Hearts Women Hold On For Derby Victory Despite Dismissal

Hearts Women won the Edinburgh derby 3-2 over Hibernian in the ScottishPower SWPL despite being reduced to 10 players with a late red card.

Celtic 4-0 Spartans
Hibernian 2-3 Hearts
Montrose 1-3 Glasgow City
Motherwell 1-0 Aberdeen
Partick Thistle 0-1 Rangers

Mariana Speckmaier hit a hat-trick as Hearts beat Hibernian in a derby clash at Easter Road.

Aoife Colvill netted the first for Hibs, while Speckmaier’s third came off the rebound from Kayla Jardine’s parried shot.

Colvill doubled her tally from 20 yards, and although Hearts had Ellen Dolan sent off in added time, they held on for the victory which kept them third.

Rangers stayed three points clear at the top with a seventh straight win but by just the single goal.

Jodi McLeary scored off an Eva Hendle cross in the first half, while Partick Thistle might have equalised in stoppage time but fired a free kick over the bar.

Second-placed Celtic scored four goals against Spartans, who had a first-half effort disallowed.

Casey Howe’s early strike was followed by Lisa Robertson just before half-time.

Amy Gallagher added another, along with a penalty from Chloe Craig.

Glasgow City climbed to fourth place with a 3-1 win at bottom-of-the-table Montrose.

Lisa Evans scored from an early free-kick, and Kelly Brady doubled City’s lead.

Ashley Robertson pulled one back for the hosts, but Emily Whelan restored the two-goal cushion.

Motherwell denied Aberdeen a first point of the season with a stoppage-time breakthrough.

Carla Boyce headed in from an Ellie MacDonald free-kick to secure a second win for the home side, as the Dons suffered a seventh defeat in a row.

SWPL2

Falkirk 5-1 Renfrew
Kilmarnock 1-1 Gartcairn
Dundee United 0-2 Boroughmuir Thistle
St Johnstone 4-6 Queen’s Park
Livingston 2-4 Hamilton Academical

Boroughmuir Thistle moved three points clear at the top with both goals in their match against Dundee United.

Two goals in the space of seven first-half minutes settled the game, with Carys Grieve and Adian Ibrahim the scorers.

Second-placed Kilmarnock were held 1-1 at home by Gartcairn.

Cara Gray converted a very early penalty for the hosts, but Clare Docherty hit back for Gartcairn.

Queen’s Park gained ground on Killie after coming out on top in a 10-goal thriller at St Johnstone.

The Spiders went in 4-2 up at half time, with a Rebecca McAllister brace and singles from Olivia King and Abby Callaghan, while Elvie McLean and Jodie Malcolm scored for the hosts.

Nicole Cairney made it 5-2, but McLean and Malcolm struck back again to make it 5-4, before Hannah Cairns completed the scoring at 6-4.

Hamilton Academical climbed two places to fifth with a 4-2 victory away to Livingston.

Aoibhe Toner scored her first two goals for the Accies, with Chloe Muir and Josi Giard also on target.

Lila Sallis and Kaitlyn Canavan replied in an effort to keep the home side in the match.

Falkirk beat basement side Renfrew by five goals to one.

Seren McCulloch scored in the first half, and Rachael McConnachie pulled one back for the visitors, but it only interrupted a hat-trick by Kasha Gronowska-Butz.