Ten-in-a-row Cliftonville Ladies add to perfect Premiership winning run

The Reds opened the scoring on 37 minutes as Naomi McLaughlin's deep cross dropped to Marissa Callaghan, who controlled the ball and blasted home from 15 yards to take a single-goal lead into the break.

A resolute Derry City side caused Cliftonville problems throughout the game but a late double from Danielle Maxwell added some gloss to the scoreline, as the North Belfast club finished 3-0 winners.

There was late drama in the Lisburn derby at Crewe Park as Lisburn Ladies came from behind to snatch a point at third-placed rivals Lisburn Rangers.

Lisburn Ladies opened the scoring through Rachel Kerr on 23 minutes and took their lead into the break.

Rangers hit back after the restart and Sophie Kelly Bradley scored the equaliser just before the hour, before Caoimhe Gelston Mulholland looked to have won it with only five minutes remaining.

Lisburn Ladies dug deep and in the first minute of stoppage time, Danielle Winter found the equaliser to share the points across the Lisburn divide at 2-2.

At Seaview, Linfield Women lost ground on the leading pack with a 1-1 draw against Crusaders Strikers, who played most of the second half with 10 players.

Teenager Bernadette Ferreira opened the scoring for the Crues after 37 minutes, but her night turned sour with a second yellow card on 50 minutes.

Linfield took advantage of their extra player on the pitch as, 10 minutes later, Cora Chambers grabbed her 10th league goal of the season as both teams had to settle for a point.

At the bottom of the table, it was a huge victory for Larne Women in the battle to avoid relegation.

They raced into a three-goal lead by half-time, as a double from Sasha Clare and finish on the stroke of half-time from Hollie Johnston put Larne in complete control.

Mid Ulster rallied with two second-half goals in a six-minute spell from Laura Kelly.

But, with two minutes remaining, Erin Montgomery scored to regain the two-goal cushion in a 4-2 away win.