Man Utd off and running at last as Spurs thrash Villa and Birmingham pinch a point
Man Utd off and running at the fourth time of asking
Manchester United beat West Ham 2-1 at Leigh Sports Village to collect their first WSL win of the season. Eva Olid's side – who picked up just one point from their first three league games of 2026/27 – took the lead inside 10 minutes, when Elisabeth Terland headed in Anna Sandberg's header unchallenged.
They might have been 2-0 up at the break had it not been for Hammers goalkeeper Constance Picaud, who brilliantly tipped Hanna Lundkvist's header over the bar in the last action of the first half.
United came out with the bit between their teeth after the restart and had three chances in three minutes: Andrea Medina hit the bar, Jess Park shot wide and Terland forced another fingertip save from Picaud. It took an hour for West Ham's first shot on target, which came when Estelle Cascarino ran through the middle untracked and hit a dipping drive, which Phallon Tullis-Joyce had to be alert to tip over.
With 18 minutes of the 90 to play, the excellent Medina did make it 2-0 when she collected a peach of a pass from Park and found the postage stamp after her initial shot was blocked. But Viviane Asseyi prevented United from keeping a clean sheet when she rolled a penalty into the bottom left corner after she was tripped by Sandberg.
Spurs surge to victory against Villa
Tottenham surged to a 4-0 win against Aston Villa following a dominant second-half performance to keep within touching distance of Manchester City at the top of the table. The victory moves Spurs within two points of the league leaders with 10 points from their opening four games.
Villa, who sit in 13th, kept their opponents at bay before the break, but the floodgates opened following Victoria Pelova's opener in the 54th minute. The 27-year-old doubled the lead with a curling effort soon after, before Caitlin Dijkstra's back-post header and Cathinka Tandberg's rebound finish put the game well out of reach.
Birmingham rescue point against Palace in six-goal thriller
Newly-promoted Birmingham are still searching for their first WSL win after rescuing a point in a six-goal thriller against Crystal Palace at St Andrew's. Suzu Amano came off the bench for the Blues to hit a deflected 87th-minute equaliser and salvage a point in a 3-3 draw.
Birmingham had looked on course for a first win of the season as they led 2-1 at half-time thanks to Oceane Hurtre's double. The forward hit an opener after just 40 seconds, but Palace equalised in the 30th minute after a goalkeeper howler allowed Shanade Hopcroft's free-kick to go in. Just three minutes later, Hurtre restored Birmingham's lead with a powerful strike from a tight angle.
Palace, however, mounted a second-half comeback as Bethany England rebounded in a 70th-minute equaliser before Lexi Lloyd-Smith completed the turnaround with a fine one-on-one finish. But the home side battled back in a topsy-turvy encounter as Amano struck to pick up Birmingham's second point of the campaign and deny Palace their second win of the league season.