Key events
Just over 10 minutes left to play until half-time across all four games and we’ve only seen two goals so far – both of which were in the same fixture. It remains goalless in the other three games.
GOAL! Crystal Palace 0-2 Arsenal (Alessia Russo, 26)
Russo makes it two for the visitors!
Caldentey steals the ball from Cato in the final third and flicks it on to Russo, who makes a run into the box before firing her shot into the bottom-left corner.
Leicester 0-0 Tottenham: Good chance for Tottenham as Thomas runs through on goal. She looks to place the ball into the bottom-right corner but forces a strong save from Leitzig.
GOAL! Crystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal (Beth Mead, 14)
Mead breaks the deadlock for Arsenal!
Maanum plays the ball through to Kelly on the left, who runs deep before sending a cross into the box. Mead then cuts inside and meets it with a thumping volley into the bottom-right corner. Great cross. Great strike. Great goal.
Brighton 0-0 Manchester City: Brighton are gifted a chance at goal as Kirby wins possession from Hasegawa in a dangerous area before flicking the ball short to Parris. The striker then goes for the shot from distance but misses the target.
Just a reminder of the fixtures in play as we speak…
Thanks John! The 2pm games have just kicked off, no goals as of yet, however.
Talking of which, Emilia Hawkins takes over for those 2pm blogs.
The table, as it stands, with plenty of 2pm kick offs to come.
Full-time: Manchester United 2-0 Everton
A 12th clean sheet for United, and the Champions League is in sight for United. Everton are improved but without the tools to do much danger.
90+4 min: United close out in possession. In full control, Everton just able to clear, unable to mount an attack.
90+3 min: Gago is ok to limp off. And come back on again.
90+2 min: Gago, so quiet this half, goes down with an injury.
90+1 min: Four minutes were added on.
90 min: Fine save from Brosnan. Malard is set up to score by Williams but cannot beat the Everton keeper.
88 min: More United attacking, more changes made. Riviere off, Rachel Willams on, and Terland departs for Mannion.
86 min: United push for more. Naalsund is robbed as he makes an incursion into the opposing box. Riviere’s ball is deflected behind.
84 min: Panic in the Everton box as they try to play out. Terland is close to getting on the end of a cross that results. Pep Guardiola did this, all this playing out.
82 min: This game is ebbing away. United have had to work hard and Anna Sandberg’s just been booked for another shirt pull, but it should be a recalled as a game won relatively easy.
80 min: Janssen intercept, sends away Toone, but the cross is knocked away from Terland. Everton try to build an attack but United are in shape, back in numbers when the ball flashes across goal.
78 min: Another slow offside flag, and United are unhappy again. This time it’s Malard who is annoyed.
75 min: Galton limps down the tunnel, and looks to be better than expected.
74 min: On go two subs, as Clinton and Galton go off. Naalsund on, Awujo on.
72 min: Leah Galton has gone down. She felt something go, as she tells the physio.
71 min: Everton seem to have sorted their defending in the last 25 minutes, their attacking play has left a lot to be desired.
69 min: Le Tissier, on that yellow, berates a linesman for a slow offside decision.
67 min: Teland, still looking for her goal, is flagged offside.
66 min: United looking for more goals in their battle for second. No sense in sitting back. A yellow card is shown for Le Tissier for a shirt pull, a very obvious one.
64 min: The chances mounting up for United now. Clinton clips one wide.
Payne and Wheeler depart for Everton as subs are made.
62 min: Better goalkeeping from Brosnan in claiming Malard’s cross, aimed for Galton.
59 min: Fine run by Gago, half the length of the field, but no teammates to feed off her.
57 min: Janssen edges forward – no pressure on her – and smashes a shot on goal. It flies over but Everton’s pressing game appears a thing of the past.
54 min: Two Ev changes: Ladd off, Payne off, Holmgaard and Stenevik on.
United changes: Bizet has an injury and is upset she is isn’t recovered from her previous injury. Malard on.
52 min: The wind is up, and United have a corner. Sandberg struggles to keep the ball on its spot. Eventually, Everton get it clear. And it’s Sandberg who runs back to clear the danger.
50 min: Everton try to drive forward in response but they may find their defence exposed. United have been efficient in taking their chances.
49 min: Letting Grace Clinton, an expert at that those late runs, was a mistake Everton couldn’t afford to make.
Goal! Manchester United 2-0 Everton (Clinton, 48)
The answer is no. Sleepy defending, as Leah Galton is granted space to play in Grace Clinton.
46 min: Back underway at Leigh. Can Everton fight back?
Half-time: Manchester United 1-0 Everton
United end the half looking in vain for another. Everton pinned back, their efforts tiring. They will rue that first-half mistake by Courtney Brosnan, who otherwise played well.
45+5 min: Another good Brosnan save, as Le Tissier goes long range.
45+4 min: Great save! Bizet burst, sets up Galton, and eventually it goes back to Bizet. Low shot, very well saved.
45+2 min: Big mistake from Everton in playing out from goal. Brosnan caught out, and Clinton swings and misses. That’s a let-off.
