Summary

  • Fifa Women's World Cup Group D

  • Live on BBC One from 19:30 BST, commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live

  • White with two neat finishes for England

  • Lionesses will win Group D if they avoid defeat

  1. Alan the psychic hooverpublished at 19:42 British Summer Time 19 June 2019

    Japan v England (20:00 BST)

    What the hoover says, goes.

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  2. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 19:40 British Summer Time 19 June 2019

    #bbcfootball or text 81111 (UK only)

    Amy Laurence: I'm going 3-2 to the Lionesses! Come on England!

    RMTVWomensPod: Best of luck Lionesses! Lets top this group and beat Japan!

  3. Celebrities in the hallwaypublished at 19:40 British Summer Time 19 June 2019

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    The Lionesses are having the time of their lives out in France, with two wins from two.

    And Houston Dash's Rachel Daly caught up with BBC Sport to talk all about her the team hotel.

    Turns out Daly and Millie Bright are a few doors down from Serena Williams and Mike Tyson.

    I'm sure the 23-time Grand Slam champion was "starstruck" too, Rachel.

    Media caption,

    Rachel Daly on feeling "starstruck" sharing a hotel with Serena Williams

  4. Postpublished at 19:39 British Summer Time 19 June 2019

    Jordan Nobbs
    England midfielder on BBC One

    On meeting the team earlier: "I took some coffee granules for Jodie Taylor. They're in a great place and I'm sure excited to be in one of the biggest games."

  5. Postpublished at 19:38 British Summer Time 19 June 2019

    Japan v England (20:00 BST)

    Victory for England will see them top the group at the Women's World Cup for only the second time.

    They last did so in 2011, when they finished first and Japan finished second. England also beat Japan 2-0 in the group stages that year.

    That was the last time England won a World Cup match by more than a one-goal margin too.

  6. SheBelieves Cup advantagepublished at 19:37 British Summer Time 19 June 2019

    Japan v England (20:00 BST)

    Japan may have that 2015 semi-final victory to hold onto but England came away 3-0 winners the last time they met on the way to lifting the SheBelieves Cup in March.

    Goals from Lucy Staniforth, Karen Carney and Beth Mead did the trick in a rampant first-half performance.

    Phil Neville described it as "a sensational performance", while former England forward Sue Smith told BBC it "sent out a statement" to the rest of the world.

  7. 'The bronze allowed us to skip through hoops'published at 19:36 British Summer Time 19 June 2019

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    Alex Scott
    Ex-England international on BBC One

    Coming that close to a World Cup final is still painful [losing to Japan in 2015]. But I've got a silver medal at the Euros and a World Cup bronze. The bronze medal allowed us to skip through hoops.

  8. Warm ups under waypublished at 19:35 British Summer Time 19 June 2019

    Japan v England (20:00 BST)

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  9. 'Toni will think she can cement her place tonight'published at 19:34 British Summer Time 19 June 2019

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    Rachel Yankey
    Ex-England midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

    It's important for Toni Duggan to be out there. She will have been so disappointed to miss the first two games through injury.

    Toni will think she can cement her place on that left flank. Beth Mead is the other one, but Toni will hope she does well tonight, so then she can get the start there in the next round.

  10. Postpublished at 19:33 British Summer Time 19 June 2019

    Forget that Laura Bassett own goal, here's a much better memory.

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  11. Lionesses out for revengepublished at 19:31 British Summer Time 19 June 2019

    Japan v England (20:00 BST)

    England's last meeting with Japan at the World Cup finals ended in disaster in 2015 when an own goal from Laura Bassett in injury time gave the 2011 champions a 2-1 win in the semi-finals.

    The Lionesses were the underdogs then and achieved their greatest finish at the tournament when they pipped Germany to third place.

    Japan went on to finish runners-up to the USA in their second successive final but have since fallen down the rankings.

    Now seventh in the world, four places below England, they are bringing through a new generation in preparation for next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo.

    The average age of the squad is 24 and 17 players are competing in their first World Cup.

    Media caption,

    Women's World Cup 2019: Laura Bassett's freak own-goal from 2015

  12. Postpublished at 19:29 British Summer Time 19 June 2019

    BBC One

    Quick, grab the remote and throw on BBC One. We're about to go live!

  13. Noisy in Nicepublished at 19:28 British Summer Time 19 June 2019

    England v Japan (20:00 BST)

    Caroline Chapman
    BBC Sport in Nice

    We are expecting around 13,000 fans inside the Stade de Nice tonight. That's way below the 35,000 capacity but if the buzz from outside the stadium is anything to go by, it's going to be loud!

    This is definitely the most carnival atmosphere we've had at an England game so far; singing fans, dancing flamingos and even a guy dressed as Pikachu.

  14. The link in midfieldpublished at 19:27 British Summer Time 19 June 2019

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    Only five players currently taking part at this World Cup have more all-time appearances at the tournament than England's Jill Scott (17).

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  15. Postpublished at 19:26 British Summer Time 19 June 2019

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  16. 'Tough game for England'published at 19:25 British Summer Time 19 June 2019

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    Rachel Yankey
    Ex-England midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

    England have the opportunity to look at Toni Duggan and Demi Stokes who missed the first two games through injury. And there's a couple of other players in the XI who can push for a place in the team for the latter stages, too.

    Japan like to keep the ball and have a lot of possession so it'll be a tough game for England.

  17. Ringing in the changespublished at 19:23 British Summer Time 19 June 2019

    Japan v England (20:00 BST)

    England have made 12 changes to their starting line-ups across their three matches at the Women's World Cup (including eight tonight), more than any other nation.

  18. Scots fighting for survivalpublished at 19:22 British Summer Time 19 June 2019

    Scotland v Argentina (20:00 BST)

    It's also a BIG night for Scotland. Shelley Kerr's side, playing in their first World Cup finals, need victory over Argentina to stand any chance of making it through to the last 16.

    They have suffered narrow 2-1 defeats in their opening two games and are yet to pick up a point.

    You can follow that game online with BBC Scotland, watch live on BBC Four and listen to commentary on BBC Radio Scotland.

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  19. Postpublished at 19:20 British Summer Time 19 June 2019

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  20. Full team newspublished at 19:18 British Summer Time 19 June 2019

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    Alistair Magowan
    BBC Sport in Nice

    Japan XIImage source, .

    In contrast to England, Japan make just two changes to the team which beat Scotland 2-1.

    Rikako Kobayashi and Kumi Yokoyama replace Narumi Miura and Yuika Sugasawa.

    Fifa have Japan down as a 4-4-2, but they also have England down as a 4-3-3, which is slightly wrong.

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