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Team News – Williamson returns, blind Kilde Brown startsPublished at 16:20 GMT

Ukraine vs England (17:00 GMT)

emma sanders
BBC Sport Women’s Soccer News Reporter

Sarina Wigman is england The team defeated Ghana in a friendly match in December.

A few big names return, including captain Leah Williamson and goalkeeper Hannah Hampton, but Lucy Bronze is on the bench.

In-form Manchester City midfielder Laura Blindkilde Brown makes a rare start, with Maya Le Tissier playing at right-back.

Arsenal’s Taylor Hynes is a candidate at left-back, but the squad is also without Alex Greenwood or Grace Clinton due to minor muscle injuries.

Ukraine XI: Samson, Shenyuk, Kotyk, Petryk, Korsun, Basanka, Andurkiv, Kalinina, Obdichuk, Kozlova, Kravchuk.

sub: Boklach, Keryusk, Podolska, Kotyash, Hirin, Ivkova, Zaborovets, Shumatko, Kohut, Khrushchenko, Olkhova.

England XI: Hampton, Le Tissier, Williamson, Waben Moy, Hines, Stanway, Walsh, Blindkilde-Brown, Park, Russo, Hemp.

sub: Bronze, Moorhouse, Pattinson, Morgan, Fisk, Kelly, Kendall, Beaver-Jones, James, Roebuck, Carter, Godfrey.

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