London City Lionesses 0, Brighton & Hove Albion 1.

London City Lionesses beaten in their final home fixture of 2025 at the CopperJax Community Stadium, Bromley. 

Sunday 6^th December| CopperJax Community Stadium, Bromley.

London City Lionesses suffered a narrow defeat in their Barclays Women’s Super League fixture against Brighton & Hove Albion in Bromley. 

Kiko Seike’s early goal was the difference between the teams. 

London City also broke their record attendance for a WSL home fixture.

The Seagulls’ opener came just six minutes into the contest, Rosa Kafaji winning the ball in midfield leading a Brighton counter attack, Seike finishing well.

The hosts responded well to going behind forcing a number of strong interventions from Brighton keeper Chiamaka Nnadozie including a strike from Nikita Parris. 

While the visitors dominated with the ball, their opponents were always a threat on the break. 

And they could have doubled their advantage when Madison Haley won and took a penalty after a foul by Wasse Sanagaré just shy of the 20-minute mark, and her effort towards the bottom corner was excellently saved at full stretch by Elene Lete.

The home side responded through a double-effort from Grace Geyoro who was played in by Parris which were both well saved.  

London City continued to pile forward towards the end of the first half, winning a flurry of corners which Brighton were able to see off.

The Seagulls nearly doubled their lead shortly after the break when Elena Linari cleared a cross off the line and Lete was forced to react quickly to collect the ball amid a goalmouth scramble.

To their credit Jocelyn Prêcheur ’s side kept pushing for a leveller. Captain Kosovare Asllani’s long-range effort was deflected before Freya Godfrey’s excellent curling effort edged narrowly wide for the hosts, Jana Fernández had a shot cleared by a last-ditch interception.

The visitors set up in a more compact fashion late on to thwart London City, who were unable to find a way past Brighton goalkeeper Nnadozie.

Jocelyn Prêcheur was disappointed with the result, "I think we definitely didn’t play the level that we expected."

"We created many chances, but we went back to the issues we had two months ago. With this many chances, especially in the first half, you have to score at least one time.

"There was a lack of consistency in the game. Maybe a lack of confidence, or energy. We need to analyse because we could’ve done so much better, and I didn’t think we deserved to lose.

"It wasn’t a positive game or result for us, but proof that we need to work harder."

This weekend’s results leave London City Lionesses in sixth place in the Barclays Women’s Super League on 15 points.

Next up, we travel to the East Midlands to take on Leicester City at the King Power Stadium on Sunday 14^th December in our final Barclays Women’s Super League match before the winter break. 

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We then travel to Liverpool on Sunday 11^th January before returning home to the CopperJax Community Stadium, Bromley on Sunday 25^th January to host Manchester City  in the Barclays Women’s Super League.

Teamsheet: Lete, Fernández, Kumagai (Kennedy 87'), Asllani, Linari, Godfrey (Franssi 76'), Parris , Goodwin (Roddar 76'), Imuran , Sangaré (Goldie 87'), Geyoro (Zelem 61').