Women's Super League: Relive Wednesday's action as top two Man City and Chelsea win

Summary

Man City stay top with win over Bristol City
England's 13th WSL goal of season helps Chelsea beat Birmingham
Man Utd held by Brighton
Reading beat West Ham & Spurs come from 2-0 down to draw with Everton

Live Reporting

Tom Garry

'Man City under the radar'published at 19:16 Greenwich Mean Time 12 February 2020
Man City 1-0 Bristol City
Samantha Miller
Ex-Tottenham, West Ham and London Bees player on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra
Manchester City have gone a bit under the radar. No-one seems to be really talking about them as potential title winners. Everyone has their eyes on Chelsea and Arsenal, but Manchester City are sitting top at the moment.
They haven't been as exciting to watch this season, with a lot of backwards passing, while Chelsea and Arsenal have been more attacking.
Man City in frontpublished at 19:13 Greenwich Mean Time 12 February 2020
Man City 1-0 Bristol City
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Here's how the WSL's table-toppers took their early lead tonight.
Listen live via BBC radiopublished at 19:09 Greenwich Mean Time 12 February 2020
Chelsea 0-0 Birmingham City
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Postpublished at 19:08 Greenwich Mean Time 12 February 2020
Chelsea 0-0 Birmingham City
No such early goal for Chelsea, who in fact need to do some defending at the other end. Millie Bright does well to get an important foot in to stop Rachel Williams scoring for Birmingham on the night of her 100th WSL appearance.
GOAL: Man City 1-0 Bristol Citypublished at 19:04 Greenwich Mean Time 12 February 2020
Gemma Bonner (2 mins)
The ideal start for the WSL leaders. Not such a good one for bottom club Bristol City.
From a set-piece inside two minutes, England centre-back Gemma Bonner hooks the hosts in front.
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KICK-OFFpublished at 19:03 Greenwich Mean Time 12 February 2020
Chelsea 0-0 Birmingham City
And things are under way in West London too.
KICK-OFFpublished at 19:01 Greenwich Mean Time 12 February 2020
Man City 0-0 Bristol City
Off they go, at the Academy Stadium.
Are you ready?published at 19:00 Greenwich Mean Time 12 February 2020
Chelsea v Birmingham City (19:00 GMT)
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Kick-off at Kingsmeadow is coming up next. England's Carly Telford will be between the sticks for the hosts tonight.
100 up for Williamspublished at 18:56 Greenwich Mean Time 12 February 2020
Chelsea v Birmingham City (19:00 GMT)
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It's a landmark night for Birmingham striker Rachel Williams' WSL career.
Team newspublished at 18:53 Greenwich Mean Time 12 February 2020
Man City v Bristol City (19:00 GMT)
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The hosts have England's Ellie Roebuck, Georgia Stanway, Steph Houghton, Gemma Bonner, Demi Stokes, Keira Walsh, Jill Scott, Lauren Hemp and Ellen White all in their starting line-up. Yes, nine Lionesses. Tonight sees Alan Mahon's first game in interim charge of the club after Nick Cushing's move across the pond to the United States.
As for the visitors, South Korea's Jeon Ga-eul makes her debut for Bristol City, who are looking to move off the foot of the table.
Man City XI: Roebuck, Stanway, Houghton, Bonner, Stokes, Walsh, Weir, Scott, Hemp, Wullaert, White.
Bristol City XI: Baggaley, Evans, Matthews, Brown, Pattinson, Daniels, Wellings, Jeon, Robinson, Chance, Bryson.
Team newspublished at 18:50 Greenwich Mean Time 12 February 2020
Chelsea v Birmingham City (19:00 GMT)
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Chelsea welcome back South Korea star Ji So-Yun after international duty, but she is only on the bench. Australia's Sam Kerr is still away, competing for an Olympic qualification spot with her country, so the in-form Beth England leads the line for the hosts up front. Visitors Birmingham have Team GB Olympics squad hopeful Lucy Staniforth in midfield.
Chelsea XI: Telford, Blundell, Bright, Ingle, England, Reiten, Eriksson, Mjelde, Cuthbert, Spence, Andersson.
Birmingham XI: Hampton, Jordan, Harrop, Brougham, Mayling, Whipp, Staniforth, Arthur, Grant, Williams, Visalli.
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Coming uppublished at 18:49 Greenwich Mean Time 12 February 2020
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Here's tonight line-up, including the league's top two sides in action in the early kick-offs (all times GMT):
- Chelsea v Birmingham City (19:00)
- Manchester City v Bristol City (19:00)
- Reading v West Ham United (19:30)
- Tottenham Hotspur v Everton (19:30)
- Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester United (19:45)
Liverpool and defending champions Arsenal are not in action until tomorrow night.
Top two in action as title race hots uppublished at 18:45 Greenwich Mean Time 12 February 2020
Wednesday's WSL action
Good evening! The WSL title race steps up another notch tonight as the top two, Manchester City and Chelsea, play their final league games before their head-to-head clash next time out.
Who will go in to 23 February's meeting between the two sides at the top of the WSL tree?
Tonight we shall find out, as well as following all the rest of the night's action, as the first and only scheduled full round of midweek WSL action of the season begins...