Page 5 - Women's Soccer Scene Issue No.7 2022-23

Bristol City preserved their lead of three points at the top with an impressive
3-0 victory over Crystal Palace. Shania Hayles opened the scoring four
minutes before half time and two goals in quick succession from Emily Syme
and Abi Harrison wrapped up a fifth win in six matches for Lauren Smith’s side.
London City Lionesses keep up the chase in second place, thanks to a
2-0 win away to Sunderland. Amy Rodgers gave the
Lionesses the lead just after the half hour and in-form
striker Sarah Ewens sealed a third straight win for her
team when she scored the second goal, sixteen minutes
from time.
Southampton have moved into the top three for
the first time after they 1-0 at Sheffield Utd. Ella Pusey
scored what turned out to be the only goal of the game
with nine minutes on the clock, as the Saints extended
their unbeaten run to five matches.
Charlton Athletic meanwhile lost ground on the
teams above them when they went down to a 2-1 defeat to
Lewes. Ellie Hack gave Lewes the lead in the fifth
minute, with Kiera Skeels striking shortly afterwards to
ensure the scoreline was level at half time. Paula Howells
then scored eight minutes after the restart to condemn Sheffield Utd striker Mia Enderby jumps with
the Addicks to a second defeat and secured a first league Megan Collett of Southampton (Julian Barker).
win of the season for the Rookettes.
The match between Birmingham City and Durham Women fell victim to the bad
weather on Sunday and the bottom two teams at
the start of the play met each other, Blackburn Birmingham City P-P Durham Women
Rovers winning 3-2 against Coventry Utd to -
take themselves level on points with both the Blues Sunderland 0
and the Wildcats. Saffron Jordan’s early goal from London City Lionesses 2 (Rodgers 32, Ewens 74) -
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the penalty spot for Blackburn was cancelled out Blackburn Rovers 3 (Jordan pen 4, Crompton 25,53)
by Meesha Dudley-Jones, but Farah Crompton Coventry Utd 2 (Dudley-Jones 17, Wilcox 59)
restored the home side’s lead eight minutes later. -
Crompton then put them further ahead with her Lewes 2 (Hack 5, Howells 53)
second goal, early in the second half, and although Charlton Athletic 1 (Skeels 17)
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Anna Wilcox gave Coventry hope on the hour when Sheffield Utd 0
she pulled a goal back, Blackburn held on to their Southampton 1 (Pusey 9)
one-goal advantage for three valuable points to -
bring an end to their run of four matches without Bristol City 3 (Hayles 41, Syme 48, Harrison 52)
a victory. Crystal Palace 0
BARCLAYS CHAMPIONSHIP P W D L F A Pts GD
BRISTOL CITY 6 5 1 0 11 2 16 9
LONDON CITY LIONESSES 6 4 1 1 14 4 13 10 LEADING SCORERS
1
SOUTHAMPTON F.C. 6 3 2 1 7 6 11 Sarah EWENS London City Lionesses 5
4
CHARLTON ATHLETIC 6 3 1 2 14 10 10 Shania HAYLES Bristol City 5
0
CRYSTAL PALACE 6 3 0 3 8 8 9 Saffron JORDAN Blackburn Rovers 5
6
SHEFFIELD UTD 6 2 1 3 13 7 7 Elise HUGHES Crystal Palace 4
BIRMINGHAM CITY 5 2 1 2 7 6 7 Mia ENDERBY Sheffield Utd 3
1
LEWES 6 1 4 1 7 7 7 Saoirse NOONAN Durham Women 3
0
DURHAM WFC 5 2 1 2 6 8 7 -2
BLACKBURN ROVERS 6 2 1 3 8 12 7 -4
SUNDERLAND 6 1 1 4 5 11 4 -6
COVENTRY UTD 6 0 0 6 4 23 0 -19
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