England are into the last-16 of the Women’s World Cup after breathing life into their tournament challenge with a huge 6-1 win over China. The Lionesses had hardly lit proceedings alight during their first two games but were back amongst the goals last time out as they look to follow up their Euro 2022 success by going deep here.
The manner of their last win has raised hopes once more. Sarina Wiegman is hugely experienced in this environment and there’s little reason England at their best cannot make a major play to win the tournament outright, particularly with the draw appearing to open up after some shocks, including USA’s exit to Sweden yesterday.
Nigeria cannot be written off, of course, but they face an almighty task to overcome an England side hitting form. Follow England vs Nigeria LIVE with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog and Simon Collings will be providing expert analysis from the ground!
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Rise and shine!
Hello and welcome to Standard Sport’s coverage of England’s last-16 tie against Nigeria at the 2023 Women’s World Cup.
Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium hosts the Lionesses as they look to take another step towards a first-ever World Cup final.
Kick-off comes at 8.30am BST so stay tuned for all the build-up, match action and reaction with team news expected in a little while as England hope to have Keira Walsh back from injury.
