FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023-England to face Australia

England would clash with Australia in the semi-final of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Football 2023 at Sydney on Wednesday.

Both teams would be hoping to create history by reaching the Women's World Cup final for the first time. The winner will face Spain in Sunday's final at Stadium Australia in Sydney.

Australia would be the first hosts to reach the final since USA's victory on home soil in 1999, while England are bidding to become the sixth nation - after Brazil, Germany, Sweden, Spain and the Netherlands - to reach both a men's and women's World Cup final.

England, ranked fourth in the world, are coming up against a side who are 10th in the rankings and in uncharted territory. But the English eves have not been at their fluent best at this tournament, while Australia have home advantage and will be backed by a fervent crowd at the 81,000-capacity Stadium Australia.

The match will be the nations' first meeting at a Women's World Cup, while Australia won their most recent encounter - a friendly in April which ended England's 30-match unbeaten run and inflicted the Lionesses' only defeat under Wiegman. The teams drew 1-1 in a friendly in 2018 while England twice beat Australia in non-competitive matches in 2015, winning 3-0 in March and 1-0 in October.

There is no doubt the World Cup has captured the public's attention in Australia. In Sydney, tickets for the semi-final are like gold dust and such is the desire to watch the match collectively dozens of screening sites have popped up across the city and the country.

Sydney Football Stadium - which has hosted six World Cup matches - is opening its doors for fans to watch on the big screens, while Parramatta's Western Sydney Stadium and other sports grounds and plazas, pubs and hotels are also showing the match.

It was estimated 11,000 fans watched Australia's win over France in the quarter-final at the FIFA fan festival in Sydney, with thousands watching at other fan parks across Australia.