England vs Netherlands UEFA Women's EURO 2025 Group D preview: Where to watch, kick-off time, line-ups
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
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When is it? How can you watch it? All you need to know about the UEFA Women's EURO 2025 Group D game between England and Netherlands.
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All you need to know about the UEFA Women's EURO 2025 Group D game between England and Netherlands.
Match at a glance
When: Wednesday 9 July (18:00 CET kick-off)
Where: Stadion Letzigrund, Zurich
What: UEFA Women's EURO Group D Matchday 2 game
How to follow: Build-up and live coverage here
Where to watch England vs Netherlands on TV
Fans can find their local UEFA Women's EURO 2025 broadcast partner(s) here
What do you need to know?
England's title defence started with a 2-1 defeat by France, heaping the pressure on Sarina Wiegman's side ahead of Matchday 2. Netherlands, by contrast, had much to celebrate in their campaign opener, earning a 3-0 win over Wales as Vivianne Miedema struck a landmark 100th international goal.
England will be unable to reach the quarter-finals if they lose to Netherlands and France avoid defeat by Wales.
Netherlands will be through to the quarter-finals if they beat England and Wales do not beat France.
Starting line-ups
England: Hampton; Bronze, Williamson, Greenwood, Carter; Toone, Walsh, Stanway; James, Russo, Hemp
Netherlands: Van Domselaar; Casparij, Jansen, Buurman, Brugts; Pelova, Groenen, Kaptein; Grant, Miedema, Roord
Reporters' views
Faye Hackwell, England reporter
Alessia Russo said losing to France will add "fuel to our fire" and the Lionesses need to bounce back quickly to maintain hope of retaining their title. Ensuring the Netherlands forwards don't find the space France did to attack their goal will be key, and England's own creative talent will want to make their mark. We could see exciting 19-year-old forward Michelle Agyemang get another opportunity at some stage after she impressed during England's late push for an equaliser on Saturday.
Derek Brookman, Netherlands reporter
With a comprehensive victory, their first clean sheet in ten matches, the return of Lineth Beerensteyn to the fray and – of course – the irrepressible Vivianne Miedema's 100th goal for her country, Netherlands put in an excellent shift in Lucerne on Saturday. They know that sterner tests await against England and France, but getting off to a winning start in a four-team group can often make the world of difference in terms of confidence.
What the coaches say
Sarina Wiegman, England coach: "Yes, it's a 'final', we have five finals now hopefully. We knew this group was going to be really hard, we played a top opponent straight away in the first game and tomorrow we play another. We know what we have to do and we're going to give our everything to win the game.”
Andries Jonker, Netherlands coach: "It's unfortunate it's England. I have many friends there. But they want to beat us and we want to beat them, so it's going to be a huge tie. We'll play to win. We want to qualify for the quarter-finals."
