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A  goal  in  each  half  earned  Leicester  City  a  2-0  victory  away  to
       Charlton Athletic, which keeps them one point ahead at the top of
       the FA Women’s Championship.
            Leading  scorer  Natasha  Flint  fired  the  Foxes  in  front  shortly
       before half time and Remi Allen sealed a fourth straight victory when she headed in the
       second, twelve minutes from time.
            Durham Women stay on Leicester’s heels after beating Coventry Utd 4-3,
       but the scoreline does not tell the full story of the game. Although Beth Hepple scored
       early on for the Wildcats, Beth Merrick then hit a first half hat-trick to put Coventry in
       a commanding position at the break. However in the second half, Emily Roberts pulled
       a goal back and Sarah Robson levelled the scores, before Roberts scored her second
       with  fifteen  minutes  remaining  to  give  Durham  what  had  looked  to  be  an  unlikely
       victory.
            Liverpool are up into third place as they also won on the road, 1-0 at London
       City  Lionesses.  The  only  goal  of  the  game  came  just  after  the  half  hour  mark,
       Meikayla Moore scoring from close range following an Amy Rodgers corner.
             Sheffield Utd were another team to stage a comeback from a two-goal deficit,
       this  time  to  earn  themselves  a  point  in  a  3-3  draw  with  Blackburn  Rovers,  who
       stretched their unbeaten run to five matches. Maria Edwards opened the scoring for
       Blackburn  with  just  30  seconds  on  the  clock  and  Saffron  Jordan  quickly  added  a
       second. Katie Wilkinson pulled one back for United from the penalty spot and after
       Jade Richards had netted a third for Rovers,
       Wilkinson scored a second penalty just before  Charlton Athletic 0
                                               Leicester City 2 (Flint 39, Allen 78)
       half  time.  Blackburn  held  on  to  their  lead  -
       until eight minutes from time, when Courtney Coventry Utd 3 (Merrick 4,5,41)
       Sweetman-Kirk earned the Blades a share of  Durham Women 4 (Hepple 10, Roberts 47,75,
                                               Robson 71)
       the spoils.                             -
             Crystal Palace produced one of their Lewes 0
       best results of the season to date in winning  Crystal Palace 2 (Baptiste 62,80)
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       2-0  away  to  Lewes.  The  first  half  ended London City Lionesses 0
       goalless but it was Palace who took the lead  Liverpool 1 (Moore 31)
       just after the hour through a neat chip from  - Sheffield Utd 3 (Wilkinson pen 26, pen 43,
       Bianca Baptiste. With ten minutes remaining, Sweetman-Kirk 82)
       Baptiste netted a second to seal a result which  Blackburn Rovers 3 (Edwards 1, Jordan 6, Richards
                                               37)
       takes her side into mid-table.
       CHAMPIONSHIP          P  W D  L  F  A Pts GD
       LEICESTER CITY        10 7  2  1 29 13 23  16
       DURHAM WFC            10 6  4  0 17 8  22  9     LEADING SCORERS
       LIVERPOOL             9  6  2  1 17 4  20  Katie WILKINSON  Sheffield Utd  9
                                               13
       SHEFFIELD UTD         10 5  3  2 20 8  18  Nat              Leicester City  8
                                               12asha FLINT
       BLACKBURN ROVERS      10 4  3  3 13 10 15  Bet 3h HEPPLE   Durham Women  8
       LEWES                 9  4  1  4  5  8  13  Bianca BAPTISTE  Crystal Palace  6
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       CRYSTAL PALACE        10 3  2  5 15 21 11  Rinsola BABAJIDE  Liverpool  5
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       LONDON CITY LIONESSES  9  3  1  5 10 11 10  Paige BAILEY-GAYLE  Leicester City  5
       COVENTRY UTD          10 2  0  8 12 28  6  -16
       LONDON BEES           10 2  0  8  6 24  6  -18
       CHARLTON ATHLETIC     9  1  2  6  7 16  5  -9
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