Women's Super League: Match weekend four & standings

Results and standings from the fourth match weekend of the Women's Super League
Aston Villa v Chelsea FC - Barclays Women's Super League
Aston Villa v Chelsea FC - Barclays Women's Super League | Jack Thomas/GettyImages

The Women’s Super League has had its fourth match weekend completed, after six fixtures went underway.

The Women’s Super League’s 12 clubs again attempted to claim crucial results in the latest match weekend.

As the fixtures keep coming, the more anticipated each match weekend becomes, with unpredictable games and vital scores always accompanying the match weekend.

Going into these matches, Manchester City would have been aiming to claim another win after their massive 5-1 result over Tottenham, Arsenal and Manchester United settled for a draw when they took one another on and would need to claim three points after no longer sharing the same points as Chelsea, Liverpool would be looking to find their first win and Chelsea, who became sole leaders of the league the week prior, would been hoping to remain with that advanatge.

The games that took place included Manchester City taking on newly promoted side London, Aston Villa vs Arsenal, and Manchester United meeting Liverpool, while Brighton and Everton encountered.

It was another busy match weekend, where there were big, vital outcomes that took place. With every game being so important, every result for every side is highly crucial as they bid to make their way to WSL triumph.

While that is a long way away just yet, whatever the clubs do right now could be the difference in how their season outcomes will be. Especially with the league having many contenders for the title, they all must remain claiming wins.

Let’s take a look at how the Women’s Super League fixtures went and how the standings look.

Women’s Super League results

Arsenal 1-1 Aston Villa

Manchester City 4-1 London

Leicester City 1-2 Tottenham

Brighton 1-0 Everton

Liverpool 0-2 Manchester United

West ham 0-4 Chelsea

While Manchester City claimed another big win, Arsenal found themslves drawing with Aston Villa.

Chelsea were never in doubt against West ham, Manchester United overrcame Liverpool and Brighton got a 1-0 win over Everton.

The Women’s Super League current standings

1: Chelsea 12pts

2: Manchester United 10pts

3: Manchester City 9pts

4: Tottenham 9pts

5: Arsenal 8pts

6: Brighton 7pts

7: Everton 3pts

8: Leicester City 3pts

9: London 3pts

10: Aston Villa 2pts

11: Liverpool 0pts

12: West ham 0pts

As Chelsea remain as leaders, Manchester United’s win puts them within a good overtaking distance. Manchester City have been bringing positive displays and are now making their way up the table.

Arsenal’s draw with Aston Villa sees them drop down to fifth, and with a bigger gap between them and Chelsea. For Liverpool, they remain without any points, and Brighton’s win moves them within a close distance to the league's bigger sides.