Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City Women

The Football Association Women's Super League (FA WSL) is a professional association football league of twelve clubs that was launched in 2011 by The Football Association (the FA) to replace the FA Women's Premier League National Division as the highest level of women's football in England.{{cite web|url=https://www.thefa.com/about-football-association/what-we-do/history|title=The history of the FA|publisher=The Football Association|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129103141/https://www.thefa.com/about-football-association/what-we-do/history}} Arsenal won the first two editions of the FA WSL.{{efn-ua|In 2017 Arsenal changed their name from Arsenal Ladies to Arsenal Women.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40757808|title=Women's Super League One: Arsenal drop 'Ladies' from name|date=28 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505052934/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40757808|archive-date=5 May 2021|publisher=BBC Sport}}}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/news/01f4-0e13d98772aa-27ab76502a5b-1000--arsenal-take-english-wsl-title/|title=Arsenal take English WSL title|date=28 August 2011|publisher=UEFA|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129103640/https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/news/01f4-0e13d98772aa-27ab76502a5b-1000--arsenal-take-english-wsl-title/}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/19779488|title=Women's Super League: Arsenal celebrate title with Doncaster win|date=30 September 2012|first=Tony|last= Leighton|publisher=BBC Sport|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129103834/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/19779488}} They entered the 2019–20 season as the reigning league champions, having finished first in the 2018–19 FA WSL season by seven points. Bristol City Women played in the inaugural FA WSL season under the name of Bristol Academy. After being relegated in 2015, they rebranded and won promotion back into the top league in 2016.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37792823|title=WSL 2: Everton Ladies 2–3 Bristol City Women|publisher=BBC Sport|date=29 October 2016|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129104220/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/37792823}} In the 2017–18 season, Bristol City drew their away game with Arsenal at Meadow Park 1–1.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41457312|title=Arsenal Women 1–1 Bristol City Women|date=8 October 2017|first=Tom|last=Garry|publisher=BBC Sport|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129104404/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/41457312}} In the 2018–19 season they lost the away fixture 4–0, allowing Arsenal's Dutch international striker Vivianne Miedema to score three goals for a hat-trick.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47478540|date=14 March 2019|publisher=BBC Sport|title=Arsenal Women 4–0 Bristol City Women|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129104533/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/47478540}} Bristol City finished the 2018–19 season in sixth position.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48158646|title=Arsenal Women 1–0 Manchester City Women|date=11 May 2019|publisher=BBC Sport|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129104704/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/48158646}}

The first round of the 2019–20 season took place in September.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49552856|title=Women's Super League 2019–20 season: Club-by-club guide|date=2 September 2019|publisher=BBC Sport|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219073914/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/49552856|archive-date=19 February 2021}} Arsenal signed three new players on the squad: Jill Roord, Leonie Maier, and goalkeeper Manuela Zinsberger. They

began with a home win over West Ham United. Manager Joe Montemurro brought on Jordan Nobbs who had been out with a serious injury sustained in November 2018.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49540345|title=Arsenal Women 2–1 West Ham United Women|date=8 September 2019|publisher=BBC Sport|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129110842/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/49540345}} Prior to round eight the defending champions had recorded six wins and one defeat, having lost their away game at 2017–18 champions Chelsea,{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44035627|title=Bristol City Women 0–2 Chelsea Women|date=15 May 2018|publisher=BBC Sport|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505053625/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44035627|archive-date=5 May 2021}} resulting in eighteen points from seven games.{{efn-ua|Each win counts as three points; a draw one point; a loss zero points.{{cite book|title=The FA Women's Super League and The FA Women's Championship Competition Rules|url=http://www.thefa.com/-/media/thefacom-new/files/womens/2019-20/competition-rules-b-fa-wsl-fa-wc-2019-20.ashx|publisher=The Football Association|page=53|date=3 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923122944/https://www.thefa.com/-/media/thefacom-new/files/womens/2019-20/competition-rules-b-fa-wsl-fa-wc-2019-20.ashx|archive-date=23 September 2020|archive-format=PDF|access-date=21 November 2020|url-status=live}}}} By the end of November 2019, Chelsea led the league with nineteen points. Arsenal were tied with Manchester City with the second-most points, but were in third position in the table by virtue of having a worse goal difference.{{efn-ua|When two teams have equal points, the team with the highest net difference between goals scored and goals conceded ranks higher.{{cite book|title=The FA Women's Super League and The FA Women's Championship Competition Rules|url=http://www.thefa.com/-/media/thefacom-new/files/womens/2019-20/competition-rules-b-fa-wsl-fa-wc-2019-20.ashx|publisher=The Football Association|page=54|date=3 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923122944/https://www.thefa.com/-/media/thefacom-new/files/womens/2019-20/competition-rules-b-fa-wsl-fa-wc-2019-20.ashx|archive-date=23 September 2020|archive-format=PDF|access-date=21 November 2020|url-status=live}}}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50449129|title=Arsenal Women 1–0 Liverpool Women|date=24 November 2019|publisher=BBC Sport|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129110949/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50449129}}

Bristol City signed five new players for the 2019–20 season: Jasmine Matthews, Yana Daniëls, Charlie Wellings, Meaghan Sargeant, and Ebony Salmon.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48968842|title=Yana Daniels & Jasmine Matthews: Bristol City Women re-sign duo|date=12 July 2019|publisher=BBC Sport|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129111216/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/48968842}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48439142|title=Meaghan Sargeant & Charlie Wellings: Bristol City Women sign Birmingham City pair|date=28 May 2019|publisher=BBC Sport|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129111318/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/48439142}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/salmon-signs-for-city-women/|title=Salmon signs for City Women|date=15 July 2019|publisher=Bristol City F.C.|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129111440/https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/salmon-signs-for-city-women/}} They started with a draw with Brighton & Hove Albion. Manager Tanya Oxtoby stated afterwards that the players needed time to get used to each other.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49533283|title=Bristol City Women 0–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Women|date=8 September 2019|publisher=BBC Sport|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129111100/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/49533283}} By the end of November, Bristol City were still winless but managed to gain points from three draws, including one with bottom-placed Liverpool. This left Bristol City in tenth place, tied on three points with Birmingham City, but slightly ahead on goal difference.{{cite web|url=https://womenscompetitions.thefa.com/Fixtures-Results|title=Barclays FA WSL|publisher=The Football Association|access-date=1 November 2020|archive-date=9 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109184805/https://womenscompetitions.thefa.com/Fixtures-Results|url-status=live}} Arsenal and Bristol City had met on 21 November in the League Cup. Arsenal won that match 7–0.{{cite web |title=Arsenal 7–0 Bristol City |url=https://womenscompetitions.thefa.com/Article/ArsenalBristolCity21112019 |publisher=The Football Association|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121164317/https://womenscompetitions.thefa.com/Article/ArsenalBristolCity21112019|archive-date = 21 November 2020}} Both squads were at full strength for the game, reporting no injured players.

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The match started at 12:30 pm at Meadow Park on 1 December 2019 in front of a crowd of 1,513 spectators with Helen Conley from Durham as the referee.{{cite web|url=https://womenscompetitions.thefa.com/en/Article/ArsenalBristolCity01122019|publisher=The Football Association|title=Arsenal 11–1 Bristol City|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121165356/https://womenscompetitions.thefa.com/en/Article/ArsenalBristolCity01122019|archive-date=21 November 2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thefa.com/news/2020/feb/24/240220-conti-cup-final-referee-helen-conley|title=Conti Cup final referee Helen Conley opens up on life as an official|archive-date=5 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505054137/https://www.thefa.com/news/2020/feb/24/240220-conti-cup-final-referee-helen-conley|publisher=The Football Association|date=24 February 2020|first=Tom|last=Dean}} The game was broadcast live on BBC Red Button and the FA made a livestream available on its FA Player.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000c1x1|title= Women's Football 19/20 – Red Button|publisher=BBC Sport|date=1 December 2010|archive-date=5 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505054430/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000c1x1}}{{cite web|url=https://faplayer.thefa.com/video/MF8zczJ1N2UxMSU3QyUyRmJveHNldCUzRnBhZ2UlM0RoaWdobGlnaHRzLXdzbCU3Q2hpZ2hsaWdodHMtYXJzZW5hbA%3D%3D?preserve=true|title=Arsenal vs Bristol City Full Match Barclays FA WSL|date=1 December 2019|access-date=22 March 2021|publisher=The Football Association|archive-date=23 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523125203/https://faplayer.thefa.com/video/MF8zczJ1N2UxMSU3QyUyRmJveHNldCUzRnBhZ2UlM0RoaWdobGlnaHRzLXdzbCU3Q2hpZ2hsaWdodHMtYXJzZW5hbA%3D%3D?preserve=true|url-status=live}} Arsenal began the game in a 3–1–4–2 formation, with three defenders, one defensive midfielder, four attacking midfielders and two forwards; Bristol City used a 3–4–2–1 formation, with three defenders, four defensive midfielders, two attacking midfielders, and one forward. In the second minute, Arsenal's Beth Mead had the first chance to score but her attempt was saved by Bristol City goalkeeper Sophie Baggaley. Two corner kicks for the home team quickly followed, but neither led to a goal. In the seventh minute, Miedema sprinted past a Bristol City defender and put the ball in front of goal from the left edge of the penalty area. Lisa Evans then headed it in from close range, opening the scoring for Arsenal.{{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftXfXkgirDk | via = YouTube | publisher = Arsenal W.F.C.| access-date = 23 February 2021 | title = Miedema scores 6 and assists 4! – Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City – Highlights | date = 2 December 2019 |time=00:17}} Three minutes later Miedema received the ball in the far right-hand corner of the pitch and crossed it to defender Leah Williamson, who scored with a header, doubling Arsenal's lead.{{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftXfXkgirDk | via = YouTube | publisher = Arsenal W.F.C.| access-date = 23 February 2021 | title = Miedema scores 6 and assists 4! – Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City – Highlights | date = 2 December 2019 |time=00:39}} In the fifteenth minute Miedema scored with a right-footed shot from the centre of the penalty area after a pass from Lia Wälti.{{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftXfXkgirDk | via = YouTube | publisher = Arsenal W.F.C.| access-date = 23 February 2021 | title = Miedema scores 6 and assists 4! – Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City – Highlights | date = 2 December 2019 |time=01:00}} Miedema scored the match's fourth goal from very close range after receiving the ball from Mead. Her third goal came in the thirty-sixth minute, when the Bristol City defence did not deal well with a ball from Evans, allowing Miedema to score again.{{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftXfXkgirDk | via = YouTube | publisher = Arsenal W.F.C.| access-date = 23 February 2021 | title = Miedema scores 6 and assists 4! – Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City – Highlights | date = 2 December 2019 |time=01:46}} Arsenal went into the half-time break with a 5–0 lead.

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Neither team made personnel changes during half time. Six minutes into the second half Daniëlle van de Donk passed the ball to Miedema, who took a shot with her right foot from the centre of the penalty area that landed just inside the goal.{{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftXfXkgirDk | via = YouTube | publisher = Arsenal W.F.C.| access-date = 23 February 2021 | title = Miedema scores 6 and assists 4! – Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City – Highlights | date = 2 December 2019 |time=02:14}} Nobbs became the fourth goalscorer of the game three minutes later when she sprinted into the penalty area to shoot from a long pass from Miedema, making the score 7–0.{{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftXfXkgirDk | via = YouTube | publisher = Arsenal W.F.C.| access-date = 23 February 2021 | title = Miedema scores 6 and assists 4! – Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City – Highlights | date = 2 December 2019 |time=02:36}} Miedema and Evans then set each other up for the goals that followed. First, Evans assisted Miedema with a pass from the edge of the penalty area, who, after a short run, scored Arsenal's eighth.{{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftXfXkgirDk | via = YouTube | publisher = Arsenal W.F.C.| access-date = 23 February 2021 | title = Miedema scores 6 and assists 4! – Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City – Highlights | date = 2 December 2019 |time=02:58}} Next, on the hour mark, Miedema's chip over the defence set up Evans for her second goal of the day, bringing the score to 9–0. Four minutes later Miedema scored her sixth goal (and completed her second hat-trick) to send Arsenal into double figures. When she was substituted out of the game after seventy minutes, she received a standing ovation. Her replacement, Emma Mitchell, scored the home team's final goal of the day after a pass from Mead, making the score 11–0. Bristol City were awarded a late penalty after their Belgian international striker Daniëls was fouled by Arsenal's goalkeeper Zinsberger in the penalty area. Zinsberger had been dispossessed by Daniëls while she was trying to pass the ball away. Zinsberger initially saved Daniëls's penalty kick, but Daniëls was able to get to the rebound first and score the last goal of the match, giving Bristol City a consolation goal. The final score was 11–1.{{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftXfXkgirDk | via = YouTube | publisher = Arsenal W.F.C.| access-date = 23 February 2021 | title = Miedema scores 6 and assists 4! – Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City – Highlights | date = 2 December 2019 |time=04:34}} By the end of the game, Arsenal had taken thirty-four shots, an average of one about every three minutes.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50534277 |title=Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City Women |date=1 December 2019 |publisher=BBC Sport |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121163844/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50534277|archive-date=21 November 2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/womens-sport/2019/12/01/womens-super-league-round-up-vivianne-miedema-scores-six-creates/|title=Women's Super League round-up: Vivianne Miedema scores six and creates four more as Arsenal hammer Bristol City 11–1|first=Katie|last=Whyatt|date=1 December 2019|work=The Telegraph|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121171407/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/womens-sport/2019/12/01/womens-super-league-round-up-vivianne-miedema-scores-six-creates/|archive-date=21 November 2020|url-access=subscription}}

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The match set multiple league records. It became the highest-scoring game, surpassing Liverpool's 9–0 victory over Doncaster Rovers Belles in 2013. It had the highest winning margin in league history,{{cite news|url=https://www.arsenal.com/fixture/women/2019-Dec-01/women-11-1-bristol-city-women-match-report|title=Match report: Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City|work=Arsenal.com|date=1 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121172115/https://www.arsenal.com/fixture/women/2019-Dec-01/women-11-1-bristol-city-women-match-report|archive-date=21 November 2020|first=Sam |last=Cox}} and was the first time a team's score was in double figures.{{cite news | url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/fa-womens-super-league/story/4004035/arsenals-vivianne-miedema-scores-six-goals-in-wsl-record-11-1-win |title=Arsenal's Vivianne Miedema scores six goals in WSL record 11–1 win|publisher=ESPN|date=1 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121172255/https://www.espn.com/soccer/fa-womens-super-league/story/4004035/arsenals-vivianne-miedema-scores-six-goals-in-wsl-record-11-1-win|archive-date= 21 November 2020}} Miedema became the first FA WSL player to score a double hat-trick. Her involvement in ten goals (six goals, four assists) broke the previous record of five, which she had set in September 2018 against Liverpool (three goals, two assists). With her fourth goal, Miedema surpassed South Korean Ji So-yun as the highest-scoring non-British player in league history, ultimately extending the record to thirty-six goals by the end of the match.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/dec/01/womens-super-league-roundup-arsenal-bristol-city-manchester-united|title=WSL: Arsenal's Vivianne Miedema hits six in record 11–1 rout of Bristol City|work=The Guardian|date=1 December 2019|archive-date=21 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121172701/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/dec/01/womens-super-league-roundup-arsenal-bristol-city-manchester-united}}{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/so-yeon-ji/131874//|title=Ji So-yun|archive-date=5 May 2021|work=Soccerway|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505054850/https://us.soccerway.com/players/so-yeon-ji/131874//}}{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/vivianne-miedema/195616/|title=V. Miedema|archive-date=5 May 2021|work=Soccerway|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505055042/https://us.soccerway.com/players/vivianne-miedema/195616/}}

BBC Sport called the match an "amazing 11–1 thrashing" and singled out Miedema for her "remarkable individual performance". They thought her fourth goal was the best of the game, as did the FA. The Independent{{'}}s Tom Holmes described her fourth as "wonderful".{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/womens_football/arsenal-women-vs-bristol-city-result-score-goals-vivianne-miedema-six-wsl-a9228461.html|title=Vivianne Miedema's six goals and four assists help Arsenal Women to record-breaking 11–1 win|date=1 December 2019|work=The Independent|first=Tom|last=Holmes|archive-date=21 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121172819/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/womens_football/arsenal-women-vs-bristol-city-result-score-goals-vivianne-miedema-six-wsl-a9228461.html}} Molly Hudson in The Times wrote it was difficult to find fresh superlatives to describe Miedema.{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/football/article/vivianne-miedema-runs-riot-as-arsenal-rack-up-record-11-1-victory-hvp6hgqbw|title=Vivianne Miedema runs riot as Arsenal rack up record 11–1 victory|date=2 December 2019|work=The Times| first=Molly|last=Hudson|archive-date=21 November 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121173057/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/vivianne-miedema-runs-riot-as-arsenal-rack-up-record-11-1-victory-hvp6hgqbw|url-access=subscription}} The Guardian{{'s}} Suzanne Wrack wrote that the Arsenal "collective was clicking like never before", displaying "crisp instinctive passing", and described Miedema's performance as "one of the great individual displays of any era",{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/dec/04/vivianne-miedema-arsenal-six-goals-netherlands-forward|title=Vivianne Miedema: Arsenal's six-goal headline stealer who hates limelight|date=4 December 2019|work=The Guardian|first=Suzanne|last=Wrack|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121163215/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/dec/04/vivianne-miedema-arsenal-six-goals-netherlands-forward|archive-date=21 November 2020}} an assessment echoed by The Telegraph and goal.com.{{cite news|url=https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/miedema-masterclass-reminds-man-city-of-huge-wsl-title-challenge-/i6gytziwjxwh1swalptsmbzu9/|title=Miedema masterclass reminds Man City of huge WSL title challenge despite win over Liverpool|first=Ameé |last=Ruszkai |date=1 December 2019|work=goal.com|archive-date=21 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121173422/https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/miedema-masterclass-reminds-man-city-of-huge-wsl-title-challenge-/i6gytziwjxwh1swalptsmbzu9/}} The international press also reacted. ESPN labelled Miedema's performance as a "stunning solo display of attacking football" and Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad called it "an exceptional achievement".{{cite news|url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20191201_04745799|title=Van statistieken gesproken: Nederlandse Miedema lukt dubbele hattrick en vier assists in vijftig minuten voor Arsenal|language=nl|date=1 December 2019|work=Het Nieuwsblad|trans-title=Speaking of statistics: Dutch Miedema achieves double hat-trick and four assists in fifty minutes for Arsenal|archive-date=5 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205100657/https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20191201_04745799}} Dutch football magazine Voetbal International referred to her as "inimitable". German football magazine Kicker said it was something of which Messi, Ronaldo, and Lewandowski "could only dream".{{cite news|url=https://www.kicker.de/sechs_tore_vier_vorlagen_ex_bayern_stuermerin_miedema_ueberragt_bei_11_1-764024/artikel|title=Sechs Tore, vier Vorlagen: Ex-Bayern-Stürmerin Miedema überragt bei 11:1|language=German|date=2 December 2019|work=Kicker|archive-date=6 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106025151/https://www.kicker.de/sechs_tore_vier_vorlagen_ex_bayern_stuermerin_miedema_ueberragt_bei_11_1-764024/artikel|trans-title=Six goals, four assists: Ex-Bayern striker Miedema excels at 11–1}} Eurosport wrote that she further proved her credentials as a nominee for the Ballon d'Or Féminin, an award presented by the French football magazine France Football honouring the world's best female football player.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53473333|title=Ballon d'Or 2020 award cancelled by organisers France Football|date=20 July 2020|publisher=BBC Sport|archive-date=5 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505055546/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/53473333}}{{cite news|url=https://www.eurosport.com/football/arsenal-re-write-record-books-as-city-struggle-over-liverpool-wsl-round-up_sto7561011/story.shtml|title=Arsenal re-write record books as City struggle over Liverpool|date=2 December 2019|work=Eurosport|archive-date=21 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121173750/https://www.eurosport.com/football/arsenal-re-write-record-books-as-city-struggle-over-liverpool-wsl-round-up_sto7561011/story.shtml}}

In a post-match interview, Miedema said that she was probably happier helping other players score than scoring herself:

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|text=The last few games have been really difficult for us, so it was important to raise the goal difference. I felt really good. I was probably happier with the assists than with the goals. We created more space with three-at-the-back. We knew where we could get at Bristol having played them recently. We’ve got the players to play three or four at the back which really helps.

|author=Vivianne Miedema

}}

Looking back on the game after the season had ended, she said it had felt like a training game.{{cite news|url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/i-dont-feel-23-i-feel-40-arsenals-vivianne-miedema-fwa-womens-footballer-of-the-year|title="I don't feel 23 – I feel 40!" Arsenal's Vivianne Miedema, FWA Women's Footballer of the Year|date= 1 July 2020|first=Sonia|last=Randev|work=FourFourTwo|archive-date=21 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121173927/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/i-dont-feel-23-i-feel-40-arsenals-vivianne-miedema-fwa-womens-footballer-of-the-year}}

Bristol City manager Oxtoby said her team did not follow the game plan, resulting in an unacceptable performance. She described the players and staff as "devastated", adding, "We need to move on because, from my perspective, there's nothing to be learned from that."

After the match, Arsenal moved from third to first in the table with twenty-one points. Chelsea had their eighth-round game against Everton postponed because of a frozen pitch, keeping them on nineteen points.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50534296|title=Everton Women P P Chelsea Women|publisher=BBC Sport|date=1 December 2019|archive-date=5 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505055901/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50534296}} Manchester City recorded a 1–0 win over Liverpool, which was not enough to maintain their goal-difference advantage over Arsenal.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50534278|title=Manchester City Women 1–0 Liverpool Women|publisher=BBC Sport|date=1 December 2019|archive-date=21 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121174135/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50534278}} Bristol City dropped from tenth place to eleventh, placing them second from the bottom of the table, owing to goal difference. Miedema kept her position as the league's top goalscorer with ten goals. She also kept her position as the league leader in assists with seven.{{cite news|url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2312830-miedema-bij-arsenal-in-topvorm-twee-hattricks-en-vier-assists.html|title=Miedema bij Arsenal in topvorm: twee hattricks én vier assists|trans-title=Arsenal's Miedema on form: two hat-tricks and four assists|date=1 December 2019|language=Dutch|publisher=NOS|archive-date=21 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121174405/https://nos.nl/artikel/2312830-miedema-bij-arsenal-in-topvorm-twee-hattricks-en-vier-assists.html}} Her double hat-trick brought her season goal total across all competitions, club and Dutch national team, to twenty-eight from sixteen games.{{cite news|url=https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/onnavolgbare-miedema-sloopt-tegenstander-met-zes-goals|title=Onnavolgbare Miedema sloopt tegenstander met zes goals|work=Voetbal International|language=Dutch|date=1 December 2019|trans-title=Inimitable Miedema demolishes opponent with six goals}}

In the following weeks, Arsenal kept their top league position with wins over Reading, Everton, Birmingham City, and Brighton. On 19 January 2020, they lost 4–1 at home to Chelsea, allowing Manchester City to take the top position.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51080655|title=Arsenal Women 1–4 Chelsea Women|date=19 January 2020|publisher=BBC Sport|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129113203/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/51080655}} A second loss in a row, a 2–1 defeat away at Manchester City, saw Arsenal drop to third in the table.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51253109|title=Manchester City Women 2–1 Arsenal Women|date=2 February 2020|publisher=BBC Sport|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129113340/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/51253109}} On 13 February Arsenal won their away game at Liverpool.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51395268|title=Liverpool Women 2–3 Arsenal Women|date=13 February 2020|publisher=BBC Sport|first=Tom|last=Garry|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129113450/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/51395268}} The following weekend Arsenal's game with Reading was postponed. Manchester City and Chelsea played each other and drew 3–3. This meant that Manchester City topped the table with forty points from sixteen matches, followed by Chelsea with thirty-nine from fifteen and Arsenal with thirty-three from fifteen.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51519208|title=Manchester City Women 3–3 Chelsea Women|date=23 February 2020|publisher=BBC Sport|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129113553/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/51519208}}

Matches for the 2019–20 season stopped after 23 February 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The return match between Bristol City and Arsenal, scheduled for 22 March, was postponed, as on 13 March the FA suspended the season.{{cite news |title=Coronavirus: FA Women's Super League and Championship cancelled |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/fa-womens-super-league/story/4096125/coronavirus-fa-womens-super-league-and-championship-cancelled |publisher=ESPN |date=25 May 2020|archive-date=21 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121174607/https://www.espn.com/soccer/fa-womens-super-league/story/4096125/coronavirus-fa-womens-super-league-and-championship-cancelled}} On 5 June, the FA declared Chelsea champions, based on them having 2.60 points per game, ahead of Manchester City's 2.50 and Arsenal's 2.40. Since Arsenal did not finish in the top two, they did not qualify for the 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League. Miedema's sixteen goals in the abbreviated season earned her the league's Golden Boot award for most goals scored, awarded by British banking firm Barclays, sponsor of the FA WSL.{{cite web|url=https://womenscompetitions.thefa.com/en/Article/chelsea-take-individual-honours-160720|title=Blues take Barclays' honours|publisher=The Football Association|archive-date=5 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505060232/https://womenscompetitions.thefa.com/en/Article/chelsea-take-individual-honours-160720}} The Football Writers' Association named her Women's Footballer of Year,{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53247330|title=Vivianne Miedema: Arsenal & Netherlands striker named FWA Women's Footballer of Year|publisher=BBC Sport|date=1 July 2020|archive-date=21 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121175151/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/53247330}} and the Professional Footballers' Association named her the WSL PFA Fans' Player of the Year.{{cite news |title=Arsenal striker Vivianne Miedema voted WSL PFA player of the year |url=https://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/arsenal-striker-vivianne-miedema-named-player-of-the-year-3843054 |work=Islington Gazette |date=24 August 2020|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129102921/https://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/sport/football/arsenal/arsenal-striker-vivianne-miedema-named-player-of-the-year-1-6806420|first= Josh |last=Bunting}} On 6 March 2022, Miedema became the first player in the history of the WSL to be involved in 100 goals, with 10 of them coming from the 2019 Bristol City game.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/60639543|title=WSL Arsenal v Birmingham: Arsenal's Vivianne Miedema reaches record 100 goal contributions in WSL|work=BBC Sport|date=6 March 2022|access-date=6 March 2022}}

After their record-breaking defeat against Arsenal, Bristol City's winless streak continued until 5 January 2020, when they beat Manchester United.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50936744|title= Manchester United Women 0–1 Bristol City Women|date=5 January 2020|publisher=BBC Sport|archive-date=5 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505060418/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50936744}} They achieved a second win in what turned out to be their last game of the season on 23 February 2020, climbing from the bottom of the table with six points to tenth position with nine points.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51519209|title=Birmingham Women 0–1 Bristol City Women|publisher=BBC Sport|date=23 February 2020|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129113743/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/51519209}} They narrowly avoided relegation, having earned nine points in fourteen games (0.64 points per game) versus Liverpool's six points in fourteen games (0.43) and Birmingham City's seven points in thirteen games (0.54).{{cite news |title=Chelsea named Women's Super League champions, Liverpool relegated |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52907395 |publisher=BBC Sport |language=en-gb |date=5 June 2020|archive-date=15 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015141035/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/52907395}}

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