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23 min: Everton 1-0 West Ham Everton should really have scored. Inma Gabarro chests the ball down after a cross but her shot is straight at the keeper.
20 min: Manchester United 0-1 London City Lionesses London City have had a couple of chances already. A few moments ago Parris latched onto a through ball before playing it back to Jana Fernández. Fernández blazes over the bar and the home side can breathe again.
GOAL! Aston Villa 1-2 Spurs (England, 19)
Spurs restore order as they retake the lead. Beth England receives the ball on the left and jinks this way and that before shooting towards goal. Her shot takes a huge deflection off of Anna Patten and the ball loops over the goalkeeper.
GOAL! Aston Villa 1-1 Spurs (Hanson, 16)
Kirsty Hanson breaks away with the ball and starts running … and keeps running. The defender can’t stop her as she closes in on the keeper before side footing into the bottom corner. Great goal!
GOAL! Aston Villa 0-1 Spurs (Gaupset, 10)
Signe Gaupset works the ball out wide before receiving it again. She takes a touch out of her feet and fires the ball past the keeper at the near post.
GOAL! Everton 1-0 West Ham (Hayashi, 8)
What a devastating counter attack from Everton! They have an overload going forward and work it to Hannah Blundell. Blundell plays the ball into the path of Honoka Hayashi who taps into an empty net.
GOAL! Manchester United 0-1 London City Lionesses (Parris, 5)
Well this is a surprise. London City Lionesses work it well down the right and deliver the ball into the box. Nikita Parris bravely meets it and heads the ball back across goal. What a start for the away side.
3 min: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool Liverpool hit the back of the net but the goal won’t count. Ceri Holland heads down the left and whips in a cross for Alice Bergström. Bergström takes it down well and the finish is even better but it struck her hand in the process.
Kick off
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Manchester United v London City Lionesses team news
Manchester United: Tullis-Joyce, George, Le Tissier, Park, Awujo, Riviere, Naalsund, Wangerheim, Hinata, Turner, Schüller
Subs: Middleton-Patel, Rendell, Janssen, Lundkvist, Zigiotti, Drury, Terland
London City Lionesses: Lete, Fernández, Pattinson, Kumagai, van de Donk, Godfrey, Franssi, Parris, Sangaré, Kennedy, Geyoro
Subs: Orman, Goldie, Pérez, Asllani, Linari, Roddar, Goodwin, Imuran, Marcetto
Everton v West Ham team news
Everton: Brosnan, Blundell, Mace, Fernandez, Kitagawa, van Gool, Wheeler, Vignola, Hayashi, Momiki, Gabarro
Subs: Ramsey, Ishikawa, Hobson, Gago, Lawley, Harbert, Kramzar, Galli, Pacheco
West Ham: Szemik, Hansen, Endo, Cascarino, Wandeler, Zelem, Siren, Hanshaw, Martinez, Ueki, Asseyi
Subs: Walsh, Belloumou, Bose, Tinnebo, Brasero Carreira, Morgan, Houssein, Cemal, Piubel
Aston Villa v Tottenham team news
Aston Villa: Roebuck, Wilms, Patten, Parker, Maritz, Staniforth, Taylor, Grant, Jean-François, Hijikata, Hanson
Subs: Clark, Deslandes, Nighswonger, Maltby, Seymour, Lea, Kendall, Salmon
Tottenham: Kop, A. Nildén, Gaupset, England, Holdt, Hunt, Wijk, Hamano, Summanen, Koga, Blakstad
Subs: Heeps, Bartrip, Rybrink, Ahtinen, Vinberg, M. Nildén, Dennis, Gunning-Williams, Tandberg
Chelsea v Liverpool team news
Chelsea: Hampton, Carpenter, Girma, Buurman, Baltimore, Walsh, Cuthbert, Nüsken, Kaneryd, Thompson, James
Subs: Spencer, Peng, Potter, Reiten, Kaptein, Sarwie, Kerr, Bronze, Beever-Jones
Liverpool: Falk, Shimizu, Fisk, Clark, Bernabe, Nagano, O’Sullivan, Kapocs, Bergström, Thomas, Holland
Subs: Kirby, Parry, Evans, Olsson, Enderby, Woodham, Maclean, Bonner, Csillag
Preamble
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the Women’s Super League. We’ve got four lunchtime kick-offs (12pm GMT) to look forward to, including Chelsea v Liverpool and Manchester United v London City Lionesses.
The title race is effectively over for Chelsea, after humiliating back to back defeats against Arsenal and Manchester City. They bounced back with a win against Spurs last week so Sonia Bompastor will be hoping for an end of season rally to keep them in the Champions League places.
Meanwhile, Manchester United did what the men’s team couldn’t by winning more than five games in a row. Marc Skinner’s side are unbeaten in ten but London City Lionesses are no slouches. They’re sixth in the league in their debut season.
I’ll also keep you updated on Aston Villa v Spurs and Everton v West Ham. We have a busy day ahead so stick with me for the next few hours. Get in touch to share your thoughts.
