SWPL title race: Olid's glory swansong or Crichton's crown?

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Rangers head coach Leanne Crichton and Hearts counterpart Eva OlidImage source, SNS

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Either Rangers head coach Leanne Crichton or Hearts counterpart Eva Olid will get their hands on the SWPL trophy this weekend

The SWPL title race has gone to Sunday's final round of fixtures. Eva Olid could leave Hearts as a league winner, while Rangers head coach Leanne Crichton is seeking a title win in her debut season.

Hearts, who visit Hibernian, have a two-point advantage over Rangers, who are away to Glasgow City.

Here's what the two head coaches have said in the preamble to Sunday's games, which kick off at 13:10 BST, with live coverage available on the BBC Sport website and iPlayer and the Edinburgh derby also on BBC Alba.

Olid wants Hearts 'to do the job'

After last week's 0-0 draw with Glasgow City, Olid, who will depart Hearts this summer, told BBC Scotland she had expected her side to be "better on the ball".

"There are emotions, nerves, everything," she explained. "You could see some players were nervous. That didn't help in possession.

"We were so good in the last weeks. It's normal. We need to learn to live that out and just focus in the game. We are good on the ball, it is our strong point.

"We don't want to be defending, we want to be attacking great chances.

"We want to do the job. Just be together. It's good we are together until the end."

'Nothing but winning' is Crichton's focus

Crichton's message to her players is simple: "Win the game."

"That for me should open up an enjoyment factor because there is nothing else that the players need to worry about other than winning game," Crichton explained.

"We are totally comfortable with the situation in the sense that we have got European football secured.

"It is brilliant for a group that is as young as we have been this season with the turnover in terms of the last 12 months and what that has looked like."

In the four meetings of Hearts and Rangers this season, Hearts won three and the other was a draw. As a result, if the sides finish level on points after Sunday's games then Hearts will pip Rangers to the title thanks to a superior head to head.

"The reality is we have taken one point from 12 against Hearts so if Hearts pip us to the post and they land at the top of the pack and even if it comes down even to a head to head we can't complain about that," said Crichton. "We have only got ourselves to blame."

Celtic face Thistle in cup final warm-up

Sunday's other fixture pitches Celtic up against Partick Thistle. Celtic will finish fifth and Thistle will be sixth.

However, for Grant Scott's Celtic, it is a last match of preparation before next weekend's Women's Scottish Cup final against holders Rangers at Hampden.

Scott took over from Elena Sadiku mid-season and is bidding for his first trophy since joining from Hibernian.

With both Sunday's visit of Thistle and the trip to Hampden on 31 May, Celtic will be looking for an improvement on recent form, having not won in the league since their last meeting with Partick on 22 March and in all competitions since defeating Glasgow City in their cup semi-final on 2 May.

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