England vs Belgium LIVE: Women’s Nations League team news, line-ups and updates – UK Times

England have confirmed that Chloe Kelly has returned to Arsenal for treatment on her foot injury.

The winger will play no part in tonight’s match and is now out of the return fixture in Leuven on Tuesday.

England boss Sarina Wiegman admits she is using the Nations League double-header against Belgium to shape her team for the upcoming European Women’s Championship.

The Lionesses drew with Portugal before beating Spain during the last international break in February, but will now have the unusual prospect of facing the same team twice within a matter of days.

England will host Belgium in Bristol on Friday night before travelling to Leuven on April 8 as Wiegman revealed she will also have one eye on the Euros in Switzerland this July.

England have lost just one of their 14 previous matches against Belgium, but it was their most recent meeting.

The Lionesses went down 3-2 to Belgium in October 2023 as England finished second to the Netherlands in their Nations League group.

No team has beaten England twice under Sarina Wiegman – Belgium could become the first team, ahead of Spain, Germany, Sweden and France, to do so.

England will be without Fran Kirby and Chloe Kelly, who are dealing with niggles and may be available for next week’s reverse fixture. Alex Greenwood, Georgia Stanway and Lauren Hemp are among those already absent through injury.

Possible line-up: Hampton; Bronze, Bright, Williamson, Charles; Toone, Walsh, Clinton; Park, Russo, James.

England vs Belgium is due to kick off at 8pm BST on Friday 4 April at Ashton Gate in Bristol.

Viewers in the United Kingdom can watch the match live on ITV1, with coverage on the channel from 7.30pm BST. A live stream will be available via ITVX.

England’s Lionesses return to action with the first of back-to-back meetings with Belgium football in the Nations League.

England host the first fixture at Ashton Gate in Bristol on Friday before travelling to Leuven for the return outing on Tuesday.

Sarina Wiegman’s side have made a solid start in Group A3 with a win and a draw from their opening two games, though a win may be a must here with a tricky trip to Spain to come later in the group stages.

The visitors have narrowly lost their meetings with Spain and Portugal so far, though came close to beating the world champions only to be sunk by two stoppage-time goals in Valencia in February.