Our weekly look at how West Ham United women’s team’s loanees are performing for their respective clubs...
Jessie Stapleton and Keira Flannery helped Sunderland to their first victory of the Barclays Women’s Championship season on Sunday.
The Lasses defeated London City Lionesses 1-0 at Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground, where Natasha Fenton’s solitary strike was enough to claim victory.
Having gone in level at half-time, the deadlock was broken just before the hour mark. The hosts were on top when the Lionesses’ defence failed to deal with Katie Kitching’s 58th-minute corner and Fenton smashed home the decisive goal.
Princess Ademiluyi was a second-half substitute as Charlton Athletic women continued their impressive start to the season with a 2-0 win against Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park.
The first ten minutes set the tone for a dominant afternoon in Lancashire, with the Addicks taking a deserved early lead when Charlotte Newsham delivered an inch-perfect cross into the box for Karin Muya, who towered high to power home a precise header.
Charlton then doubled their advantage just after the half-hour mark when Elisha N’Dow rose highest to meet Melisa Filis’ corner, and her looping header flew beyond Alexandra Brooks.
Ademiluyi entered the fray after 58 minutes and put in an assured performance that meant the visitors’ lead rarely looked in threat.
Charlton top the table with 12 points from four games played, while Sunderland are eighth with three points from as many matches.
Overseas, Shekiera Martinez continued her positive start to life on loan with SC Freiburg, playing 90 minutes and scoring the opening goal to set her side on their way to a 2-0 Frauen-Bundesliga win away at 1. FC Köln Frauen.
Martinez opened the scoring after nine minutes. After playing a neat one-two with Selina Vobian, the midfielder’s cross was met by our 23-year-old loanee who stooped to head home from close range.
Victory saw Martinez and her teammates remain in sixth position in the Frauen-Bundesliga standings.
Inès Belloumou was a late substitute in Lazio’s 2-1 defeat away at AC Milan in Italy's Serie A Women.
Noemi Visentin put the visitors ahead after 42 minutes, only for Milan's Julie Piga to restore parity on the stroke of half-time. Martina Piemonte spurned a golden opportunity to regain Lazio’s lead from the penalty spot in the second half, and they were made to pay as substitute Nikola Karczewska scored the winner nine minutes from time.
Lazio remain winless from four matches and sit eighth in the ten-team table with two points.