Sweden v England: Women's Euro 2025 quarter-final
Date: 2025-07-17T17:00:27.000Z
Title: Preamble
Content: Hello and welcome to the Euro 2025 quarter-final between Sweden and defending champions England.
The Lionesses has a bumpy start to their campaign but finished the group stage strongly to reach the last eight, while Sweden have recorded three wins from three so far.
It is set to be a tight match with the nations among the favourites to win the entire tournament. The game is a repeat of the Euro 2022 semi-final where England beat Sweden 4-0 but the scoreline is not set to be as one-sided this time around.
Before the team news drops at around 6.45pm BST, we can take a look at what has been said in the build-up and big news from around the tournament. Let's go.
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