Women's World Cup 2023: England v Spain in final - all you need to know

European champions England person the accidental to make past for the 2nd clip successful conscionable implicit a twelvemonth erstwhile they instrumentality connected Spain successful the Women's World Cup last successful Sydney connected Sunday.

Standing successful their mode is simply a Spain broadside besides playing successful their maiden final, with immoderate 75,000 fans expected astatine Stadium Australia (11:00 BST kick-off).

Millions much volition ticker the lucifer unrecorded connected BBC One, with build-up from Australia starting astatine 09:45.

The winners volition go the 5th antithetic federation to beryllium crowned satellite champions successful the ninth variation of the tournament.

The United States (four times), Germany (two times), Norway and Japan are the lone different winners.

"Everyone's talking astir 1966, truthful let's beryllium astatine our champion connected Sunday and effort and beryllium successful," said England manager Sarina Wiegman.

"Making a last is peculiar but with this squad and the challenges we had, however we find a mode each the clip to lick problems has been astonishing - [it's] precise peculiar being successful a last but present we privation to triumph it too."

The Lionesses, who volition beryllium wearing their bluish kit, are going for satellite glory 13 months aft defeating Germany astatine Wembley to triumph the European Championship for the archetypal time.

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Will Lionesses wide last hurdle?

While England's way to the Euro 2022 crown was reasonably serene, their travel to the World Cup last has been thing but.

They mislaid 3 stars of that triumph to genu injuries anterior to this tourney - Leah Williamson, Beth Mead and Fran Kirby - portion they person besides been tested successful Australia, losing cardinal players Keira Walsh and Lauren James to wounded and suspension respectively and coming done a punishment shootout against Nigeria.

But Wiegman's broadside person been calm nether unit and they person been down for conscionable 7 minutes - against Colombia successful the quarter-finals.

Meanwhile, Walsh lone missed 1 crippled aft her wounded was not arsenic atrocious arsenic archetypal feared and James is disposable for the last aft serving her two-match prohibition for stamping connected Nigeria's Michelle Alozie.

Wiegman volition person to determine whether to instrumentality with the line-up which performed truthful impressively successful the 3-1 semi-final triumph implicit Australia, oregon bring backmost James, who was England's champion subordinate astatine the tourney earlier her reddish card.

Captain Millie Bright, who was fixed the armband for the World Cup aft the wounded to Williamson, said: "It's a imagination travel existent to beryllium successful the World Cup final. Leading the girls retired is simply a peculiar feeling.

"We person got a crippled program that we person to spell retired and execute. Everyone knows however large this is. We cognize however passionate our federation is backmost location and however overmuch they privation america to win."

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La Roja enactment contention to 1 side

Against a backdrop of unrest, disharmony, and a 4-0 decision by Japan successful the radical stage, it is singular that Spain, who are ranked sixth successful the satellite - 2 places beneath England - person managed to scope the final.

Reports of a rift betwixt brag Jorge Vilda and his players person followed La Roja each the mode successful this tournament.

La Roja, appearing successful conscionable their 3rd World Cup, person impressed since that dense decision by Japan, knocking retired Switzerland, the Netherlands and Sweden.

Centre-back Irene Paredes said: "Spain has ever been a shot loving state but it was not our space, oregon astatine slightest that's however they made america feel.

"We privation to play shot and [those who came earlier us] pushed truthful they invested much successful women's football. We person the accidental to play successful a last of a World Cup. It is the clip to bask it."

The bulk of their squad is made up of players from Champions League winners Barcelona, including 2021 and 2022 Ballon d'Or victor Alexia Putellas.

However it is 19-year-old guardant Salma Paralluelo who has stolen the headlines, pursuing up her winning extremity successful the quarter-final against the Netherlands by scoring against Sweden successful the semi-finals, some times aft coming connected a substitute.

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Battle of the bosses - Wiegman v Vilda

Sarina Wiegman came retired connected apical erstwhile she past came up against Jorge Vilda astatine Euro 2022

While England brag Wiegman has rightly won wide plaudits for uniting her squad and taking them to the adjacent level, Spain caput manager Vilda has been surrounded by contention since a subordinate revolt past September.

The Dutchwoman has reached a 4th large tourney last successful a row, having won back-to-back Euros with the Netherlands and England, either broadside of a World Cup last decision with her autochthonal state astatine the 2019 World Cup.

The lone decision of Wiegman's 38-game reign with the Lionesses truthful acold came successful a affable against Australia astatine Brentford successful April - and she has won 18 retired of 19 matches astatine large tournaments arsenic a manager.

Vilda, meanwhile, has been progressive successful a feud with 15 of his players amid reports of interest implicit grooming methods and inadequate crippled preparation.

A stand-off ensued and lone 3 of those players were included successful his World Cup squad, meaning immoderate world-class endowment specified arsenic Champions League winners Patri Guijarro, Mapi Leon and Claudia Pina were near astatine home.

Head-to-head

Ella Toone scores an 84th-minute equaliser arsenic England travel from down to bushed Spain 2-1 connected their mode to lifting the Euro 2022 trophy

England and Spain person ne'er faced each different astatine a World Cup, portion the Lionesses person lone mislaid 2 of their past 13 games successful each competitions against La Roja (winning 7 and drafting the different four).

Their astir caller gathering came successful the quarter-finals astatine Euro 2022, erstwhile England needed a precocious equaliser from Ella Toone and an extra-time victor from Georgia Stanway to compression into the semi-finals.

"It was a crippled that we cognize we were connected top, but the effect is what counts," said Vilda. "[Sunday] volition beryllium a tactical lucifer and it's a last that we're going to combat with everything."

Royalty successful attendance

The final, which is simply a 75,784 sell-out, kicks-off astatine 20:00 section clip successful Australia, which is 9 hours up of England.

La Roja volition beryllium cheered connected successful Sydney by royalty, with Spain's Queen Letizia attending the final.

Football Association President Prince William volition cheer connected the England squad from the UK, Kensington Palace has said.

Football instrumentality zones successful London person already sold retired successful anticipation of the Lionesses' match.

If England bash win, the authorities has said determination are "no plans" for an extra slope holiday.

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England flags and bunting hung crossed the Kirby Estate successful Bermondsey, southbound London, successful enactment of the Lionesses earlier the World Cuo final

'World-class England to conquer world'

Former England keeper Rachel Brown-Finnis' World Cup last prediction:

I person backed England from the commencement and I'm not going to alteration my caput now.

Spain person got prime players and volition person tons of possession but England besides person world-class players. And they person the big-game experience, having beaten Spain connected their mode to winning Euro 2022.

The teams are astatine other ends of the spectrum erstwhile it comes to togetherness. The problems wrong the Spanish strategy and the statement implicit manager Vilda's methods are good documented, portion England are intimately knit and are enjoying themselves.

I deliberation this, unneurotic with Wiegman, are the other percent points that volition get England implicit the line.

And I'm assured it could beryllium a akin scoreline to England's triumph successful the semi-final. I deliberation they volition commencement with the aforesaid XI arsenic they did successful the semi-final but volition bring James and Chloe Kelly disconnected the bench, to play their portion excessively successful the final.

Brown-Finnis' prediction: Spain 1-3 England

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