West Ham United Women lost 0:1 to Everton in the Women's Super League on Sunday, a result that keeps both sides level on four points after three matches. The hosts had drawn 2:1 with London City Lionesses earlier in September before that defeat to Tottenham, while Everton's recent form showed a 1:0 win over Charlton Athletic followed by a 0:1 loss to Crystal Palace. We had tipped the home side to win, but the match refused to follow that path.
The first half passed without incident until Van Gool picked up a yellow card in the thirty-fourth minute, then Cascarino followed in the fortieth. Neither side could create anything meaningful from those attacks, and by then it was clear this would be decided by a single moment. West Ham pressed forward with more possession but Everton's structure held firm.
The second half saw a series of changes as both managers searched for an opening. Piubel came on for West Ham in the sixty-first minute, Cain followed in the seventieth, and the hosts brought on Ueki and McNamara together at the seventy-fifth. Van Gool was replaced in the seventy-sixth while Silcock arrived for Everton in the eighty-sixth, but the score remained unchanged.
What happened in stoppage time settled everything. Codina's own goal in the ninety-fourth minute gave Everton the lead, and Asseyi received a caution in the ninetieth minute as the game tightened. That single moment carried more weight than all the passing and movement that came before it, and here's the thing — it was exactly the kind of match where one error decides the outcome.
West Ham registered three shots on target from seven attempts inside the penalty area, while Everton managed three on target from six. Both sides held fifty percent possession, but the hosts created two big chances compared to Everton's one. The shots accuracy figures tell their own story — thirty-three percent for West Ham against twenty-one percent for the visitors.
Both teams remain on four points after three fixtures, West Ham in ninth place and Everton in eighth. The gap between them is minimal, and this result means neither side has pulled away in the early stages of the season. We had predicted a home victory, but the game ended differently — and sometimes it's that one mistake, not the overall performance, that changes everything.
