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WEDNESDAY 11TH MARCH 7PM KO
WOMENS SUPER LEAGUE
BIRMINGHAM WOMEN 0 EVERTON WOMEN 4
Everton were going 3rd time lucky for this game to go ahead away at Birmingham after the previous 2 games there were both called off with a few hours to kick off for waterlogged Pitches, there would be no problems this time though as the WSL has forced Birmingham women to play their games at the FA's own St George's Park for their 3rd "home" game in a row, Everton after a very good defensive team performance v Man City at the weekend were looking to get back to winning ways and win at Birmingham a team that had no home win since the 27th October 2019-That came v Liverpool and have lost 4 and drew 3 of their last 7 wsl games, while at home they have lost 8 and drew 2 from last 10, Everton off course won 3-0 at Birmingham in the semi final's of the Women's FA Cup, a win would keep Everton 5th a place that looks like it will be were they finish unless they go on a bad run of form as they are 7 points behind 4th with 7 games to go, This game come's after both side's met each other in a 1-1 draw just 4 games ago at Walton Park in what was actually Everton's last home game after tonight match been the 4th successive away game
Everton made 5 changes to the Man City game with Graham, Sorensen, George, Turner to bench and wold out were enforced changes, into the starting line up came Lehmann, Emslie, Pattinson, Scott, Raso,
The 1st 9mins were pretty even with no shots from either till a through ball from Christie Murray off Birmingham on 10mins had Ex Toffee Claudia Walker and Sandy MacIver receive treatment after a collision outside the area. That collision led to Maclver been subbed for Korpela in what turned out to be a 9 minute delay, the game was a lot of stop/start the 1st 33mins with not a lot happening to say the least, but on 36mins the deadlock was broken when Raso who was once again was playing right wing back broke down the right and played a great ball into the area for the Returning Jill Scott to finish 1st time superbly for her 2nd goal in 2 games, it should have been 1-1 on 39mins though when Claudia Walker played the ball through to Jamie Lee Napier but her shot went wide when it should have been in, But Everton made Birmingham pay for that miss when on 45mins Alisha Lehmann headed home another super cross from the right this time from Claire Emslie for her 1st Everton goal, it could have been 3 in the 9mins of Injury Time when Jill scott hit the underside of the bar in what would have been a Quality goal, Everton finished the half very strong and showed their class with the half time score 2-0 Everton
Everton began the 2nd half as they finished the 1st and they went 3-0 up on 50mins when Claire Emlsie scored a great Quality lob after a big error by the Birmingham keeper Hannah Hampton, Scottish International Emslie still had a lot to do though, Lehmann then had a long range shot easy for the keeper on 57mins, Izzy Christiansen then had a shot over on 61mins,it became 4-0 on 88mins when Sub Simone Magill scored another Quality Everton goal on 88mins with a sensational shot, this was Birmingham's 3rd home game in a row of losing 4-0 but Everton were Quality overall and are 6 points above 6th place, in effect 7 with goal difference but it was all very comfortable for Everton who had no shots on target v them the whole game, in a strange stat going back many years it was also Birmingham's 1st home midweek defeat in 13 games, but it was Everton's night with truly Quality goals all night and they kept a 1st clean sheet in 6 games ,the last one also comming in a 4-0 home win v Bristol City
EVERTON SCORER JILL SCOTT
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EVERTON SCORER ALISHA LEHMANN
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EVERTON SCORER CLAIRE EMSLIE
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EVERTON SCORER SIMONE MAGILL
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EVERTON TEAM
Maclver, Finnigan, Pattinson , Sevecke, Emslie, Clemaron,Scott Christiansen, Lehmann , Gauvin, Raso
Subs Korpela, Turner, George, Stringer, Magil, Clinton, Pattinson, Sorensen, Graham, Boye-Hlorkah
EVERTON SUB ON 19mins
Korpela on for Maclver
EVERTON DOUBLE SUB ON 64MINS
Magill & Graham on for Gauvin & Christiansen
EVERTON DOUBLE SUB ON 72MINS
Sorensen & Stringer on for Emslie & Clemaron
Referee: Lisa Benn
Assistant Referee: Stuart Kane
Assistant Referee: Ceri Williams
Fourth Official: Dale Wooton
FA statement re: Olympic selection phone calls earlier this evening. "We apologise to the players and clubs concerned, and will also do so personally. The timing of the correspondence was an error but we take full responsibility for the upset this has caused.
It seems like they didnt know there was a WSL Game happening 90mins later, This came after 2 Everton players were given good news and 2 were given bad news personally before the Clubs were even informed, while Birmingham boss Carla Ward said Hannah Hampton needed consoling before kick-off,she also said she made errors for 3 goals which is not true, maybe the last 2 but still took great finish's to score