WSL 2025-26: Shaw’s four-goal haul sees Manchester City win 6-1 over Aston Villa

Manchester City’s Khadija Shaw struck four times to help the Women’s Super League leaders to a 6-1 thrashing of Aston Villa on Sunday for a 10th consecutive WSL win.

City have 30 points after 11 games, six ahead of second-placed Chelsea, whose 34-match unbeaten run in the WSL ended last weekend and bounced back to beat Brighton & Hove Albion 3-0.

Arsenal, who won 3-1 at Everton on Saturday, are two points back in third place on 22. Fourth-place Manchester United hosted fifth-place Tottenham Hotspur in Sunday’s late match.

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Jamaican international Shaw became City’s first women’s player to score 100 goals and achieved that target with her first of the day, a clinical finish from Vivianne Miedema’s cross. On the stroke of half time she doubled her number.

Aoba Fujino made it three for the home team just after the hour mark via the counter-attack. Lucy Parker headed one back for the visitor, but Miedema’s tap restored City’s three-goal lead.

Shaw scored two more goals late in the match for 103 in 120 appearances in all competitions.

Villa dropped to eighth place with 13 points. Second-placed West Ham United and Liverpool drew 2-2, while Leicester City defeated London City Lionesses 1-0.

Published on December 14, 2025