Chelsea had to wait until the second half to break Roma down in a 2–0 Women’s Champions League win. Ellie Carpenter opened the scoring after 51 minutes and Kadeisha Buchanan added the second in the 89th, leaving a long stretch of the contest to be played with only one goal separating the teams.
ESPN’s statistics help explain why Chelsea nevertheless finished with a clean sheet. Roma recorded three attempts and none on target. Chelsea produced 16 attempts, six on target, and held 60.1 per cent of possession. Those figures describe a game in which the hosts combined a greater attacking workload with very limited direct pressure on their own goalkeeper.
Buchanan’s timing matters as much as the final margin. Before her goal, one successful Roma attack could still have levelled the score, regardless of the imbalance in attempts. The late second goal gave Chelsea insurance after Carpenter’s breakthrough, turning a narrow lead into a clearer result without requiring an exaggerated account of Roma’s attacking threat.
Chelsea 2–0 Roma
Match date: 2026-10-28 19:45 Asia/Jerusalem. Result and scoring timeline according to ESPN’s match record.
- Ellie Carpenter — 51' — Chelsea
- Kadeisha Buchanan — 89' — Chelsea
Archival cover photograph: Ellie Carpenter arriving for Chelsea against Manchester City in September 2025; not an image of the current event. Photographer/creator: Katie Chan. Image source and metadata; CC BY-SA 4.0. The Wikimedia-supplied thumbnail is used without further modification. Image date as recorded by the source: 2025-09-05 17:50:04.
