Birmingham City were relegated from the Women’s Super League after a crushing defeat by Manchester City, who moved back up to third place.
Georgia Stanway fired the hosts ahead before Lauren Hemp bundled in three minutes later.
Stanway latched on to a loose ball for City’s third before Alanna Kennedy, Chloe Kelly and Laura Coombs capped off a miserable night for Birmingham.
The loss brings the Blues’ 11-year stint in the WSL to an end.
More to follow.
- Line-ups
- Match Stats
- Live Text
Line-ups
Man City Women
Formation 4-3-3
- 26Roebuck
- 20Bronze
- 33Kennedy
- 5Greenwood
- 3StokesSubstituted forBlakstadat 72′minutes
- 10Stanway
- 24WalshSubstituted forCoombsat 72′minutes
- 19WeirSubstituted forAngeldahlat 73′minutes
- 13RasoSubstituted forKellyat 45′minutes
- 21ShawSubstituted forWhiteat 73′minutes
- 15Hemp
Substitutes
- 7Coombs
- 9Kelly
- 12Angeldahl
- 18White
- 30Mace
- 34Benameur
- 35Keating
- 41Blakstad
B’ham City Women
Formation 3-5-2
- 21Ramsey
- 3Scott
- 4Quinn
- 30LawleySubstituted forQuinnat 60′minutes
- 32Cowie
- 14Finn
- 7SarriSubstituted forWhelanat 79′minutes
- 10Murray
- 8Robertson
- 11PennockSubstituted forEwensat 79′minutes
- 12SmithSubstituted forWhippat 69′minutes
Substitutes
- 1Hourihan
- 2Sandvej
- 9Ewens
- 17Quinn
- 19Whipp
- 22Ryan-Doyle
- 23Whelan
- 27Jenner
- 36Worsey
- Referee:
- Elizabeth Simms
Match Stats
- Possession
- Home80%
- Away20%
- Shots
- Home29
- Away1
- Shots on Target
- Home12
- Away0
- Corners
- Home9
- Away0
- Fouls
- Home3
- Away4
Live Text
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Match ends, Manchester City Women 6, Birmingham City Women 0.
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Manchester City Women 6, Birmingham City Women 0.
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Filippa Angeldahl (Manchester City Women) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Chloe Kelly.
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Attempt missed. Lauren Hemp (Manchester City Women) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Chloe Kelly with a cross following a set piece situation.
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Chloe Kelly (Manchester City Women) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Lisa Robertson (Birmingham City Women).
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Goal!
Goal! Manchester City Women 6, Birmingham City Women 0. Laura Coombs (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Julie Blakstad following a corner.
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Corner, Manchester City Women. Conceded by Harriet Scott.
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Attempt blocked. Filippa Angeldahl (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Georgia Stanway.
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Corner, Manchester City Women. Conceded by Lucy Whipp.
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Goal!
Goal! Manchester City Women 5, Birmingham City Women 0. Chloe Kelly (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Lauren Hemp.
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Offside, Manchester City Women. Filippa Angeldahl tries a through ball, but Ellen White is caught offside.
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Substitution
Substitution, Birmingham City Women. Sarah Ewens replaces Jade Pennock.
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Substitution
Substitution, Birmingham City Women. Emily Whelan replaces Veatriki Sarri.
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Goal!
Goal! Manchester City Women 4, Birmingham City Women 0. Alanna Kennedy (Manchester City Women) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Chloe Kelly with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Manchester City Women. Conceded by Louise Quinn.
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Attempt missed. Georgia Stanway (Manchester City Women) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Filippa Angeldahl.
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Substitution
Substitution, Manchester City Women. Filippa Angeldahl replaces Caroline Weir.
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Substitution
Substitution, Manchester City Women. Ellen White replaces Khadija Shaw.
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Substitution
Substitution, Manchester City Women. Julie Blakstad replaces Demi Stokes.