Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Above: The spurs team that lined up to face Brighton. Photo: Spurswomen on X.
By Aimee-Lou Caldecourt (5/10/25)
The Action
Both managers made one change from the last gameweek, with Ashleigh Neville coming in for Josefine Rybrink for Tottenham and Rachel McLauchlan coming in for MoekaMinami.
In the early stages Jess Naz was able to find herself in acres of space on the right hand side for Spurs to create chances and the first shot on target of the game which was calmly collected by Chiamaka Nnandozie in the sticks.
Spurs took the lead after 26 minutes. Cathinka Tandberg met the end of Olivia Holdt’s cross on the left hand side, and she tapped home. The Brighton defence struggled to keep up with the Spurs forward line and took their eye off Tandberg who slotted it into the net.
Brighton’s only real attempt of the first half came from a corner which floated in to find the head of Nadine Noordamthen to Michelle Agyemang who appealed for a foul in the box, but Lize Kop claimed the ball to her chest and nullified any further attempt. Brighton struggled to keep possession of the ball in the first half consequently not creating half as many dangerous attempts as Spurs.
The second half started quite quiet, with neither team really making an impact until around the 55 minute mark where it would be Spurs to challenge Nnadozie again, first with a free kick from Eveliina Summanen, then Bethany England who forced a near post collection.
After substitutions, Brighton seemed to have taken a 3-4-3 approach, with Marisa Olislagers on the left being more advanced up the pitch to try and challenge the more creative side of Spurs.
It was a tough day for the Seagulls as it seemed as though they were unable to keep up with the pace of Spurs, in particular when played out on the wing.
Tottenham end the match week in 3rd , much to the delight of Martin Ho who has transformed this team so far this season. Brighton remain 6th and look to bounce back in the Subway Cup midweek.
Line-ups:
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR: Kop (GK), Nilden, Naz (for Grant 88’), England ©, Holdt (for Vinberg, 66’), Hunt, Tandberg (for Thomas 71’), Spence (for Ahtinen 71’),Summanen, Neville, Koga
SUBS: Heeps (GK), Grant, Oroz, Rybrink, Vinberg, Graham, Thomas, Gunning-Williams, Ahtinen
GOALSCORERS: Tandberg (26’)
BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION: Nnandozie (GK), Kafaji, Symonds ©, Agyemang, Cankovic, Seike (for Rayner 88’), Noordam (for Camacho 71’), Hayes, Olislagers, McLauchlan (for Mpome 71’), Rule
SUBS: Poulter (GK), Baggaley (GK), Mpome, Carabali, Rayner, Camacho, Tsunoda, Milner, Heron
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