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Sweden aren't ranked second in the world for nothing. Their record against England reads won 15, drawn 8, lost 3. England have only triumphed over them once in seven attempts in the Euros. Will home advantage help England turn the tide of history?
TEAM DEBATE
England keep winning, so there's no real reason for Wiegman to change the team. The impact of some players coming off the bench though is really catching the eye of some England fans.
CHANGES
It’s as you were for England, who retain the starting eleven from the quarter-final with Spain despite the clamour for Sarina Wiegman to include the in-form Alessia Russo.
For Sweden Hanna Glas has recovered from Covid and replaces Amanda Nilden at left back. On the right of the attack Sofia Jakobsson takes the place of Johanna Ryttinh Kaneryd.
BLAGULT
Sweden line up thus:
THE SWEDISH TAKE
LIONESSES
Here's your England team for the evening:
HIGH ON CONFIDENCE
SHOULDN’T YOU BE IN FRONT OF A TELLY?
It’s big, this. Oh my, is it big. In Sheffield tonight we’ve got the first semi-final of Euro 2022, as hosts England taken on Sweden for a trip to the big show at Wembley Stadium on Sunday evening.
England will be favourites tonight and are seeking to scratch a major itch. To date the women’s team have yet to land a major title and have been runners up twice in this competition. A star being applied to the shirt come 1 August would mean not just victory, but history.
As for Sweden they won the inaugural European Championship way back in 1984, beating England on the way no less, but tournament football has been an Orwellian nightmare of near misses for them since then. In the years that have followed they’ve been runners-up three times at the Euros, as well as twice runners-up in the World Cup and twice silver medallists in the Olympics. In all three of those competitions combined, they’ve fallen at the semi-final stage eight times.
There could be buckets of catharsis on the way for the winner tonight, while defeat just doesn’t bear thinking about. What a match we’ve got in prospect; team news will be off the wires from Bramall Lane shortly.