How to watch Australia v England at Women's World Cup 2023: Kick-off time, live stream and TV channel details

England take on co-hosts Australia in the 2023 Women’s World Cup semi-finals, aiming to making their first appearance in the final.

Sarina Wiegman’s side are preparing to face a cauldron of noise at Stadium Australia in Sydney, with the majority of the crowd willing them to fail.

The Lionesses have made solid, if rather unspectacular progress in the competition, topping a group containing Haiti, Denmark and China with relative ease, before tense wins over Nigeria and Colombia in the last 16 and quarter-finals respectively.

Australia also had to hold their nerve to overcome France in a dramatic quarter-final, beating Les Bleus 7-6 on penalties.

That followed a 2-0 win against Denmark in the last 16, after also topping their group above Nigeria, Canada and Republic of Ireland.

The two sides have already met this year after a goal each from Sam Kerr and Charlotte Grant ended England’s 30-match unbeaten run in April’s friendly at Brentford's Gtech Community Stadium, as the Matildas won 2-0.

Here is everything you need to know ahead of England's semi-final clash with Australia.

The 2023 Women's World Cup semi-final between Australia and England kicks off at 11:00 UK time on Wednesday, August 16 in Sydney.

Coverage of Australia v England will be shown on BBC One.

You can watch a live stream of the match in the UK on the BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website.

We will be hosting live text coverage of the match on TNT Sports.

Keira Walsh has dismissed suggestions that victory would mean more due to the historical sporting rivalry between England and Australia.

After reaching the semi-finals in a third consecutive Women's World Cup, Wiegman’s side will be hoping to exorcise a few demons and reach the final for the first time.

She said: "The media do talk a lot, but for us it's not about Australia, we want to win regardless.

"There's a rivalry in any team, it doesn't make any difference if the media is talking about beating England.

"Whatever game we play in we want to win, it doesn't matter who you are playing against. We aren't thinking about spoiling the party. We are fully focused on reaching the World Cup final."

In the opposite semi-final and under dramatic circumstances, Spain edged Sweden 2-1 to reach their first-ever World Cup final - with all three goals scored in the final 10 minutes.

Spain thought they had won it when Salma Paralluelo struck in the 81st minute to separate a tight affair, only for Sweden's Rebecka Blomqvist to cancel it out in the 88th minute.

But before Sweden could finish celebrating the equaliser, Spain found a last-minute winner through Olga to steal the match and a spot in the final.

Either England or Australia will take on Spain in Saturday's final.

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