Bristol City Women 1-2 Arsenal Women: McCabe scores twice

Katie McCabe scored twice as Arsenal beat Bristol City 2-1 in front of a record 12,008 crowd at Ashton Gate in the Women's Super League.

McCabe put Arsenal in front with a powerful strike from range after seven minutes before Rachel Furness equalised for Bristol City with a glancing header, which was their only attempt of the game.

Bristol City's game plan to frustrate Arsenal was working until their resistance broke just before the hour. McCabe's deflected shot following a set-piece wrong-footed Bristol City goalkeeper Olivia Clark and they failed to recover.

Vivianne Miedema played for the first time in 11 months after suffering an ACL injury in December 2022, replacing Alessia Russo in stoppage-time while Beth Mead got more valuable minutes under her belt off the bench.

Arsenal remain in seventh, two points outside the top three, after their first back-to-back wins of the season. Bristol City, meanwhile, are still looking for their first points of the league season.

What's next?

After the international break, Bristol City travel to West Ham on Sunday November 5 in the WSL; kick-off 3pm. Arsenal play on the same day, welcoming Man City to Meadow Park; kick-off 12.30pm.