Ipswich Town Women Secure Victory Aided By A Red Card

Ipswich Town Women defeated a 10-player Sunderland to move ahead of them into second place in the Barclays WSL2.

Watford 4-2 Durham (Att: 375)
Bristol City 4-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers (Att: 1,225)
Burnley 3-4 Sheffield United
Ipswich Town 3-1 Sunderland
Nottingham Forest 2-2 Newcastle United (Att: 2,023)
Leicester City 2-2 Southampton

Elise Hughes headed home from Tess Laplacette’s corner to give Sunderland the lead in just three minutes but Georgia Timms found the net from outside the box for a quick reply.

The visitors lost Laplacette to a red card soon after the interval, and Princess Ademiluyi made the numerical advantage count with a 10-minute brace.

Newcastle United came from two down to remain unbeaten in their visit to Nottingham Forest.

Forest’s Leticia McKenna scored 10 minutes in off a pass from Alana Murphy and soon got a second from the spot after Tuva Espås was taken down by Gemma Evans.

Kathleen McGovern got a goal back early in the second half after a set-up by Beth Lumsden, and with four minutes left, Martha Thomas scored the equaliser.

Bristol City moved up to fourth spot on goal difference with victory over Wolves.

Wolves led after six minutes as Amber Hughes nodded in following a Jasmine Matthews header.

Katie Robinson brought Bristol level from a Marine Dafeur cross, Brooke Aspin put them ahead via a free kick and Rio Hardy squeezed home a third before the break.

City continued to pull away after the break as Dafeur got on the scoresheet, Hughes doubled her tally for Wolves with a dozen minutes remaining.

Southampton drew for the fourth time in six games after letting slip a lead at Leicester City.

Three minutes in, Leicester led as Araya Dennis nodded home following Paulina Nyström’s header from a corner.

Freya Jupp equalized for the Saints with help from Mary Bashford, and within 10 minutes scored again with the assist this time coming from Ellie Brazil.

Southampton were twice denied by the post before Alisha Lehmann grabbed a late equaliser for Leicester from Jessie Stapleton’s perfectly weighted ball.

Burnley remain without a win this season after a 4-3 home defeat to Sheffield United.

Mollie Rouse gave Sheffield an early lead after a corner kick, but Emma Siddall repled with assistance from Leah Galton, with the favour returned just before halftime.

Two minutes after the restart, Halle Hussein made it 2-2 from a Rouse corner and then Ava Baker put the Blades ahead.

Abbie Jones struck from outside the box to make it a two-goal cushion, Sheffield’s Leanne Cowan scored an own goal just before the final whistle.

Watford claimed their first win of the season with a 4-2 result against bottom-of-the-table Durham.

Phoebie Poole converted a cross from Madison Perry to give Watford the opening goal.

Vera Jones doubled the lead two minutes after the interval, and a quick double secured the points as Aoibheann Clancy’s corner flew straight in and Perry got the fourth.

Beth Hepple scored a late brace to reduce the arrears for the visitors.