Women’s FA Cup Fourth Round Results and Review
What an exciting way to start the 2024 women’s football calendar, with a weekend of FA Cup action and plenty of goals! The fourth round fixtures of the Women’s FA Cup average over 4 goals per game.
Women’s FA Cup Fourth Round Results
Aston Villa Women 0 – 3 Everton Women
Manchester United Women 5 – 0 Newcastle United Women
Durham Women 0 – 4 Manchester City Women
Arsenal Women 5 – 1 Watford FC Women
Bristol City Women 0 – 1 Liverpool Women
Chelsea Women 3 – 1 West Ham United Women
Crystal Palace Women 3 – 1 Blackburn Rovers Ladies
Ipswich Town Ladies 1 – 4 Charlton Athletic Women
Luton Town Ladies 0 – 6 Brighton Women
Plymouth Argyle Ladies 1 – 6 Nottingham Forest Ladies
Sunderland Ladies 0 – 2 Southampton Women
Burnley Ladies 1 – 3 Birmingham Women
Reading Women 1 – 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Ladies
Tottenham Women 3 – 2 Sheffield United Women
Derby County Ladies 0 – 4 Leicester Women
London City Lionesses 4 – 0 Moneyfields Women
The FA Cup fourth round kicked off at midday Saturday with an all-WSL tie between Aston Villa and Everton. Both teams have struggled for form this season and were looking for the chance to start 2024 with a victory to kick-start the season. Despite Aston Villa enjoying large periods of possession in the first half, it was Everton that were the more clinical, taking the lead through Oleson before Snoeijs claimed a brace for a resounding 3 – 0 win for the Toffees.
Newcastle United Ladies brought a huge, loud following of supporters to Leigh Sports Village for their tie against Manchester United Women. Newcastle gave a good account of themselves in the first half, and it took United almost 30 minutes to score against the team two tiers lower. United proved too strong in the end and secured a 5 – 0 win, with goals from Toone, Williams and Malard, while Parris got her name on the scoresheet twice and arguably should have had more.
Manchester City and Arsenal both delivered convincing wins against lower opposition. There was more good news for Arsenal fans, as Viv Miedema started for Arsenal as she makes her comeback from her ACL injury.
Goals Galore in Women’s FA Cup Fourth Round
Liverpool edged the tie with Bristol City despite having Holland sent off, they grabbed a late winner through Bonner. West Ham United took a shock lead against Chelsea before Fishel took the tie to extra time. Cuthbert and Beever-Jones goals ensured that Chelsea go into the hat for the Women’s FA Cup fifth round.
Both Brighton and Nottingham hit six goals in routs against Luton Town and Plymouth Argyle, respectively. The biggest shock of the FA Cup this weekend was Wolverhampton Wanderers Ladies beating WSL team Reading 2-1. Tottenham survived a scare after going 2-0 down to Sheffield United Women. They pulled off a Beth England-inspired comeback to end 3-2 winners.
Other ties saw Crystal Palace beat Blackburn 3-1,while Charlton coasted past Ipswich Town with a 4-1 victory. Southampton defeated Sunderland 2-0 and Birmingham secured a 3-1 win over Burnley. Leicester put 4 past Derby County without reply, and Loncity City Lionesses also enjoyed a 4-0 scoreline against Moneyfields.