England v Argentina: Women's World Cup 2019 – live!

England: Telford, Bronze, Houghton, McManus, Greenwood, Mead, Moore, Scott, Kirby, Taylor, Parris. Subs: Bardsley, Walsh, Bright, Stokes, Williamson, Daly, White, Stanway, Carney, Staniforth, Duggan, Earps.
Argentina: Correa, Sachs, Barroso, Cometti, Stabile, Bravo, Mayorga, Benitez, Banini, Bonsegundo, Jaimes. Subs: Santana, Oviedo, Garton, Gomez, Potassa, Coronel, Chavez, Larroquette, Ippolito, Juncos, Menendez, Pereyra.
Referee: Qin Liang (China).

Further reading while we wait for the teams: today’s Fiver is entirely this-game-centric:

England and Argentina in the World Cup. It’s a fixture heavy with history – 1966, 1998, 2002 – but the women have only played once before, at the 2007 World Cup, when the Lionesses won 6-1. Another one-sided game might be anticipated – Argentina are ranked 37th in the world by Fifa while England sit third, and Argentina only qualified thanks to an admittedly resounding play-off win against Panama – but Argentina drew 0-0 with seventh-placed Japan in their first game and their coach, Carlos Borrello, has declared that the result “has really changed the dynamic” within their squad. “If we can even get one point, or even three, it would be welcome,” he says of this game. “We came to try. England is a great team, we know this. But we also have things up our sleeve, we have passion, and we are going to give it our all.”

“I think everyone in this tournament is here on merit and we definitely do not underestimate any team,” the England goalkeeper Karen Bardsley said. “I think we’re very much prepared for anything that could happen. We have to treat it as if we are going to play a top nation. We have to be extremely respectful of what could potentially happen.”

If England win tonight they will secure qualification from Group D with a game to spare, though that would not mean that they can relax: Japan beat Scotland in Rennes earlier today, meaning that the identity of the group winners, who have a handy draw in the round of 16 against one of the third-placed sides (while the runners-up will play the winners of Group E, which features two of Fifa’s top-eight teams, Canada and Vivianne Miedema’s Netherlands) would be decided in the final fixture.

Anyway, and most importantly, welcome. Now read this: