13 minutes later and Mille Gejl put Palace two objectives forward, with a strong drive into the nook from exterior the field.

Palace have been on-top for a lot of the second half, with Annabel Blanchard coming near a 3rd with an effort from 20 yards out that narrowly missed the goal.

Head coach Laura Kaminski made some modifications within the second-half and Palace finally ran out snug 2-0 winners in Sutton.

Palace: Majasaari (GK), Gibbons, Aspin, Arthur (Potter, 82), Everett, Sharpe (Riley, 82), Gejl, Larkin (Pritchard, 57) , Blanchard (Cato, 57) , Weerden, Atkinson (Stengel, 68)

Subs not used: Yañez, Woodham

Charlton: Whitehouse (GK), Newsham, N’Dow, Bradley, Filis (Brazil, 60), Hutton (Siber, 82), Barton (Muya, 60), Skeels, Bashford (Ademiluyi, 82), Roe (Pearse, 54), Primus

Subs not used: Grey (GK)