Key events
2 min: Penalty for Germany! Leah Williamson gives the ball away sloppily and in a blink Millie Bright fouls the striker to give away a penalty.
Kick-off: England 0-0 Germany
Here we go. Germany get the ball rolling, kicking from left to right.
The players are making their way onto the field. England are led out by Steph Houghton whose incredible career for the Lionesses is being commemorated today.
Hannah Hampton continues to keep Mary Earps out of the starting line up. Here’s what Sarina Wiegman had to say about her decision.
ITV have agreed a new four-year record deal with The FA as they will continue to be the home of the Lionesses from 2025-2029.
The deal will see the broadcaster show all of the England senior women’s teams qualifying fixtures for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027 and UEFA Women’s EURO 2029, as well as the team’s UEFA Women’s Nations League campaigns and all international friendlies.
All games will continue to be free-to-air, with a commitment for more than half of the matches each season shown on ITV1 with the remainder available on ITV4 and ITVX.
The existing four-year deal [2021-2025] draws to a close at the end of the 2024-25 season.
ITV also recently signed a deal for live coverage of the UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 alongside the BBC, with every match broadcast in the UK on either ITV or the BBC, except for the final, which will be shown by both broadcasters.
Speaking about England’s progress after EURO 2022, Sarina Wiegman said: “We always want to [progress] faster but I think the game has increased, the level of the leagues in international football has increased and developed.”
The teams
England: Hampton, Bronze, Carter, Walsh, Bright, Williamson, Mead, Stanway, Russo, Toone, Hemp
Subs: Le Tissier, Earps, Park, Morgan, Greenwood, Beever-Jones, Clinton, Kelly, Naz, Moorhouse, Parker
Germany: Berger, Linder, Minge, Nüsken, Gwinn, Dallmann, Bühl, Senß, Brand, Doorsoun, Hoffmann
Subs: Anyomi, Cerci, Däbritz, Endemann, Gräwe, Johannes, Kleinherne, Lohmann, Rauch, Winkler, Wolter
Tom Garry
A crowd of about 50,000-55,000 is expected, down significantly on the 87,192 at 2022’s final. But Wiegman and Williamson played down any concerns of a drop-off in support. “I don’t see it as a real negative,” Wiegman said. “It’s really positive that over the next two windows we play at Wembley twice, with over 100,000 fans coming to the stadium. Yes, of course, Wembley can have more people there. But we’re thinking big.”
Not sure of what to expect from the match tonight. Don’t worry, Tom Garry’s got you covered. Read his article below:
Preamble
Hello and welcome to this women’s international friendly live blog. England play Germany at Wembley in a repeat of the EURO 2022 final.
In the 818 days since the Lionesses won the Euros, Sarina Wiegman’s side reached a World Cup final, missed out on Olympic qualification by way of Team GB and initially struggled in their EURO 2025 Qualifiers.
Meanwhile, Germany crashed out of the 2023 World Cup during the group stages, appointed a new manager in Christian Wück and topped their group on the road to EURO 2025.
This friendly will be a chance for both teams to see where they’re at as they prepare for next summer. Email me to have your say. Kick off is at 7:30pm.
