Newcastle United Women 3-0 Burnley Women: Match Report

Newcastle United Women maintained their unbeaten start to the WSL2 season with a dominant 3-0 victory over Burnley, keeping Tanya Oxtoby’s side top of the table as they continued their push for promotion.

Kathleen McGovern opened the scoring in the 11th minute before a Deanna Cooper own goal doubled the Magpies’ advantage before the 20-minute mark. Martha Thomas sealed the victory in the 62nd minute to secure all three points.

Newcastle came into the fixture following a dominant 5-1 away victory over Durham last weekend, sitting top of WSL2 and unbeaten in all six league matches. Burnley, meanwhile, arrived following a 4-0 defeat away to Nottingham Forest, winless and sitting inside the relegation zone, four points from safety.

Newcastle continued to dominate the first half and had the chance to make it 3-0 when the ball falls to Katie Bradley after the goalkeepers punch, but her volley just wide and Tanya Oxtoby’s side were 2-0 up at the interval.

Burnley were much more of a threat in the opening 10 minutes of the first half and almost pulled one back when Rachel Williams played a through ball to Emma Siddel who managed to escape the Newcastle backline but fired her shot over the crossbar.

Martha Thomas made it 3-0 on the 62nd mark. A ball was played across by Beth Lumsden, which Thomas controlled and sloted it home to triple the Magpies’ lead.

Freya Gregory had the chance to make it four but her curling effort was saved by Kirstie Levell in the Burnley goal.

Newcastle United remain top of the WSL2 heading into match-week 8, where they head to the Stadium of Light on Sunday the 15th of November to face Sunderland in the Wear-Tyne derby as Sunderland sit 3 points behind the Magpies in second