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Arsenal W defeats Leicester City WFC with a Leonhardsen-Maanum goal
Leicester, Leicestershire – Arsenal W secured a convincing victory over Leicester City WFC on the second matchday of the FA WSL, with a final score of 1-0. The only goal of the game came in the 55th minute, courtesy of a strike from Fridolina Rolfö Leonhardsen-Maanum, assisted by Italian Alessia Russo.
Arsenal dominated possession for the majority of the game, achieving 66% compared to Leicester’s 34%. They also created more scoring chances, with 9 shots (4 on target), while Leicester managed 9 shots (3 on target). Arsenal also had more corners (11), and both teams committed 7 fouls.
Despite the defeat, Leicester had opportunities to level the game but were unable to capitalize on them.
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Substitutions arsenal w: at minute 58 S. Blackstenius came in and F. Leonhardsen-Maanum went out., at minute 58 M. Caldentey came in and B. Mead went out., at minute 58 K. Little came in and K. Cooney-Cross went out., at minute 72 R. Kafaji came in and K. McCabe went out., at minute 90 K. Reid came in and C. Foord went out.
Substitutions leicester city wfc: at minute 63 S. Takarada came in and R. Mace went out., at minute 63 D. Rose came in and D. Goodwin went out., at minute 71 S. Chossenotte came in and N. Mouchon went out., at minute 71 C. Nevin came in and C. Bott went out., at minute 81 E. Pelgander came in and S. Tierney went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Leicester City WFC
Arsenal W
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