England will look to build on a hard-fought win over Haiti when facing Denmark in their second Women’s World Cup fixture in Sydney on Friday. The Danes also made a successful start to their Group D campaign by edging out China and are just nine places lower down the FIFA rankings.
England are expected to enjoy an easy win in their opening Group D game at the Women’s World Cup when facing unfancied Haiti in Brisbane. The Lionesses reached the semi-finals at the last two renewals of this tournament and will be looking to build on their memorable Euro 2022 triumph.
The ninth FIFA Women’s World Cup kicks off with New Zealand taking on Norway on July 20 followed by the Republic of Ireland’s tournament debut against co-hosts Australia at Sydney’s sold-out Stadium Australia later on the opening day. Here we look at some of the talking points in our Women’s World Cup preview.
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England boss Sarina Wiegman has finalised her squad for this summer’s World Cup finals as she targets another taste of glory. The European champions have lost key players since their triumph at Wembley last year, but have potential new stars waiting in the wings.
Fran Kirby has become the latest England player set to miss this summer’s Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The midfielder confirmed that she will be sidelined for “a significant period” due to a knee injury and will undergo surgery.
Wales made a very promising start to their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign when drawing away to Croatia and are hot favourites to see off Latvia. The Dragons are up to 19 in the world rankings, whereas their opponents are way down at 129, so this should be a routine win.
Northern Ireland will be keen to build on a solid 2-0 success in San Marino when hosting Finland in their second Euro 2024 qualifier. The visitors kicked off their campaign with a 3-1 defeat in Denmark, when repeatedly struggling to cope with crosses into the box.
Republic of Ireland face a daunting start to their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign when entertaining World Cup finalists France. Les Bleus have already got off to a flyer in Group B by thrashing Netherlands 4-0 and last lost to the Irish in 1981, winning four of the last five meetings.
Scotland will be going all out to kick off their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign with a convincing victory when entertaining Cyprus. The Scots follow up this game by hosting Group A favourites Spain, before then facing Norway and Georgia in a June double-header.
The big two in Euro 2024 qualifying Group B clash in Paris and we reckon Netherlands can pick up a positive result against hosts France. Les Bleus have been hampered by some key injuries on top of some significant international retirements, making them worth taking on.
Northern Ireland have been handed the chance to get off to a flying start in Euro 2024 qualifying Group H when visiting San Marino. With Denmark, Finland, Slovenia and Kazakhstan also in this pool, Michael O’Neill’s men can’t afford to slip up in Serravalle.