Hearts Women fend off a Rangers Women fightback to leapfrog them into fourth place in the SWPL table.
Hamilton Academical 0-3 Celtic
Glasgow City 5-0 Aberdeen
Hibernian 3-0 Partick Thistle
Montrose 1-1 Motherwell
Hearts 3-2 Rangers
Celtic were 3-0 winners at basement side Hamilton on Friday, Saoirse Noonan’s early goal added to by Maria McAneny and Lisa Robertson.
Hearts stunned Rangers with three first-half goals but had to hold on against a fightback to secure a 3-2 victory. Georgia Timms struck twice during the first 10 minutes, including a penalty, with Georgia Hunter adding Hearts’ third goal. Kathy Hill responded before half-time and Mia McAulay further reduced the deficit shortly after the restart, but the visitors couldn’t find an equaliser.
Glasgow City scored five goals against Aberdeen but were held off until Nicole Kozlova broke the deadlock at the 40-minute mark. Sofia Maatta, Lana Golob, Mebae Tanaka, and Lisa Forrest added a goal apiece.
Hibernian took the lead against Partick Thistle with Kirsty Morrison’s goal after 12 minutes, but it was in the latter stages that Kathleen McGovern and Ellis Notley scored to secure the victory.
Montrose drew 1-1 with Motherwell, with Kaela McDonald-Nguah equalising three minutes into the second half after Bailley Collins scored for the visitors.
SWPL 2
Queen’s Park 1-1 Boroughmuir Thistle
Spartans 5-0 Livingston
Gartcairn 1-3 Kilmarnock
Stirling University 2-1 East Fife
St Johnstone 3-4 Dundee United
Kilmarnock maintained their five-point lead at the top with a victory at Gartcairn, while Spartans scored five against Livingston. Third and fourth battled to a 1-1 draw as Queen’s Park and Boroughmuir Thistle finished level. Dundee United edged out St Johnstone 4-3 away to climb to fifth, Danni Findlay with the 85th-minute winner from distance. Stirling University moved off the bottom by defeating East Fife 2-1, Tanaka Chitengu setting up the first goal before winning and converting a penalty.