UEFA Women's Euros 2025 preview: England vs Spain

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This Sunday sees the conclusion of the UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 where England will face Spain in an all too familiar showdown to determine who will be crowned Champions of Europe and carry the name for the next four years.

The teams have faced each other on multiple occasions in recent years, with the most notable one being a 1-0 win for the Spanish in Australia in 2023, crowning them World Cup Champions for the very first time and prior to that a 2-1 win for England in the semi-finals of the 2022 European Championships

However, despite the regular match up, neither team has won two consecutive games against each other since 2019.

That being said, the Lionesses have already played Spain twice in 2025, with them winning 1-0 thanks to a goal from Jess Park at Wembley in February, before losing 2-1 in Barcelona in June.

So will England claim the win this time out? Or will Spain break the curse and beat England twice in a row for the first time ever?

England have had a relatively rocky tournament so far, losing their first game and taking two games to extra time throughout the knock outs.

As well as this, they’ve conceded six goals so far during the tournament, double the amount of their unbeaten 2022 record, so doubts are looming over the squad at the potential of a two-peat.

Spain however currently sit 10 games unbeaten in all competition, their last loss coming against England in February earlier this year.

The team are undoubtedly favourites going into the match with the potential to be the first Nation to hold the World Cup, Nations League and the European Championship at the same time being rather possible.

Ones to watch:

Michelle Agyemang has saved England twice this tournament thanks to her late goals against Sweden and Italy. The super sub has only been around the national team since April but has certainly made a name for herself in doing so, having scored 41 seconds into her senior England Debut.

Despite spending the 24/25 season on loan to Brighton & Hove  Albion in the WSL, the Arsenal Academy Graduate is expected to stay with her parent club next season and is likely to make a name for herself in the domestic league too.

On the opposing end of both nations and experience is Esther Gonzàlez, the current top goal scorer of the tournament. The NY/NJ Gotham striker scored in every group stage game, including two goals against neighbours Portugal in their first match of the tournament.

However, her form may have slipped slightly in more recent matches, with her not scoring since coming off the bench against Italy in the final group stage game.

Hannah Hampton has proven to be England’s hero time and time again this tournament, most notably after her heroics between the posts versus Sweden, saving two shots in the penalty shootout.

Questions were asked around Hampton’s abilities after the shock retirement of Mary Earps earlier this year but the Chelsea goalkeeper has proven herself time and time again, including when she saved Alexia Putellas’ penalty in the semifinals of the Champions League in April.

Alexia Putellas stands as the tournaments top goal contributor going into the final with three goals and four assists throughout the competition.

The former Ballon D’Or winner missed out on the last European Championships due to an awful ACL injury just days before the tournament began in 2022 but has certainly marked her return in style.

Her best game so far has been against Belgium with two goals and two assists inside the 90 minute game, however she too seems to have had a dip in form since making it out the group stage having no contributions since its conclusion.