Bethany England’s late winner gave Crystal Palace a 3–2 win over Charlton, who remain without a point. London City Lionesses beat Birmingham City 4–1 to stay third, and Tottenham came from behind to beat Brighton 2–1 and remain fourth. Manchester City beat West Ham 5–0, Chelsea drew 1–1 with Everton, Arsenal beat Liverpool 2–1 and Manchester United beat Aston Villa 1–0. City are 2 points ahead of Chelsea.
Bethany England’s 90th-minute winner gave Crystal Palace a 3–2 victory over Charlton on Sunday, ending Palace’s 7-game winless run. Charlton remain bottom of the Women’s Super League without a point, while Palace moved 3 points clear of the relegation playoff place.
Both clubs were promoted to the league. Lexi Lloyd-Smith put Palace ahead in the second half, but Elisha N’Dow and Leah Davidson scored within 2 minutes to give Charlton the lead. Aimee Everett equalized before England struck the winner.
Chelsea and Manchester City began Saturday level on points at the top. In the day’s only league fixtures, City beat West Ham 5–0 while Chelsea drew 1–1 at home to Everton, leaving City 2 points ahead.
Khadija Shaw scored 3 goals, opening the scoring before halftime and adding the others after the break. Aoba Fujino and Iman Beney also scored. Shaw has 12 goals in 9 league appearances this season.
The Guardian’s account puts Shaw’s record number of league hat-tricks—3 goals in a match—at 9. This was also her 4th “perfect hat-trick”: she scored with her left foot, her head and her right foot. No other player has achieved that more than once in the competition.
At Chelsea, Lucy Bronze headed across goal for Sandy Baltimore to score in the 28th minute. Bronze’s attempted clearance became an own goal 5 minutes later. Everton held on, and Chelsea dropped league points for the first time since the opening day of the season.
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Elisabeth Terland’s late equaliser ended City’s perfect start in the 1–1 Manchester derby. Chelsea beat Crystal Palace 3–1 to go top on goal difference, London City drew 2–2 at Liverpool, Aston Villa won 3–2 at Everton and Birmingham beat Charlton 1–0.
London City Lionesses remained third, 4 points behind Chelsea. Poppy Pattinson and Delphine Cascarino gave the hosts a 2-goal halftime lead. Océane Hurtré replied for Birmingham before Grace Geyoro and Kadidiatou Diani scored for London City.
Tottenham stayed fourth, 3 points behind London City, after their 5th league win of the season. Fran Kirby put Brighton ahead in the 2nd minute, but Signe Gaupset and Olivia Holdt scored within 2 second-half minutes to turn the match around.
Manchester United extended their unbeaten league run to 7 games. Substitute Julia Zigiotti Olme headed the only goal at Aston Villa midway through the second half. United remain 2 points above sixth-placed Arsenal.
Alessia Russo scored both Arsenal goals at Anfield, in the 8th and 45th minutes. Beata Olsson equalized for Liverpool in the 15th minute before Russo restored Arsenal’s lead.
Jenna Clark also put the ball in the net for Liverpool before halftime, but the assistant referee disallowed the goal for offside against Vivien Endemann. The Guardian questioned the decision, saying the ball toward Endemann had come inadvertently off an Arsenal foot rather than from a deliberate Liverpool forward pass.
Chelsea are scheduled to host Manchester City on 14 November 2026. A Chelsea win would put them back above City. London City next face Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium, with a chance to close the gap if they win as one or both of the leading teams drop points.
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Birmingham secured their first league win of the season, while a stoppage-time own goal gave Liverpool a point against London City Lionesses.
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Alessia Russo’s second-half penalty ended Arsenal’s five-game winless league run and lifted them to sixth, a point behind their neighbours.
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