Despite a red card, Rangers beat Glasgow City 3-1 to return to the top of the Park’s Motor Group Scottish Women’s Premier League.
SWPL 1
Aberdeen 1-0 Hibernian
Hamilton Academical 0-1 Partick Thistle
Hearts 1-0 Motherwell
Spartans 0-2 Celtic
Rangers 3-1 Glasgow City
SWPL 2
Boroughmuir Thistle 1-0 Kilmarnock
Glasgow Women P-P Queen’s Park
St Johnstone 1-1 Stirling University
Rangers were 2-0 up against Glasgow City through Lizzie Arnot and a Naimh Farrelly own-goal when they had keeper Jenna Fyfe sent off for bringing down Ode Fulutudilu. Hpwever, Jane Ross headed a third goal for the hosts, before Claire Shine got one back for City. Rangers now sit two points ahead of Glasgow City and have a game in hand.
ABAIR TADHAL DO @RangersWFC! ⚽️
Goal for Rangers! Great strike from Lizzie Arnot! ⚽️#SWPL pic.twitter.com/jwEuYuvBWD
— BBC ALBA (@bbcalba) February 6, 2022
Celtic won 2-0 at Spartans to move within two points of Glasgow City, whom they visit in midweek. Maria Olafsdottir Gros and Clarissa Larisey got the goals for the Hoops.
Aberdeen defeated fourth-placed Hibernian with an eighth-minute Eva Thomson goal, Hearts are eighth after beating Motherwell by the same score thanks to Erin Rennie’s strike, Partick won the basement clash at Hamilton also by a single goal, Clare Docherty with the 77th-minute decider,
In SWPL 2, Boroughmuir Thistle edged Kilmarnock with a Shannon Todd effort and Stirling University gained just a fourth point of the campaign at St Johnstone, where Emma Lyons put them ahead but Leia Glading levelled.
SWPL 1 Midweek Matches
Wednesday 9 February – Rangers v Hamilton Academical (7pm)
Thursday 10 February – Glasgow City v Celtic (7.40pm) – live on BBC Alba/BBC iPlayer/BBC Sport Website
