Ipswich Town Women gained ground on the Barclays WSL2 top two as the Wear-Tyne derby ended in a draw.
Sheffield United 1-2 Bristol City
Burnley 0-5 Southampton
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Leicester City (Att: 2,577)
Sunderland 0-0 Newcastle United
Watford 1-2 Ipswich Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-2 Durham (Att: 749)
Sunderland and Newcastle United played out a goalless draw at the Stadium of Light.
The Black Cats became only the second side to take points off the Magpies but remain three points short of the leaders.
Ipswich Town are level on points with second-placed Sunderland after victory at Watford.
Mary McAteer nodded Ipswich one up via a corner and Kit Graham made it 2-0, but an own goal by Kenzie Weir in the final 10 minutes gave Watford late hope.
Bristol City made it four straight wins with a 3-1 victory away to Sheffield United on Saturday.
They struck twice in a 10-minute spell approaching half-time, as Sophie Ingle headed home an Emily Syme corner and Rio Hardy nodded in Katie Robinson’s cross.
Hardy again got her head to a Robinson delivery to make it 3-0, with the hosts pulling a goal back through Abbie Jones.
Southampton overcame Burnley with five unanswered goals at Turf Moor.
Mary Bashford put the Saints in control with a first-half double.
Libbi McInnes and Emma Harries added further goals to put the match beyond reach with still a quarter of it to go.
Harries then crossed for Ellie Brazil to get the fifth.
Nottingham Forest and Leicester City shared the spoils in an East Midlands derby.
Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah headed Forest into the lead following Alana Murphy’s corner.
Paulina Nyström equalised for Leicester with a header after the hour mark.
Wolverhampton ended a run of just one point from four games by sending Durham to an eighth consecutive defeat.
Amber Hughes turned the ball home for an early lead following a Charlotte Greengrass header, Greengrass scored the second goal herself, assisted by Tara O’Hanlon.
It was 3-0 by the half-hour mark, with Melissa Lawley setting up Hughes for her second goal.
Sarah Wilson and Bayley Hutchison replied for Durham, but Louanne Worsey added a fourth for Wolves in-between.
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