Isobel Goodwin scored three times as London City Lionesses beat Crystal Palace 4–2 in the English Women’s League Cup. Her goals in the 44th, 59th and 74th minutes transformed a narrow lead before the interval into a three-goal advantage during the second half.

The closing exchanges then changed the score three more times. Annabel Blanchard replied for Palace after 82 minutes, Freya Godfrey scored London City’s fourth in the 84th and Shannon O’Brien supplied Palace’s second in added time. Godfrey’s intervention restored the three-goal margin just two minutes after it had first been reduced.

Goodwin’s hat-trick built the lead, but the timing of Godfrey’s goal also deserves attention because it interrupted Palace’s late response. Reading the sequence makes the result more informative than a bare six-goal summary. This account establishes what happened in the match; it does not independently claim that the score settled a group position or qualification outcome.

London City Lionesses 4–2 Crystal Palace

Match date: 2026-10-28 21:00 Asia/Jerusalem. Result and scoring timeline according to ESPN’s match record.

  • Isobel Goodwin — 44' — London City Lionesses
  • Isobel Goodwin — 59' — London City Lionesses
  • Isobel Goodwin — 74' — London City Lionesses
  • Annabel Blanchard — 82' — Crystal Palace
  • Freya Godfrey — 84' — London City Lionesses
  • Shannon O'Brien — 90'+2' — Crystal Palace

Archival cover photograph: Isobel Goodwin during her Coventry spell in April 2023; not an image of the current event. Photographer/creator: James Boyes from UK. Image source and metadata; CC BY 2.0. The Wikimedia-supplied thumbnail is used without further modification. Image date as recorded by the source: 2023-04-02 14:57.