Portsmouth Women set for home debut in the Championship | OneFootball

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Portsmouth make their home debut in the Barclays Women’s Championship with the first of the weekend’s five fixtures.

After going down to three first-half goals against Charlton Athletic at The Valley last week in their first ever Championship match, Pompey look to bounce back when hosting Durham on Saturday afternoon at the 5,300 capacity Westleigh Park.

The Wildcats started with a 2-1 home win over Sheffield United, who welcome the Addicks for Saturday’s early evening game.

Birmingham City are away to Bristol City on Sunday in the live-streamed match, the Blues initial leaders after kicking-off with a 5-0 win.

Sunderland will be keen to respond to that when hosting Southampton, who finished one a-piece with Bristol on the opening day.

Blackburn Rovers make a belated start to the eleven-team division when facing London City at Ewood Park. The Lionesses began with a 1-1 home draw against Newcastle United, who are without a fixture.

Saturday 14 September

Portsmouth v Durham (Havant & Waterlooville FC, 2pm) Sheffield United v Charlton Athletic (Bramall Lane, 5.30pm)

Sunday 15 September (2pm)

Blackburn Rovers v London City Lionesses (Ewood Park) Bristol City v Birmingham City (Ashton Gate)  – live on BWC YouTube Channel Sunderland v Southampton (Eppleton Colliery Ground)

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