England versus the Chinese team – Women's Exhibition International

Introduction

Hello and welcome to the non-competitive game between England and China at Wembley Stadium. This promises to be an exciting contest with the reigning European champions taking on the reigning Asia Cup winners.

England’s national stadium is packed for the match, which will see Fran Kirby honored pre-match after her international retirement before the Euro tournament this past summer.

The team news will be revealed soon, but there was a last minute squad update for England. On Friday, the goalkeeper Khiara Keating withdrew from the squad with a small issue, and so previous starter Ellie Roebuck has been called up.

With Hannah Hampton unavailable, it will be intriguing to observe who head coach Sarina Wiegman selects in goal. That news and all the other updates are on the way before the opening whistle at 17:30 GMT.

Squad Updates

The lineups have been announced. Anna Moorhouse is the starting keeper for England in the absence 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 the Chinese lineup now; once it is available, I will post it.

Skipper News

Keira Walsh is leading 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.

First Cap News

This evening’s match will be Anna Moorhouse’s debut for England. She belonged to the Euro-winning side who won this past summer, but she did not play any minutes with Hannah Hampton in the starting goalkeeper role.

Previous Match Recap

The first leg of the women’s Nations League final took place yesterday; review all of the action:

Women’s Nations League: Spain’s Cata Coll denies Germany to keep final in the balance.

Real-Time Coverage

Live updates from the game will be provided with major incidents and current information as the match proceeds.