Leicester City remain rooted to the foot of the Women's Super League table, after Aston Villa came from behind to prevail 2-1 at King Power Stadium.

Kirsty Hanson's 10th goal of the season six minutes from time condemned the Foxes to a fifth straight league defeat, which leaves them three points adrift at the bottom of the table.

Hanson should have scored when she rounded Leicester goalkeeper Janina Leitzig, only to fire into the side-netting from a tight angle.

The hosts capitalised on their reprieve just a minute later, with former Villa player Alisha Lehmann slotting home Hannah Cain's cutback from close range.

Villa were level within two minutes of the second half, when Anna Patten lost her marker at the near post to prod home from Lynn Wilms' corner.

Natalia Arroya's side completed the turnaround in the 84th minute. Hanson raced onto Ebony Salmon's ball over the top of the Leicester defence, before her shot squeezed past Leitzig to end the visitors' five-game winless streak.

Earlier in the day, Liverpool moved five points clear of bottom side Leicester following a goalless draw with Brighton.

Neither side could find the breakthrough at Broadfield Stadium, where the Seagulls' winless run extended to four games.

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— Aston Villa Women (@AVWFCOfficial) March 22, 2026

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Leicester were beaten for the first time in the WSL when opening the scoring since a 6-2 defeat by Arsenal in November 2023.

The Foxes have also now failed to score or scored exactly once across their 17 league games this season. Only Yeovil Town have gone longer from the start of a WSL campaign without netting multiple goals in a match (all 18 games in 2017-18 and all 20 in 2018-19).

Leicester have also lost three straight WSL home games in the same campaign for the first time since losing their final four home matches of 2023-24.

Lehmann's first goal since joining Leicester came almost two years after her last WSL goal, when she netted for Villa against Brighton in May 2024.

Villa came from behind to record their fourth WSL win over Leicester, their joint-most against a single opponent in the competition (along with Brighton and West Ham).