppleton Colliery Football Ground, capacity 2,500, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 4-1.
Goal scorers
Sunderland W: Rhiannon Beth Roberts (27'), Katie Kitching (50'), Katy Watson (77'), Katy Watson (83') · Bristol City W: Lotta Lindström (14')
Key stats
Possession: Sunderland W 55% · Bristol City W 45% · Total shots: 11-10 · On target: 6-4 · Corners: 7-4