New Zealand v Netherlands: Women's World Cup 2019 – live!

18 min: Martens inconveniences Bott again, twisting and turning, but she has to settle for a corner after running out of room.

17 min: Holland are beginning to dominate. Their football is slick and quick. A goal could be on the way.

13 min: Holland stir at the other end, attacking down the right again, but Miedema heads over from 12 yards. This has been a bright start.

11 min: New Zealand hit the bar! Holland make a right John Stones of an attempt to play out from the back and get themselves into a horrible mess. Chance nabs possession, drives to the left and pings a lovely shot towards the far corner. It beats Van Veenendaal and looks like it’s heading in – only for the ball to crash back off the face of the bar. What a let-off for the Dutch. Though they still have some defending to do. New Zealand swing a cross into the area and Gregorius heads straight at Van Veenendaal.

10 min: Van de Sanden sends a cross in from the right. It bounces to Martens, who sweeps a low shot towards the bottom corner from 15 yards, but Nayler gets down to make a good save. That was a sign of the threat from Martens.

9 min: Riley sends a ball over the top, looking for Gregorius, and momentarily Holland look in trouble. Until the flag goes up for offside.

7 min: Van de Donk appears to have recovered from that blow.

5 min: This is worrying for Holland. Van de Donk is down with an injury. Her afternoon might be over.

3 min: New Zealand respond in kind, Percival charging down the right, but her cross is cleared.

Peep! New Zealand, all in white, get the game underway. They’re kicking from right to left. You know what Holland are wearing. And the Dutch are on the attack straight away, Martens turning away from Bott quite brilliantly on the left. The forward sends in a cross, but it’s headed away.

We’ve had the anthems. Now a jaunty dance beat is blaring round the stadium. As sure a sign as any the game’s about to begin.

“Looking forward to seeing the Dutch attackers today,” Rob Edwards says. “Miedema and Martens is probably the best strike force in the competition.”

It’s an exciting combination. So exciting, in fact, that I went to interview Miedema at Arsenal a couple of years ago. Enjoy!

New Zealand: Nayler; Bott, Stott, Erceg, Riley; Hassett, Bowen, Percival, White, Chance; Gregorius.

Netherlands: Van Veenendaal; Van Lunteren, Van der Gragt, Bloodworth, Van Es; Groenen, Van de Donk, Spitse; Van de Sanden, Miedema, Martens.

Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)

Hello. Time for the European champions to get their tournament underway. This is only the second time the Netherlands have qualified for a World Cup, following on from their appearance at the 2015 edition, but they have plenty of big names and are expected to go far in France. They’re in a tough group, however, and will need to be on their game to deal with New Zealand, who are back on firmer ground after wobbling in 2018. There’s a genuine feeling that New Zealand could win the whole thing, though that belief will be severely tested here. Indeed a few burning questions should get answered over the next few hours. It should be fascinating.

Kick-off: 2pm BST, 3pm CET.