The Lionesses v China – Women’s Exhibition Fixture

Overview

Welcome everyone to the friendly game between the English side and the Chinese squad at the iconic Wembley. This promises to be an exciting contest with the European Championship holders facing the reigning Asia Cup winners.

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

Lineup details will be shared imminently, but there was a late squad update for England. On Friday, Khiara Keating withdrew from the squad with a minor injury, and so ex-first choice Ellie Roebuck has been added to the squad.

With Hannah Hampton out of action, it will be interesting to see who the Lionesses' coach Sarina Wiegman selects in goal. This information and additional developments are incoming before the opening whistle at 5:30 in the evening 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.

The Lionesses: 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; once it is available, I will provide the update.

Captaincy Update

Keira Walsh is captaining the Lionesses with Leah Williamson still sidelined. These were her comments before this clash:

Walsh assumes captaincy as England confront new hurdle in meeting of continental winners.

Debut Alert

This evening’s match will be Anna Moorhouse’s debut for England. She belonged to the European Championship squad who claimed victory this past summer, but she did not feature with Hannah Hampton in the number one shirt.

Previous Match Recap

The opening match of the Women’s Nations League title decider took place yesterday; get the details on all of the action:

Women’s Nations League: Cata Coll of Spain thwarts Germany, ensuring final remains undecided.

Match Updates

Real-time coverage from the match will proceed with major incidents and latest developments as the match proceeds.