Livingston Women 1 Kilmarnock Women 3

Killie travelled to Livingston looking to take all three points back to Ayrshire.

Killie started brightly, winning two corners and putting pressure on the Livingston defence. After a good ball in from O’Brien, Cowan had a shot deflected by a defender in the 11th minute.

Osborne fired just over the crossbar from inside the box in the 18th minute. Gray then twice tested the Livingston goalkeeper, who saved her first effort before punching away her second.

Livingston took the lead in the 23rd minute. Killie were quickly back on the attack in search of an equaliser. Martin played an excellent ball into the box, but Gray’s shot was deflected away.

Osborne brought Killie level in the 31st minute with a strike from outside the box. The goalkeeper punched away another Osborne effort to give Killie a corner, before Gray came close to putting the visitors ahead with a powerful header that went just over the crossbar.

Gray had another powerful shot beaten away in the 40th minute, but found the bottom-right corner in the 45th minute to give Killie the lead just before half-time.

Mooney headed on target from Crainie’s corner in the 51st minute, before McLaughlin sent an effort just wide in the 58th minute.

Cowan added Killie’s third in the 60th minute, sending a shot from inside the box past the goalkeeper.

A double change in the 69th minute saw Lisa Kirwan and Skye McDonald replace Louise Cowan and Rachel Osborne. Kelsy Crainie and Erin O’Brien made way for Lauryn Reside and Ruby Morrison in the 80th minute, before Katie McDougall replaced Cara Gray in the 87th minute.

Killie saw the game out to secure all three points in West Lothian.

Starting XI – Tebbett, McKean, Martin, Mooney, Cullie, Gray, Cowan, Crainie, McLaughlin, Osborne, E. O’Brien.

By Sarah Harrison