Two Weeks, Plenty of Drama
Two weeks into the 2026/27 Women’s Super League season and, well, it hasn’t exactly been quiet.
We’ve had statement wins, surprise results, promoted sides refusing to play the part of underdogs, and an early title race that already looks like it could keep us guessing.
Manchester City are the only team with a perfect record. Chelsea have gone from opening-day frustration to putting five past Manchester United. Arsenal somehow managed 30 shots without scoring. And Crystal Palace? Four points, two clean sheets and absolutely no interest in making life easy for the established WSL sides.
It’s early. Very early. But the new season is already giving us plenty to talk about.
Manchester City Set the Early Pace
Two games. Two wins. Six points.
Manchester City are the only WSL side to have won both of their opening matches, following up their 3-1 opening-weekend victory over Birmingham City with an impressive 4-1 win away at Aston Villa.
And Bunny Shaw is already doing Bunny Shaw things.
The City striker has scored in both matches and already has three WSL goals to her name, while Mary Fowler has also found the net in both games.
Lauren Hemp was another standout against Villa, reaching 100 WSL goal contributions as City made it clear that the defending champions have no intention of giving up their crown quietly.
Two weeks don't win you a league title. But six points from six certainly isn't a bad way to start.
Chelsea Respond in Style
If Chelsea were frustrated after being held to a 1-1 draw by Aston Villa on the opening weekend, Manchester United unfortunately found themselves on the receiving end of the response.
Chelsea won 5-0 away at United, with five different players finding the net.
Sjoeke Nüsken opened the scoring before Keira Walsh doubled Chelsea's advantage. Lauren James then scored against her former club, with Ellie Carpenter adding a fourth and Lucy Bronze completing the rout in stoppage time.
It was emphatic, clinical and a pretty sizeable statement from Sonia Bompastor's side.
Chelsea have now gone 14 WSL matches against Manchester United without losing, winning 12 of them.
And Lauren James looks particularly dangerous. She's scored in both league games so far and has already attempted 19 shots, the most ever by a player across a team's opening two matches of a WSL season.
Chelsea might have dropped points in Week One, but anyone wondering whether that meant they were starting slowly probably got their answer on Sunday.
Crystal Palace Are Not Here to Make Up the Numbers
Perhaps the biggest surprise of Matchweek 2 came at the Emirates.
Arsenal had 30 shots.
They had 79% possession.
They had 74 touches inside the Crystal Palace penalty area.
The final score?
Arsenal 0-0 Crystal Palace.
Palace produced an extraordinary defensive performance, with former Arsenal goalkeeper Pauline Peyraud-Magnin making eight saves to keep the Gunners out.
And suddenly their start to the season looks very interesting indeed.
After beating Everton 1-0 on the opening weekend, newly promoted Palace now have four points from two games and are yet to concede a single WSL goal.
Taking a point away at Arsenal is impressive enough. Doing it without conceding while facing 30 shots makes it even better.
Welcome back to the WSL, Palace.
Arsenal Frustrated, But Still Unbeaten
For Arsenal, this was very much one of those afternoons.
They dominated virtually every measurable part of the game against Palace but simply couldn't find the goal.
Mariona Caldentey and Lisa Baum both hit the crossbar, while Alessia Russo is still waiting for her first league goal of the new campaign.
But there is some perspective needed.
The draw extended Arsenal's unbeaten WSL run to 19 matches, equalling a club record stretching back to 2011-12.
Four points from their opening two games isn't disastrous by any stretch. But with Manchester City already sitting on six, dropping two points at home against a promoted side is exactly the sort of result Arsenal will wish they could have back later in the season.
A Tough Start for Manchester United
At the other end of the early-season mood scale, Manchester United have had a start they'll want to forget quickly.
After losing their opener, the 5-0 defeat to Chelsea leaves United without a point from their first two WSL matches.
They've also conceded seven goals, currently the most in the league.
There is obviously a very long season ahead, but after two games United are one of only two WSL sides yet to pick up a point, alongside newly promoted Charlton Athletic.
For a club with ambitions of competing near the top of the table, the response now matters.
And their next league game?
Arsenal.
No pressure, then.
Two Weeks In, What Have We Learned?
Probably that predicting this WSL season after two games would be extremely foolish.
So naturally, we're going to do it anyway.
Manchester City look frighteningly settled. Chelsea have reminded everyone exactly how much firepower they possess. Arsenal are creating chances but will want to rediscover their clinical edge. Crystal Palace might be considerably harder to beat than anyone expected.
And underneath all of that, the expanded WSL is already producing the unpredictability we hoped it would.
There are still months of football ahead of us, plenty of twists to come and almost certainly a few predictions we'll regret making.
But after two weeks?
The 2026/27 WSL is already delivering.
And we're only getting started.