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Park’s Motor Group SWPL

Rangers remain firmly on course for the league title and moved closer to their target
with a 5-0 victory against Hibernian. The first half was goalless but four minutes after
the restart, Kirsty Howat opened the scoring for Rangers, and she netted a second shortly
afterwards. Chantelle Swaby made it three on the hour and they rounded off the win with
two late goals from Megan Bell.
Glasgow City kept up the chase in second, thanks to a 4-0 win away to
Spartans. In a strong first half display, Ole Fulutudilu fired City in front and Lauren
Davidson quickly added a second, before an own goal from Robyn McCafferty made it
three before the interval. Davidson rounded off the scoring after the break when she
completed her brace.
Celtic are destined to finish in third place following their 2-0 win at Partick
Thistle. Charlie Wellings continued her fantastic season in front of goal by scoring a goal
in each half.
Hearts produced one of their best performances of the season with a 1-0 success
away to Aberdeen. Aimee Anderson settled the match with its only goal ten minutes
before half time, when she finished off a good team move.
Four of the five matches in the top flight on the weekend produced away victories,
started off by Hamilton Academical who were 1-0 winners over Motherwell at Fir
Park on Saturday. Chloe Muir headed in a cross from Josephine Giard to end the Accies’
unwanted run of 20 league matches without a win.
Boroughmuir Thistle hold on to second place in SWPL 2, opening thanks to a
5-1 victory over Kilmarnock. Anna Murray gave Thistle a ninth minute lead which was
quickly cancelled out by Abby Robinson, but Samantha Duncan ensured that
Boroughmuir were back in front by half time. After the break, Beth MacLeod and Fiona
Gibson added further goals before Duncan completed her double to round off the scoring.
As a result, St Johnstone lifted themselves above Kilmarnock and into fourth
place after they defeated Stirling
University 2-0. Morgan Steedman SWPL 1 P W D L F A Pts GD
gave them the lead from the penalty RANGERS 23 22 1 0 88 9 67 79
spot with sixteen minutes remaining GLASGOW CITY 23 20 2 1 83 12 62 71
CELTIC 23 16 3 4 70 18 51 52
and she went on to make the points HIBERNIAN 22 10 2 10 34 29 32 5
safe by scoring a second goal. ABERDEEN 22 8 2 12 31 52 26 -21
This Sunday, Rangers will SPARTANS WFC 23 5 9 9 25 49 24 -24
continue their push for the title when MOTHERWELL 23 5 3 15 25 71 18 -46
they play at home to Aberdeen in the PARTICK THISTLE 22 4 5 13 26 59 17 -33
HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN 23 5 2 16 17 58 17 -41
match being televised live by BBC HAMILTON ACADEMICAL 22 2 3 17 12 54 9 -42
ALBA, whilst Glasgow City make the
trip to play Hearts. Celtic are also on Motherwell 0 Hamilton 1; Aberdeen 0 Hearts 1; Spartans 0 Glasgow
their travels, to Hamilton Academical, City 4; Rangers 5 Hibernian 0; Partick 0 Celtic 2.
and the other games will see Partick
SWPL 2 P W D L F A Pts GD
Thistle and Spartans play host to DUNDEE UTD 21 19 2 0 80 14 59 66
Hibernian and Motherwell BOROUGHMUIR THISTLE 22 11 4 7 49 34 37 15
respectively. GLASGOW WOMEN 21 10 6 5 5 9 43 28 36 15
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ST JOHNSTONE
22
38 42 29
-4
In SWPL 2, Boroughmuir
KILMARNOCK 21 7 5 9 46 49 26 -3
Thistle host title winners Dundee Utd QUEEN'S PARK 19 2 4 13 18 46 10 -28
as they attempt to put a four point gap STIRLING UNIVERSITY 20 2 2 16 12 73 8 -61
between themselves and Glasgow
Women. Kilmarnock 1 Boroughmuir 5; St Johnstone 2 Stirling 0.
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