Actonians Reserves 1 Brentford Women 7 | OneFootball

Brentford Women booked their place in the next round of the Capital Cup following a 7-1 win over Actonians Reserves on Sunday.

Five goals from Chloe Logie, one from Paula Holguin and one from Ashley Cheatley led the way for Karleigh Osborne’s side at Gunnersbury Park.

A different looking starting line-up was fielded, with Regan Graver, Sophie Troth, Nour Aboul Kheir, Holguin, Kirsty Matthews and Habeebat Gbajabiamila making their way into the starting group.

Maddie Phillips nearly struck early as she fired a powerful strike from the right side of the box, but it was kept out by the Actonians’ goalkeeper.

She turned to assist player soon after, pouncing on a loose Actonians’ pass and crossing to Logie who found the back of the net for the opener.

Phillips was take down in the box one minute later and awarded a penalty, however Logie sent it over the bar. Brentford’s number nine made up for it two minutes later as she beat the keeper in a one-on-one duel, took possession and scored her second.

Logie added an assist to her tally two minutes later, crossing the ball from the right side to Holguin who found the back of the net to make it 3-0.

Logie had her hat-trick on 28 minutes, as she outmuscled her opponent running onto a long ball, took possession and scored Brentford’s fourth.

Dominating possession the Bees eyed one more goal before half-time which they got through Logie, this time off a Gbajabiamila assist.

The second half presented a tougher challenge in attack for Brentford, although the Bees continued to dominant possession and position on the pitch.

The hosts nearly had their first goal of the game on 57 minutes as the ball fell to their feet off a free kick, however Evie Witek made a good save for the visitors.

Actonians got that goal they were looking for on 70 minutes as their strike found the back of the net to make it 5-1.

Logie nearly had one back nine minutes later for Brentford as the ball fell to her off a corner and she fired it into the back of the net. Carolin Engelhard was ruled to have handballed in the lead up, however.

Cheatley made sure to get herself on the scoresheet to help the Bees’ lead get back to five goals, the striker pouncing on a loose pass, taking possession and scoring in a flash.

After having an earlier goal ruled out, Logie got one back with the final kick of the game, the number nine making it five goals for the afternoon in a superb display.

Brentford Women: Witek, Phillips (Cottrell, 57’), Graver, Engelhard, Aboul Kheir, Logie, Troth (Reid, 65’), Gbajabiamila (Webb, 65’), Matthews, Holguin (Cheatley, 65'), Read (Potter, 57’)

Osborne praises squad depth

Head coach Karleigh Osborne was pleased with his side's performance in a game where he rotated the starting line-up.

The depth of Brentford's squad was on display as they started the game in scintillating form, helping them book their spot in the next round of the Capital Cup.