
Newcastle United Women jumped from 22nd to 16th in the Subway Players Cup Group Stage table with a 5-1 victory away to Durham.
Durham 1-5 Newcastle United
Nottingham Forest 4-0 Burnley (Att: 790)
Southampton 1-1 Leicester City (Leicester won shoot-out 4-3)
Sunderland 1-0 Sheffield United (Att: 330)
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Bristol City (Att: 536)
Newcastle United came from behind to win a north-east derby at Durham.
Lucy Watson opened the scoring for Durham, but Newcastle turned it around by the break with goals from Martha Thomas and Beth Lumsden.
Thomas and Lumsden both doubled their tallies before the hour mark, Jade Pennock later scored an own goal.
Sunderland are goal-difference away from the top eight quarter-final places after edging Sheffield United.
Chloe Paxton made the breakthrough for the Black Cats after 65 minutes.
Wolverhampton avenged a recent league loss to Bristol City with a late winner.
Yana Daniëls scored right after the restart for Wolves, with Emily Syme equalising after the hour mark.
But Mel Filis grabbed a decider in the last 10 minutes for Wanderers.
Nottingham Forest fire four past Burnley.
Alice Murphy scored for Forest five minutes from halftime, Abbie Lafayette with the second with a quarter of the game to go.
Late goals from Melissa Johnson and Lois Shooter made sure of the points.
Leicester City banked a bonus point from the spot after getting a late equaliser at Southampton.
Libbi McInnes put the Saints ahead midway through the second half, and Paulina Nyström levelled with three minutes remaining.
The Foxes then picked up an extra point by winning the penalty shoot-out 4-3.
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