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Leicester City made sure of staying on top of the FA Women's
Championship with a 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace.
Leicester did much of the attacking doing the first half and
although they found Palace goalkeeper Chloe Morgan in good form,
they took the lead ten minutes before half time when Lachante Paul set up Hannah
Cain to drive home. Palace came more into the game after the break but neither side
could find the net and Leicester saw the game out for three valuable points.
Durham Women are still keeping pace with leaders Leicester after they
also triumphed 1-0 away to in-form London City Lionesses. Both teams went
close to scoring during a well contested first half but shortly before half time, Durham
took the lead when Emily Roberts headed in a cross from Danielle Brown. Hayley
Nolan almost grabbed an equaliser late on when her header was cleared off the line,
but Durham held on to extend their unbeaten league run to fifteen matches.
Liverpool meanwhile ended a three match run without a win by beating
London Bees 3-0, to narrow the gap on third placed Sheffield Utd. The Reds went
in front after eight minutes as Rebecca Jane tucked home a low cross from Ashley
Hodson, a lead they took into half time, but after the break the Bees pressed hard for
an equaliser and went close on a couple of occasions. With seventeen minutes
remaining, Liverpool went two ahead when Ceri Holland was played in to score and
Amy Rodgers made the points safe when she netted the third.
Charlton Athletic are out of the bottom two places following a crucial 2-0
victory away to Coventry Utd. The first half ended goalless but five minutes after
the restart, Charlton took the lead when Jess King latched onto Ella Rutherford's
through ball and finished past Sue Wood.
Helen Dermody almost equalised for London City Lionesses 0
Coventry when her free kick struck the bar, Durham Women 1 (Roberts 37)
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before the Addicks were to add a second Coventry Utd 0
goal, Rutherford again with the assist as she Charlton Athletic 2 (King 50, Heuchan 67)
set up Lois Heuchan to power a shot home. - Leicester City 1 (Cain 35)
Both of the top two are in action this Crystal Palace 0
week with Leicester City travelling to -
London Bees, whilst Durham Women also Liverpool 3 (Jane 8, Holland 73, Rodger 78)
play away to Blackburn Rovers. London Bees 0
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CHAMPIONSHIP P W D L F A Pts GD
LEICESTER CITY 14 11 2 1 37 15 35 22
DURHAM WFC 15 10 5 0 23 9 35 14 LEADING SCORERS
SHEFFIELD UTD 15 8 4 3 30 12 28 Katie WILKINSON Sheffield Utd 15
18
LIVERPOOL 14 7 4 3 25 12 25 Nat Leicester City 12
13asha FLINT
LONDON CITY LIONESSES 16 6 4 6 17 14 22 Bianca BAPTISTE Crystal Palace 8
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LEWES 14 5 3 6 11 16 18 Bet Durham Women 8
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BLACKBURN ROVERS 14 4 5 5 16 19 17 Emily ROBERTS Durham Women 6
CRYSTAL PALACE 15 4 4 7 22 25 16 Rinsola BABAJIDE Liverpool 5
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CHARLTON ATHLETIC 13 2 4 7 12 20 10 -8
LONDON BEES 16 2 2 12 9 38 8 -29
COVENTRY UTD 14 2 1 11 13 35 7 -22
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