ROYALS FACE SPURS IN HUNT FOR FIRST WIN OF NEW SEASON

READING women are on a mission to pick up their first points of the season as they travel to the capital to face Tottenham Hotspur Women on Sunday.

The Royals were dealt a difficult start to the season with an away trip to Manchester United on the opening night of the WSL season, before they hosted Arsenal at the Select Car Leasing Stadium prior to the international break.

Reading went down by two goals away at United and were beaten 4-0 at home to Arsenal as they are still yet to get off the mark for points or goals this season.

Meanwhile, Spurs have had a perfect start to their campaign with two wins from two.

They defeated Birmingham City on the opening weekend of the season as Kit Graham bagged the only goal of the game to gift her side three points.

They then provided a shock to title hopefuls Manchester City away from home as they overcame a one-goal deficit to hit back with two second-half strikes to take three points in Manchester.

Laurent Hemp put City ahead after six minutes but Rachel Williams grabbed an equaliser before an own goal from Karima Benameur gave Spurs the points despite only having two shots on target in the match.

In the early stages of the new season, Kelly Chambers’ Reading side are down in 11th, one

[place off the bottom, while Tottenham are in fourth, level on points with the three teams above them.

The last meeting between the teams saw Tottenham progress with an away win in the FA Women’s Cup with a 3-2 victory.

The sides couldn’t be separated in normal time, with a 2-2 stalemate forcing extra-time.

But Jessica Naz netted a goal-winning strike for Spurs as they progressed to the next round.

Meanwhile, the last two league meetings have ended in stalemates with a goalless draw at the SCL in March and a 1-1 draw in London after Ashleigh Neville cancelled out

Brooke Chaplen’s opener.