Glentoran Women completed a comprehensive victory over Larne Women with a 7:1 scoreline in the Premiership Group Stage on Thursday evening. The result leaves the visitors three wins from three in the standings while the hosts remain winless after five matches. Larne sit seventh on two points and have now lost four of their last five league games.
The visitors were already second in the table with nine points before kickoff, having won their opening two fixtures. Their recent form showed a 5:1 victory over Crusaders Women on 7 August, followed by a 1:3 defeat to Cliftonville Women. They also beat Derry City Women 1:0 and recorded a 4:2 win against Pyunik Yerevan in mid-July.
Larne's run of results tells a different story entirely. They have lost their last three matches by heavy margins — 8:0 to Cliftonville, 2:0 to Linfield, and 7:0 to Derry City — before a 1:2 loss to Lisburn and a 0:3 defeat to Cliftonville in June. The hosts have now failed to win in five league games and have been involved in some of the highest-scoring matches in the division this season.
By then it was clear the visitors had the sharper edge going into the fixture. Glentoran came into the game with momentum and a full point cushion over their nearest rivals. Larne, meanwhile, were looking to salvage something from a difficult run of form that has seen them concede heavily on multiple occasions.
The final boundary of the match saw the gap in quality reflected in the scoreboard. Glentoran moved further clear in second place while Larne's position at the bottom of the group remains precarious. The hosts have now lost four of five league games and sit two points from safety with one game played fewer than most sides above them.