The Lionesses versus the Chinese team – Female Exhibition Fixture
Overview
Welcome everyone to the exhibition game between the English side and China at London’s Wembley. This promises to be an exciting contest with the reigning European champions taking on the reigning Asia Cup winners.
England’s national stadium is sold-out for the event, which will see the celebrated Fran Kirby recognized pre-match after her departure from the England squad before the European Championship this past summer.
Squad announcements will be revealed soon, but there was a last minute squad update for England. On Friday, Khiara Keating withdrew from the squad with a minor injury, and so previous starter Ellie Roebuck has been added to the squad.
With Hannah Hampton out of action, it will be interesting to see who England manager Sarina Wiegman selects in goal. That news and all the other updates are coming up before the start of the match at 5.30pm GMT.
Lineup Announcements
The team news is in. Anna Moorhouse will be the goalkeeper for England in the unavailability of Hannah Hampton and Khiara Keating.
England's starting eleven: Moorhouse, Bronze, Charles, Walsh, Le Tissier, Morgan, Mead, Stanway, Russo, Toone, Hemp.
Bench: Hings, Baggaley, Kendall, Wubben-Moy, Beever-Jones, Kelly, Kearns, Park, Blindkilde Brown, Roebuck, Clinton, Denton, Fisk, Godfrey.
We are awaiting China’s team news now; when it comes through, I will share it.
Captaincy Update
Keira Walsh is captaining the Lionesses with Leah Williamson still injured. These were her comments before this encounter:
Walsh assumes captaincy as England confront new hurdle in meeting of continental winners.
Debut Alert
This evening’s match will be Anna Moorhouse's first appearance for England. She belonged to the European Championship squad who won this past summer, but she did not play any minutes with Hannah Hampton in the first-choice keeper position.
Earlier Fixture Update
The first leg of the final of the Women’s Nations League was held yesterday; get the details on all of the action:
Women’s Nations League: Spain’s Cata Coll stops Germany, leaving final outcome open.
Match Updates
Real-time coverage from the fixture will proceed with important moments and latest developments as the action unfolds.
