England Women v Spain Women: Key stats and odds ahead of World Cup final

That remarkable record has been built on consistency in selection. Having started with the same 11 in every match of Euro 2022, England have used just 17 players at the World Cup so far, the joint-fewest of any team to reach the knockout stages.

Spain – in contrast – have called on all but one of their 23-strong squad, with only third-choice goalkeeper Enith Salon yet to feature.

Wiegman has also barely used her bench compared to Jorge Vilda – her Spanish counterpart – with England having made 17 substitutions to Spain’s 29.

Spain on song, England dogged

Statistically, Spain have outperformed England in most departments at this year’s World Cup.

They have scored 17 goals to the Lionesses’ 13, having attempted considerably more shots (143 to 81), passes (4,137 to 3,605), crosses (214 to 129) and ball progressions (181 to 99) than their final opponents.

Wiegman’s side have only occasionally found the form that carried them to the Euro 2022 title – when they scored 22 goals in six matches – and have instead relied on their defensive resilience to progress.

England have conceded only three times from 64 efforts on Mary Earps’ goal, while Spain have proved more susceptible having shipped seven goals from just 36 shots faced.

Renewed rivalry

Both teams will be braced for a tight battle following their most recent meeting in the Euro 2022 quarter-finals.

The Lionesses emerged as 2-1 victors on that occasion, but only after a late fightback.

Esther Gonzalez fired Spain into a deserved lead before Ella Toone equalised in the 84th minute and Georgia Stanway scored an extra-time winner.

Spain dominated for large periods, ending with 56 per cent of possession and firing 17 shots to the Lionesses’ nine.

It remains the only tournament match under Wiegman in which England saw their opponents enjoy the majority of the ball.

England Women v Spain Women betting tips

There is very little to choose between the two teams in the betting for Sunday’s final. England were initially priced up as favourites but are now slight underdogs at 10/11 to lift the trophy while Spain are 17/20.

The match to go to extra time, as it did last summer, is 2/1 and either side can be backed at 11/1 to win in that period or 9/1 to hold their nerve on penalties.

Backing a low-scoring game looks the way to go for England Women v Spain Women betting tips, with under 2.5 goals priced at 4/9 while a goalless first half is 5/4.

In the goalscorer betting, Alessia Russo and Lauren Hemp have both scored in each of England’s last two matches and are 11/2 and 7/1 respectively to score first or 13/5 and 7/2 to net at any time.

Russo to score last, as she did against both Colombia and Australia, is 11/2 while Salma Paralluelo has shone for Spain and opened the scoring against Sweden. The Barcelona forward is 13/2 to score first and 9/2 to be on target in a Spain victory.

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All odds and markets correct as of date of publication