Aston Villa Women recorded a fourth successive draw on Sunday, playing out a 0-0 stalemate with West Ham United at Villa Park.
The visitors had the better chances in what was a cagey, relegation-threatened affair between the two sides.
Villa defended firmly, however, in thwarting the Hammers for the second time in as many weeks.
A final league fixture against Arsenal next week awaits, while eyes will also be on Bristol City's matchup with Brighton & Hove Albion.
Marcus Bignot made just one change for Villa's pivotal clash.
Following Wednesday's heart-breaking 1-1 draw with Birmingham City, Elisha N'Dow returned to the defence having served her one-game suspension.
Wednesday's goalscorer, Freya Gregory, made way meaning Jodie Hutton shifted across from centre-half to left wing-back.
Villa remained without Ella Franklin-Fraiture and Sophie Haywood due to respective calf and knee injuries, while Diana Silva was left out of the squad.
As was the case 12 days prior, the game got off to a cagey start.
No real chances of note were created by Villa in the opening 45 minutes, while West Ham did see a couple of efforts whistle wide of the goal from set-pieces.
Shania Hayles did provide an outlet with her lung-busting runs down the channels, but was left unrewarded going into the break.
Villa were then forced into a change ahead of the second frame, with Marisa Ewers replacing Hutton who had picked up a knock.
Stine Larsen and Hayles both had half-chances blocked by some resolute West Ham defending, while midweek hero Gregory came on to inject some energy with 25 minutes to go.
Similarly to 12 days ago, the game seemed to be fizzling out to another hard-fought draw, when Martha Thomas thundered a strike off the crossbar.
Lisa Weiß was left rooted to the spot as Villa's hearts were firmly in mouths for a split second, but the danger was soon cleared.
As the referee signalled five minutes of additional time, West Ham had one last chance to snatch the points.
The ball struck Villa's crossbar once more following a free-kick into the box, and Villa were able to hold on to pull away slightly from the bottom of the table with just one game to go.
Aston Villa Women: Weiß, Asante, Haigh (Hanssen 86'), N'Dow, Arthur (Follis 86'), Ale, Hutton (Ewers 45'), McLoughlin, Hayles (Gregory 65'), Larsen, Iwabuchi (Syme 79')
Subs: Rogers, Hanssen, Ewers, West, Syme, Follis, Siems, Gregory, Petzelberger
West Ham United Women: Arnold, Cissoko, Flaherty, Fisk, Longhurst, Dali, Kvamme, Brynjarsdóttir (Vetterlein 92'), Pacheco, Thomas, van Egmond
Subs: Denton, Vetterlein, Mustafa, Brosnan, Barker
