England have been training at St. George’s Park this month in preparation for their upcoming Euro 2022 campaign and with the tournament being played on home soil the Lionesses will be one of the pre-competition favourites.

Manager Sarina Wiegman hopes to use their upcoming friendlies to perfect their style of play and find a preferred starting XI for the Euros.

The Lionesses kick-off the tournament at Old Trafford against Austria on 6th July.

Sarina Wiegman’s Euro 2022 squad come from all over England from Lucy Bronze in Northumberland to Alessia Russo in Maidstone.

Is this the group that will lift the Euros trophy for England?

Lucy Staniforth, Katie Zelem, Niamh Charles and Sandy MacIver are the others from the provisional 28-strong group omitted by Lionesses boss Sarina Wiegman.

Houghton, England’s captain at their last three major tournaments, has not played since January due to an Achilles issue, for which she underwent surgery in February.

Jill Scott and Fran Kirby are two out of action towards the end of the season to get the nod from Wiegman, who named Leah Williamson as her skipper for the tournament in April.

The news comes on the eve of England’s first of three warm-up matches, against Belgium at Molineux - the team then play Holland at Elland Road and Switzerland in Zurich before opening the tournament by taking on Austria at Old Trafford on 6 July.

England host Belgium at Molineux tonight and will look to get back up to match fitness in time for Euro 2022 which starts in July. What will Sarina Wiegman’s starting XI look like this evening?

Will she take the opportunity to look at some players on the fringes or will she pick her strongest line-up and look to fine tune England’s performance?

England’s Lionesses get the final preparations for Euro 2022 underway with an international friendly against Belgium tonight before two further warm-up games against the Netherlands and Switzerland later this month.

Head coach Sarina Wiegman will be hoping to use these three matches to fine tune her formations and personnel after selecting the 23-player squad for the tournament yesterday. The big headline news is that former Lionesses’ captain Steph Houghton hasn’t made the squad after she failed to fully recover from an Achilles injury.

Goalkeeper Sandy MacIver, defender Niamh Charles and midfielders Lucy Staniforth and Katie Zelem were also cut from the provisional squad.

The Lionesses are 11 games unbeaten under Wiegman and head into the tournament as one of the favourites to lift the trophy on especially with the competition being played on home soil.

Leah Williamson will captain the side but first up are three warm-up matches. Can the Lionesses build some pre-tournament momentum and beat Belgium tonight?