England face Belgium in their final Arnold Clark Cup clash this evening (Wednesday) to cap off the round-robin tournament before embarking on the summer's Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Belgium are a familiar foe for Sarina Wiegman’s side after the Lionesses easily dispatched the Red Flames 3-0 in June prior to their Euro 2022 glory. Both Chloe Kelly and Rachel Daly found the back of the net, while Leah Williamson's late effort qualified as a Belgian own-goal through goalkeeper Nicky Evrard.
Ranked 20th in the world by Fifa, Belgium tout plenty of firepower and tight cohesion, which saw the country whose Women’s Super League was comprised at the time of mostly semi-pro teams and players not only scrape through the group stages at Euro 2022 but take Sweden – the highest-ranked team heading into the tournament – to the wire in the knockout round.
