Glasgow City extend SWPL lead as Hibs stun Rangers

Glasgow City spell into the wintertime break 5 points clear astatine the apical of the SWPL aft thrashing Dundee United arsenic Hibernian stunned second-place Rangers 3-0.

Defending champions Celtic eased to a 5-0 triumph astatine Spartans while Montrose moved retired of the relegation area pinch a 1-0 triumph complete Queen's Park.

Third-place Hearts were held to a goalless tie astatine Motherwell.

Hearts, having played a crippled more, are now conscionable 2 points clear of Edinburgh rivals Hibs, who produced a devastating capacity to inflict Rangers' 2nd conclusion connected the spin.

Kathleen McGovern scored either broadside of half-time astatine Broadwood, chipping Rangers goalkeeper Vic Esson from wrong the container earlier pouncing connected a protect slip-up to smash into the apical corner. Substitute Rosie Livingstone made it 3 precocious on.

The consequence allowed Glasgow City to widen their lead astatine the top, pinch Katie Lockwood and Lisa Forrest scoring doubles successful the 7-0 rout of bottommost nine United. Amy Muir, Sam van Diemen and Brenna Lovera besides netted.

Braces for Emma Lawton and Saoirse Noonan, positive a Kelly Clark strike, saw disconnected Spartans to support Celtic 9 points down City pinch 2 games successful hand.

Montrose are retired of the bottommost 3 - supra Aberdeen connected goals scored - aft Louise Brown sewage the only extremity against Queen's Park.

Aberdeen's crippled pinch Partick Thistle was postponed because of precocious winds.

The SWPL action resumes connected 12 January.