Australia vs England lineups, starting 11 for Women's World Cup ...

World Cup co-hosts Australia have reached the semifinals for the first time ever, and will now look to continue a historic tournament by making the final in front of their own fans.

But they will not have it easy against Euro 2022 champions England, who remain undefeated at the tournament – having only conceded two goals in five games.

Both teams have had injury issues before and during the tournament, which have affected their coach's selection options, and there are still lots of team debates ahead of the semifinal, with England also looking to reach the final for the first time ever.

Below are the projected starting lineups for both teams ahead of their match at Stadium Australia on August 16.

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Australia projected starting lineup (4-4-1-1): 18. Arnold (GK) — 21. Carpenter, 15. Hunt, 14. Kennedy, 7. Catley — 16. Raso, 19. Gorry, 23. Cooney-Cross, 9. Foord  — 11. Fowler — 20. Kerr

Injured: N/A Suspended: N/A

The biggest talking point for Australia will be if captain and star attacker Sam Kerr will be slotted into the starting lineup for the first time this tournament.

She played the final 10 minutes in the Round of 16 win over Denmark, before entering the field against France after 55 minutes and playing all the way through extra time and scoring a penalty in the shootout, with a good chance she will now have enough minutes in the legs to start the game against England.

As much as Australia look a more dangerous side with her in it, it does create a selection headache as coach Tony Gustavsson must alter a winning formula to fit her in, with Mary Fowler and Emily van Egmond being the most likely to make way for Kerr's return.

It depends on whether Gustavsson wants to start Kerr, Fowler and Caitlin Foord together in a bid to overwhelm the Lionesses with attacking quality from the beginning, or if he chooses to move Fowler to the bench as a game changing option off the bench; in such a big game, we predict he will go all guns blazing.

Foord and penalty shootout hero Mackenzie Arnold avoided yellow cards in the quarterfinal, meaning they are free of suspension concerns.

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England projected starting lineup (3-4-1-2): 1. Earps (GK) — 16. Carter, 6. Bright, 5. Greenwood — 2. Bronze, 8. Stanway, 4. Walsh, 9. Daly — 10. Toone — 23. Russo, 11. Hemp

Injured: N/A Suspended: Lauren James (Red card vs Nigeria, two game ban)

England will once again be without the services of exciting attacking midfielder Lauren James, as she serves the final match of her two match ban for a violent conduct red card against Nigeria in the Round of 16; Ella Toone replaced her in the attacking midfield spot of coach Sarina Wiegman's 3-4-1-2 she has adopted for the latter games at the tournament.

Toone's performances have been underwhelming and she is not the perfect fit for the new system used by Wiegman, with some predictions of a reversion to a four at the back after James' suspension, but Wiegman stayed with the new shape in the quarterfinal and will most likely keep it again against Australia.

With a lack of ready made replacement's, Toone will be a good chance of keeping her place in the side, with Alessia Russo and Lauren Hemp looking good to keep their places in the starting side up top after goalscoring performances against Colombia.

Georgia Stanway and Keira Walsh will line up in central midfield once again, whilst Jess Carter, Millie Bright and Alex Greenwood will start in the back three, with Lucy Bronze and Rachel Daly

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The match between Australia and England will begin at 8:00 p.m. local time at Stadium Australia in Sydney.

Here is how that corresponds with regions around the world:

  Date Kickoff time USA Wed, August 16 6:00 a.m. ET Canada Wed, August 16 6:00 a.m. ET UK Wed, August 16 11:00 a.m. BST Australia Wed, August 16 8:00 p.m. AEST India Wed, August 16 3:30 p.m. IST Hong Kong Wed, August 16 6:00 p.m. HKT Malaysia Wed, August 16 6:00 p.m. MYT Singapore Wed, August 16 6:00 p.m. SGT New Zealand Wed, August 16 10:00 p.m. NZT