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Women’s Premier Divsion
Round 4 Results
Cork City P-P Wexford Youths
Shelbourne 1-2 Galway United
Goals: Jessie Stapleton 3′ (1-0). Aoife Thompson 56′ (1-1), Jenna Slattery (1-2)
Red Cards: Gemma McGuinness 69′ (Galway)
Bohemians 0-2 Peamount United
Goals: Karen Duggan P 54′ (0-1), Kate Mooney 76′ (0-2)
DLR Waves 0-0 Athlone Town
Sligo Rovers 1-2 Treaty United
Goals: Emma Doherty 43′ (1-0), Cara Griffin 62′ (1-1), Hannah Saidi 82′ (1-2)
Round 3 Results
Galway United 0-1 Bohmeians
Goals: Sarah Rowe 40′ (0-1)
Shelbourne 1-1 Shamrock Rovers
Goals: Áine O’Gorman 57′ (0-1), Jessie Stapleton 69′ (1-1)
DLR Waves 3-0 Cork City
Goals: Joy Ralph 3′ (1-0), Katie Malone 9′ (2-0), Neema Nyangasi 76′ (3-0)
Sligo Rovers 0-4 Peamount United
Goals: Carla McManus 55′ (0-1), Becky Watkins 57′ (0-2), Kate Mooney 77′ (0-3),
Avril Brierley 89′ (0-4)
Treaty United 0-8 Athlone Town
Goals: Scarlett Herron 3′ (0-1), Chloe Singleton 17′ (0-8), Madison Gibson 30′ (0-3), 55′ (0-4), 73′ (0-6), Muireann Devaney 65′ (0-5), Eve Conheady 80′ (0-7),
Antea Guvo 90′ (0-8)
What Happened
Round 4 saw 4 tense tight games take place with two big surprises, and a first red card of the campaign.
Galway United bounced back from a disappointing defeat to claim a huge scalp. The came from behind to beat the champions despite playing the last 20 minutes a player down.
Peamount continued their 100% record and move 5 points clear at the top of the league. Kate Mooney continues to find the net.
DLR Waves defended admirably to hold out Athlone and could well have snatched a win as they created plenty of chances.
Treaty United pulled off a famous win ending a long losing run. June 6th 2021 was the last time they had one a game, a stat that saw them go 45 games without picking up 3 points. Hannah Saidi will remember her debut having scored the winner.
As It Stands
Coming Up
The first midweek round of the season features two games that see the 4 favourites for the league go head to head. Shamrock Rovers and Wexford Youths both had no game on the weekend so they will be fresh for what should be an exciting game that promises goals. Peamount United will look to make it 5 out of 5 when they host a Shels side who will be desperate to bounce back after dropping points in the last two games.
A Munster derby see’s Treaty United host Cork City, two sides who struggled last season however, Treaty will be looking to build on ending their winless run last week against a Cork side who are yet to score. Cork will be fresh after their game was called off. Athlone Town face Galway United in a kind of close-enough-to-each-other derby with Galway looking to claim another big win. DLR Waves go to Bohemians who play host to many former Waves in a Dublin derby.
Round 5 Fixtures
Wednesday 25th March
Athlone Town vs Galway United
Athlone Town Stadium / 19:45
Bohemians vs DLR Waves
Dalymount Park / 19:45
Peamount United vs Shelbourne
PRL Park / 19:45
Shamrock Rovers vs Wexford Youths
Tallaght Stadium / 19:45
Treaty United vs Cork City
Market’s Field / 19:45
Elsewhere
Ireland international Chloe Mustaki is back training after an injury.
Ireland’s World Cup Prep
Ireland moved up to a record high 22nd place in the FIFA World Rankings, and face world number 1 side USA twice in the international break. It’s USA vs Republic of Ireland on Saturday 8th April at 19:30 (Irish time) and in the early hours of April 12th the sides play again at 00:30 (Irish time). The squad for these fixtures will likely be named next week
World Cup Opponent Watch
Ireland’s group stage opponents Canada and Australia are in the top 10 of the World Rankings, while Nigeria move up to 42nd.
Upcoming Fixtures
April 7th
Australia vs Scotland
April 11th
New Zealand vs Nigeria
England vs Australia
France vs Canada
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