WOMEN'S PREVIEW: DERBY COUNTY V BURNLEY
Clarets return back to league action
2023-12-03T09:00:00.000Z
WOMEN'S PREVIEW: DERBY COUNTY V BURNLEY
Clarets return back to league action
2023-12-03T09:00:00.000Z
Clarets return back to league action
Clarets return back to league action
Clarets return back to league action
Burnley FC Women return to league action Sunday afternoon as they face Derby County at the Don Amott Arena in the Northern Premier Division of the FA Women's National League 2pm KO).
The Clarets remain top of the table with seven wins and two draws since the start of the season, with their last league game ending in a 3-1 victory against West Bromwich Albion at the Lancashire FA County Ground.
Rebecca Sawiuk's side come off an impressive 9-1 victory against Alnwick Town Ladies in the Adobe FA Cup, played at Ecogiant Stadium home of Clitheroe FC.
The Clarets face a trip to Coundon Court
Alnwick Town's Katie Ellwood opened the scoring with four minutes on the clock as she fired the ball straight down the middle of the goal.
Millie Ravening reacted quickly as she found the equaliser just four minutes later, placing the ball into the bottom left corner, leaving keeper Katy Louisee Stark no chance.
Amaya Coleman-Evans got on the scoresheet when Rhema Lord-Mears assisted her in the area, and she was able to find the back of the net.
Brenna McPartlan picked up a short ball from Ravening 25-yards out, then hammered the ball straight for goal.
Laura Elford was next to score as Coleman-Evans assisted her into the box, where she took a shot on target.
Leah Embley managed to squeeze the ball in-between the post and Stark, then Mikayla Wildgoose followed in the 89th minute as she found her volley hitting the back of the net.
McPartlan secured her hat-trick from a penalty when Mia Hatley made heavy contact on Embley within the box, McPartlan sent the ball straight into the bottom right corner.
Embley closed the scoring for the Clarets, as she linked with Ravening and sent her volley past Alnwick's keeper.
Sunday's opponents currently sit in 6th position, with four wins, four losses and one draw since the start of the season.
Sam Griffith's side fell short the last time they faced the Clarets, with a 4-1 defeat away from home at the Lancashire FA County Ground.
Lizzy Hamer found the opener as she picked out the top corner with a stunning effort from the edge of the area.
Elford followed on the scoresheet, as she drove forward and hammered a strike from the edge of the area in off the underside of the crossbar.
Embley made it three in the 20th minute, after latching onto a flick on from Ravening and finishing well past Imogen Maguire.
Derby's Becky McGrother scored with a strike from distance that bounced off the underside of the bar.
Ravening closed the scoring as she fired from the penalty spot after Evie Priestley was fouled by Molly Sutherland.
Full coverage of Sunday's game will be available on X @BurnleyFCWomen and a match report will follow on burnleyfc.com.
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