Yesterday, Spain punched their ticket to the 2023 Women’s World Cup Final. Today, Australia and England will fight to do the same as the second semifinal takes place at Stadium Australia in Sydney.
Australia is as deep as it has ever been at a Women’s World Cup, arriving at this semifinal off an epic win on penalties against France. The co-hosts have gotten this far largely without relying on captain Sam Kerr, however this feels like a match where you can expect her to play a larger role and even start. Australia is looking to become the first hosts since the United States in 1999 to get to the Women’s World Cup Final, and to do that they will need their most complete match yet.