Manchester United won the first game of the WSL season as they prevailed over Reading two-nil. For United, Kirsty Hanson nailed the first goal of the WSL season and then Ona Battle expanded the lead to two-nil at the fifty-fourth-minute mark as Reading couldn’t scratch a single goal.
Meanwhile, Aston Villa notched a come-from-behind win against Leicester City after they got down one-nil in the first half courtesy of a Natasha Flint strike at the thirty-ninth-minute mark. However, Sarah Mayling and Remi Allen nailed two goals in a space of a minute at around the sixty-forth-minute mark as Villa completed a comeback win. Chelsea had a goal-fest versus against Everton as they beat them four-nil and completed three goals before halftime courtesy of Vicky Losada, Janine Beckie, and Khadija Shaw. Everton saw no relief in the second half as Steph Houghton at the sixty-seventh-minute mark nailed another one to put the defending champions’ stamp on the game.