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Chelsea claim thumping win over Austrian side to go second in league table after three games Kerr scores twice on her first start for Blues since December 2023 James makes first appearance since Euro 2025 final Other goals came from Kaptein, Macario (two) and Ebert own goal Get Involved: Comment on this page Charlotte Coates St Polten 0-3 Chelsea I can see a triple Chelsea change about to be made but I don't think Lauren James is one of them. St Polten 0-3 Chelsea The question for Chelsea is just how many goals they will score. St Polten 0-3 Chelsea Izabela Krizaj is a tad fortunate to still be on the pitch. She committed the foul on Alyssa Thompson while on a yellow card and has avoided a second booking. St Polten 0-3 Chelsea Anita Asante Former Arsenal defender on Disney+ Lovely well-taken penalty from Catarina Macario. She looked calm and assured when she stepped up to that poenalty spot. She's been a bright spark in this game, always looking to make things happen. Catarina Macario (54 mins) Easy as you like for Catarina Macario. She sends Carina Schluter the wrong way as she finds the bottom, right corner. St Polten 0-2 Chelsea Anita Asante Former Arsenal defender on Disney+ She takes Thompson's standing foot away. It's definitely a penalty. St Polten 0-2 Chelsea Catarina Macario to take. .. St Polten 0-2 Chelsea Aylssa Thompson with those tricky feet of hers sees her go past Izabela Krizaj like she's not there and she flicks a foot out. St Polten 0-2 Chelsea Better from St Polten as they spread the play wide right as they try to make something happen. Izabela Krizaj lifts a poor ball into the box and Ellie Carpenter clears. Comment using the form at the top of this page Get the ball wide with good crosses in for Sam Kerr. Too much trying to walk the ball into the goal. Dave - London St Polten 0-2 Chelsea Anita Asante Former Arsenal defender on Disney+ That was a fantastic save from Carina Schluter because there was some venom in that shot from Catarina Macario. St Polten 0-2 Chelsea Sandy Baltimore looks for the deep cross but it almost creeps in at the far post. Chelsea recycles the ball and it comes to Catarina Macario on the volley but Carina Schluter pulls off a fine save. St Polten 0-2 Chelsea Sam Kerr tries her luck but it's behind for a corner. She'll see tonight as a great chance to score on her first start in two years. St Polten 0-2 Chelsea I wouldn't be surprised if that Naomi Girma substitution was planned. Tonight was her first start of the season after recovering from injury. St Polten 0-2 Chelsea Away we go for the second half. St Polten 0-2 Chelsea A change at the break for Chelsea with Naomi Girma making way for Veerle Buurman. HT: St Polten 0-2 Chelsea Wonder if we'll see Lauren James in the second half. A perfect game for her to make her comeback from injury. HT: St Polten 0-2 Chelsea As things stand, Chelsea are up to second in the table but that could all change with games still to come tomorrow. HT: St Polten 0-2 Chelsea Away from this match for a moment, as Chelsea midfielder Keira Walsh says, "The governing bodies need to listen to the players, " after Arsenal's Katie Reid ruptured her ACL. “I think in my honest opinion, the governing bodies need to listen to the players. Maybe sometimes we do play too many games in a congested fixture schedule. "There’s not enough recovery time. We’re ultimately the ones who are going through it. You can do the research but ultimately you need to listen to the ones going through it and how we can best find the solutions going forward. ” HT: St Polten 0-2 Chelsea So Chelsea ended that half with 421 passes to St Polten's 122. Chelsea also managed 15 shots to the home side's one. A really one-sided half of football. Sam Kerr's last European goal came on her last start in December 2023 Sam Kerr scored twice on her first Chelsea start in almost two years as they cruised to victory against St Polten in the Women's Champions League. After missing several earlier chances, the Australian striker finished from close range in the 75th minute to claim her side's fourth goal, and headed home her second in added time. A 13th-minute Wieke Kaptein strike and two from the impressive Catarina Macario had put Chelsea in control against their Austrian opponents. And Lauren James also made an impact off the bench in a fifth goal for Sonia Bompastor's side four minutes from time. The England forward entered the action in the 76th minute for her first appearance since the Euro 2025 final, and an ambitious long-range effort was diverted in by St Polten defender Lisa Ebert. Chelsea had 40 shots in the match, 17 on target, and sealed a crushing success when Kerr nodded in the sixth from a Niamh Charles cross. They were dominant from the start and led when Kaptein met Ellie Carpenter's cut-back with a first-time finish into the bottom corner. Macario doubled the lead just before the break with a left-footed shot across goalkeeper Carina Schluter from the edge of the penalty area. The United States striker scored her second from the penalty spot shortly after the break after Alyssa Thompson was felled, before Kerr collected a pass from Kaptein to slot home past Schluter. Kerr, making her first Chelsea start since December 2023 after returning from an ACL injury in September, wasted three presentable opportunities in the first half and smashed another close-range effort over the bar in the second period. Naomi Girma thought she had scored on her first appearance of the season when her header hit the post, rebounded off the defender and into the goal off the back of her head. But the 32nd-minute effort was belatedly ruled out because Kerr was offside in the build-up. Macario came close to completing her hat-trick, but her audacious free-kick cannoned back off the woodwork. Schluter made a string of fine saves too for the hosts, but the late goals put the gloss on a clinical Chelsea display, giving them two wins and a draw in the competition. On matchday four Chelsea will take on last season's runners-up Barcelona at Stamford Bridge on 20 November (20: 00 GMT), while St Polten travel to Oslo, Norway, to face Valerenga on 19 November (20: 00 GMT). Rate players out of 10 for this game. The rater will close 30 minutes after the final whistle. You must be signed in to a BBC account to play. After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. 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