England Women host Switzerland Women in their final international friendly of 2024.
Having endured a tough year of development and scraped automatic qualification for the Women’s Euros, this is a chance for England to finish with momentum to take into 2025.
Team News
Fran Kirby is ruled out for England after she suffered a calf injury in their goalless friendly against USA.
Chloe Kelly is also sidelined after she suffered concussion.
Switzerland have no fresh injury concerns following their 6-0 friendly loss to Germany.
When is Kick-Off?
England host Switzerland at 7:45pm GMT on Tuesday 3 December at Bramall Lane, Sheffield, live on ITV4 in the UK.
Stat Attack
- England have won five previous meetings against Switzerland this century (W5).
- Switzerland lost their only previous visit to England by a 2-0 result in September 2010.
- England have won each of their last two meetings against Switzerland by 4-0 results.
- Failure to score would see England record just two consecutive blanks for just the second time under Sarina Wiegman.
- Switzerland have kept clean sheets in two of their three away games in 2024.
Prediction
Having dug deep against the USA for a solid goalless draw. England now need to turn on their attacking quality amidst squad rotation and continue to experiment whilst showcasing their usual flair.
Switzerland meanwhile will eager to bounce back from a brutal defeat to Germany with a focus on basic defending, whilst they do have strong attacking threats who can trouble the Lionesses’ defence.
The Swiss though have never beaten England who should really finish 2024 on a high with a win, especially with some fresh players coming into the starting line-up.
Prediction: England 2-0 Switzerland
Result: England 1-0 Switzerland