Bristol City beat Durham 5-0 to go level on points with Barclays Women’s Championship leaders Birmingham City who were held at home by Charlton Athletic.
Bristol City 5-0 Durham
Birmingham City 0-0 Charlton Athletic
London City Lionesses 3-0 Southampton
Sunderland 2-2 Portsmouth
Emily Syme bagged a brace as Bristol City put five past Durham to leapfrog them in the table. Syme opened the scoring in first-half added time for City and doubled the hosts’ lead eight minutes after the restart.
Lexi Lloyd-Smith effectively made the points safe with a third goal midway through the second half, Tianna Teisar and Amalie Thestrup also getting on the scoresheet.
Birmingham City were morning leaders but held to a goalless home draw by Charlton Athletic.
Merry Christmas, London City fans 💙
Today’s win places us third in the table, with everything to play for in the New Year 👏
FT | 🦁 3-1 🟥 | #BarclaysWC pic.twitter.com/DhnLtTGRyy
— London City Lionesses (@LC_Lionesses) December 15, 2024
London City Lionesses struck three times in a seven-minute spell in the last quarter of the match with Southampton.
Kosovare Asllani finished at the back post from a cross by Izzy Goodwin, who then found the net herself but Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah made it 3-0.
Emma Thompson netted a stoppage-time consolation for the Saints.
Another point on the board. ✅#Pompey pic.twitter.com/dfGL7toAh9
— Portsmouth Women (@PompeyWomen) December 15, 2024
Sunderland fell behind a Sophie Quirk goal for strugglers Portsmouth but Eleanor Dale had them back on level terms within five minutes.
Katy Watson completed the turnaround for the Black Cats during first-half stoppage time, only for Lily Dent to make it 2-2 straight after the interval, eventually securing just a second point for Pompey.
