Hearts Women defeat Celtic after Rangers and Glasgow City draw | OneFootball

Hearts no.14 Kayla Jardine got the goal to defeat Celtic. (Photo: Malcolm Mackenzie/SWPL)

Hearts are on the heels of the ScottishPower Women’s Premier League top two after the leading pair drew and they beat Celtic.

SWPL 1

Montrose 1-1 Partick Thistle Spartans 0-4 Hibernian Queen’s Park 0-2 Aberdeen Motherwell 4-1 Dundee United Hearts 1-0 Celtic

Glasgow City’s Mairead Fulton plays the ball during the game at Rangers. (Photo: Colin Poultney/SWPL)

Rio Hardy came off the bench to equalise at Ibrox for Rangers, Emily Whelan having given Glasgow City the lead.

Hearts are within two points of leaders Rangers and one of Glasgow City, after a first-half goal proved enough to see off Celtic, who slip to fifth. Bayley Hutchison picked out Kayla Jardine who beat keeper Chelsea Daugherty with a deflected strike.

Spartans tackle Hibernian. (Photo: Malcolm Mackenzie/SWPL)

Hibernian rose to fourth with all four goals of the game at Spartans, Eilidh Adams hitting a hat-trick including a penalty and Michaela McAlonie also finding the net.

Motherwell’s 4-1 defeat of Dundee United lifted them into the top half, above Partick who were held at Montrose. Laura Berry scored the first and fourth goals for Motherwell, while Thistle’s Carla Boyce quickly cancelled out an opener by Neve Guthrie.

Motherwell joy during the win over Dundee United. (Photo: Colin Poultney/SWPL)

Aberdeen escaped the bottom three at the expense of Montrose, when winning at Queen’s Park with first-half goals from Hannah Stewart and Emily Kraft.

SWPL 2

Boroughmuir Thistle 2-3 Livingston Hamilton Academical 3-0 Ayr United Kilmarnock 4-1 Rossvale St Johnstone 1-2 Gartcairn

Hamilton maintained a five-point advantage at the top with the victory against Ayr, Josephine Giard scoring twice and Freya MacDonald once.

Kilmarnock are still second but they had to come from behind for their 4-1 win over Rossvale, where Abby Robinson bagged a brace.

Livingston dramatically won by the odd goal in five at Boroughmuir Thistle, Emma McFadyen getting the 96th-minute decider.

Gartcain moved up to fourth when taking the points 2-1 at St Johnstone.

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