Bunny Shaw’s stellar stats against Spurs | OneFootball

Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw continued her remarkable record against Tottenham Hotspur with a hat-trick in Friday’s 4-0 win at the Etihad Stadium.

The Jamaican has now grabbed three WSL trebles against Spurs - a record against a single opponent - and also leads the way in terms of all-time hat-tricks in the top flight.

Her latest scoring spree took just 21 seconds to begin, with Shaw stealing possession off Clare Hunt and firing home moments after kick-off.

She headed home a second inside 15 minutes before completing the scoring with a clinical far-post finish in the second half.

View the striker’s incredible stats against Tottenham below...

GOALS GALORE

Goals have been the theme of Bunny Shaw’s time at the Club so far – leading our all-time scorers chart with 82 at present after 94 outings.

Across her six league appearances against Spurs, she has scored a staggering 12 goals which is an average of two per game against them in the WSL.

What’s more, only one against the Londoners in the league has been from the penalty spot.

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HAT-TRICK HERO

Among those 12 goals against Spurs, nine have come via three hat-tricks.

The first was in March 2023 when she headed home in the first half before completing her treble after the interval with an expertly dispatched penalty and sublime volley from close range.

That helped us to a 3-1 success during 2022/23 and she repeated the trick only eight months later in November 2023 and early into the following campaign.

In an eventual 7-0 home triumph, Bunny scored three before half-time with two fantastic headers before she drilled home from just inside the box on the cusp of the break.

She then followed that up with her rampant Etihad Stadium display on Friday evening.

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BUNNY HOP

Perhaps one of Bunny’s greatest strengths is her ability in the air – and this is reflected by her netting five goals from headers across her WSL outings against Spurs.

In total, five of her 12 have been scored from headers, but there have also been variations in the way they’ve been netted.

Her first in a 3-0 win in the capital in 2022/23 saw Shaw dart to the near post at a corner and glance home before showing her poacher’s instinct in the reverse fixture by ghosting into the box and nodding into the net.

Then in the emphatic 7-0 win she powered home following a pinpoint cross from the left ahead of producing a jaw-dropping diving header to double her tally in the eventual hat-trick.

Shaw's most recent headed goal saw her rise highest to meet Lauren Hemp's floating cross from the left, with the Jamaican generating enough power to get the effort beyond the despairing dive over her national team-mate Becky Spencer.

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FOX IN THE BOX

Remarkably all of Bunny’s WSL strikes against Spurs, apart from one, have come from inside the box.

Her only strike from outside the area came in a 3-0 success in London in 2022/23 when she collected the ball, drove towards the box and drilled home – helping us to three points.

RECORD

When Bunny has been involved, Manchester City have won five out six WSL matches against Spurs since her arrival at the Club in 2021.

That means we possess an 83% success rate over Robert Vilahamn's side when the Jamaican has featured in the league against them.

Our only defeat came in September 2021 when the north Londoners cancelled out Lauren Hemp’s opener to record a 2-1 win at the Joie Stadium.

INFLUENCE

Shaw’s goalscoring exploits will understandably grab the headlines, but her influence and ability across other on-field aspects make her a crucial cog in City’s machine.

In her first five WSL matches against Spurs she had completed seven dribbles, recovered the ball 10 times and produced a passing accuracy of just shy of 70%.

What’s more, she has won a total of 22 duels, meaning she’s played integral roles in our past fixtures with Tottenham alongside her remarkable goal tally.