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Crystal Palace beat Aston Villa 3-1 with second win of WSL season Palace move to within one point of safety Aniek Nouwen, Ashleigh Weerden and Katie Stengel with goals Fran Kirby finds top corner as Brighton lead at Tottenham Get Involved: #bbcfootball, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Elizabeth Botcherby & Charlotte Coates Crystal Palace 3-1 Aston Villa Crystal Palace win! Katie Stengel (90+5 mins) Katie Stengel wraps up the three points for Crystal Palace! Aston Villa goalkeeper Sabrina D'Angelo was out on the halfway line to try and tee up another attack for her side but her pass is picked off by Stengel and she makes no mistake as she drives goalwards before firing the ball home. Game over. Tottenham 0-1 Brighton Nothing is the answer to that and the half-time whistle goes. Brighton will be delighted at going into the break with the lead. Plenty of work for Tottenham to do. Crystal Palace 2-1 Aston Villa Nothing comes of the corner and Crystal Palace break. Sabrina D'Angelo has made good ground to get back into her goal and Lily Woodham makes the sensible decision to take the ball into the corner and kill a bit of time. Tottenham 0-1 Brighton Tottenham have been awarded a free-kick in the final stages of the first half. What can they do with this then? Tottenham 0-1 Brighton Lovely footwork from Ashleigh Neville to skip past the sliding Madison Haley. The crowd loved that. Crystal Palace 2-1 Aston Villa The ball is pinging around in the Crystal Palace box and Aston Villa win another corner. Sabrina D'Angelo, the Aston Villa keeper, has come up for it. Crystal Palace 2-1 Aston Villa Another Palace change with Clarissa Larisey making way for Elise Hughes. Tottenham 0-1 Brighton The first yellow card of the game goes to Maria Thorisdottir for a late challenge. Crystal Palace 2-1 Aston Villa There'll be five minutes of added time. It starts with an Aston Villa corner but Crystal Palace clear the ball away. Tottenham 0-1 Brighton We've got six minutes of added time to play at the end of this first half. Ella Morris is tough as old boots, by the way. She's back on the pitch with tissue stuffed up her nose and is continuing to battle away at left-back. Crystal Palace 2-1 Aston Villa Chasity Grant crosses into the box from the right but finds the arms of Shae Yanez. The Palace goalkeeper is going to take her time with this goal-kick. Crystal Palace 2-1 Aston Villa Ashleigh Weerden is replaced by Isibeal Atkinson for Crystal Palace. Crystal Palace 2-1 Aston Villa Ebony Salmon gets into the penalty area and wins a throw-in deep in the Crystal Palace half. Nervy moments for the hosts. Tottenham 0-1 Brighton That is Fran Kirby's fourth WSL goal of the season and her first since November. Ella Morris is down receiving treatment after having the ball smashed in her face. Extra care is being taken, looked a really heavy blow. Lucy Parker (85 mins) Spoke to soon. .. Lucy Parker pulls one back for Aston Villa after Crystal Palace fail to clear a corner. Game on. Crystal Palace 2-0 Aston Villa Crystal Palace are absolutely cramming defenders into their box at they look to preserve the three points. There's just no way through for Villa. Fran Kirby (42 mins) Breakthrough! Just as I was about to type how Nikita Parris wasted an opportunity for taking too long on the ball, Fran Kirby is given the ball in the box and she finishes beautifully across Lize Kop and into the far corner. A well-deserved lead. Crystal Palace 2-0 Aston Villa That's a poor ball. Aston Villa had three or four players surging into the box but the cross which comes in from the left isn't even in the same postcode. Sometimes it just isn't your day. Tottenham 0-0 Brighton Maria Olislagers is causing Tottenham all sorts of bother with these inswinging corners! After a bit of head tennis, Tottenham clear the danger before Lize Kop rushes from her goal to collect the ball. Last Updated 16th March 2025 at 15: 55 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.