WSL: Man Utd earn first league win of season as Liverpool beat rivals Everton while Tottenham thrash Aston Villa
Manchester United earn their first WSL win of the season after a 2-1 home win over West Ham; Liverpool beat rivals Everton 2-0 at Anfield; Tottenham score four second-half goals to thrash Aston Villa; Birmingham hit late equaliser to snatch 3-3 draw against Crystal Palace
Sunday 27 September 2026 16:50, UK
Man Utd off and running at the fourth time of asking
Man Utd 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.
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They might have been 2-0 up 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 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.
Dan Long
Liverpool finally beat Everton at Anfield!
Liverpool secured a 2-0 win against Everton to hand the club their first WSL Merseyside derby victory at Anfield.
Liverpool had previously lost eight of their nine WSL games played at Anfield, with five of those losses coming against Everton.
However, a looping header from Beata Olsson gave Gareth Taylor's side the perfect start in just the fourth minute.
The Reds threatened throughout but were denied a second on two occasions due to the stoic defensive performance of Ruby Mace in midfield, blocking Natalia Ramos' goal-bound shot and clearing Cornelia Kapocs' effort off the line.
Kapocs would not be denied on the second time of asking, however, as she swept home the second to seal the win with just under five minutes to go.
Patrick Rowe
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 would open 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 on the rebound put the game 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 to 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.
But 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.
