Report | Swansea City Women 10 Llanystumdwy FC Women 0

Swansea City Women advanced to the quarter-finals of the Bute Energy Welsh Cup with an emphatic victory over Llanystumdwy FC at the Llandarcy Academy of Sport, following a ruthless second-half performance.

First-half goals from Sammy Wynne and Emily Richards saw the Swans take a two-goal lead into the break, with visiting  goalkeeper Sara Lacey making a number of saves to ensure the lead was not significantly greater.

But the Swans dominance told as they fired in eight second-half goals, with Richards adding her second of the afternoon, substitute Stacey John getting a brace, and Taite Trivett, Maisie Miller, Ellie Lake, Chloe Chivers and Caitlin Williams rounding off the scoring.

It was also the second time this season the Swans have reached double figures, following their 10-1 league victory over Pontypridd United back in October.

There was also a special moment for 17-year-old Susanna Cunningham, who made her senior debut after coming off the bench following a series of strong performances for the under-19s this season.

The Swans dominated possession early on, with their first effort on goal falling to the in-form Aimee Deacon in the sixth minute. The forward pounced on a weak goal kick, but her effort was straight at goalkeeper Lacey, who gathered comfortably.

Two big chances followed minutes later. First, Trivett cut in from the left and struck a fierce effort at the near post that rattled the upright before the danger was cleared. Soon after, a superb delivery from Lake picked out Deacon in the area, but her header was tipped past the post by Lacey.

Almost a carbon copy of the previous chance saw Lake once again find Deacon in the box, but this time her header was gathered by Lacey, who had made several strong saves in the opening exchanges.

A breathless minute of action followed as the Swans struck the crossbar, were denied by a stunning save from Lacey, and then finally broke the deadlock.

A long-range effort from Maddy Murray first rattled the crossbar, before the rebound fell to Deacon, whose powerful strike from distance was superbly saved by Lacey with an excellent reaction stop.

The ball was then cleared upfield, where Jess Williams picked out Wynne, and from 35 yards her effort flew past Lacey to open the scoring. 

Wynne was denied a second shortly after when a delivery from the right found the midfielder at close range, but she was met by another fine save from Lacey, who parried the effort around the post for a corner.

Lake continued to cause problems down the right, delivering another dangerous ball that picked out Richards, only for the midfielder to be unable to direct her effort on target from five yards out as it trickled past the post.

Richards would not have to wait long to make amends, scoring the second Swansea goal of the match after Miller found the midfielder just outside the area. Richards picked her spot and struck low into the bottom-left corner, leaving Lacey stranded.

Wynne was denied once again on the stroke of half-time, as some neat link-up play between Richards and Wynne saw the midfielder find space in the area before her strike was well held by busy goalkeeper Lacey.

The Swans continued their attacking dominance after the break and made it three eight minutes into the half. A long throw from Opal Rayner found Trivett, who drove through midfield before releasing Richards into the area, where she calmly slotted past Lacey for her second goal of the match.

A frantic 13-minute spell followed, during which the Swans struck six times. The fourth came from Trivett, who was picked out by Chivers on the edge of the area before curling a shot into the bottom corner.

Just a minute later, Swansea added a fifth as a ball into the box was initially dealt with by Lauren Morris-Bannister, but the clearance fell to substitute John, who converted from close range.

The Swans showed no signs of easing off and they made it 6-0 with 20 minutes to play. A cross from Trivett on the left found Miller, who tapped home from inside the six-yard box.

Trivett continued to torment the visitors, registering her hat-trick of assists as her delivery from the right was met by Lake, who fired home her first Swans goal since returning to the club.

As the visitors began to tire, the Swans remained ruthless and added an eight goal through substitute Chivers, who tested her luck from distance and found the bottom-right corner.

A ninth goal followed with 13 minutes remaining when John grabbed her second of the afternoon by tapping home following a Richards corner.

The scoring was then rounded off in added time as Williams headed home a 10th Swansea goal, sealing the Swans’ second double-figure victory of the season.

Swansea City Women: Opal Rayner, Lucy Finch, Maddy Murray(Stacey John 60'), Emily Richards, Maisie Miller (Lowri Jones 73'), Sammy Wynne, Aimee Deacon (Chloe Chivers 60'), Ellie Lake, Taite Trivett (Susanna Cunningham 75'), Caitlin Williams, Jessica Williams (Caitlin Seaborne 46').

CPDM Llanystumdwy FC Women: Sara Lacey, Leonie O'Hara, Lauren Morris-Bannister, Sarah Ohara, Heledd Savage, Natasha Matthews, Jo Cynan (Ellie Williams 79'), Anna Pugh, Seren Ellis, Grace Mpuku (Mali Reed 56'), Hana Wellings.

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