Great Britain play their third and final group stage match in the women’s football at the Tokyo Olympics, facing Canada as they seek to secure top spot.
Hege Riise’s squad are already assured of a place in the quarter-finals, having taken six points from their first two games, but the head coach wants another shut-out and first place. “We feel like we have a great opportunity now to win the group, win the game today and we all desire to do that. So that’s the main focus now,” she said. “The first thought in our mind is to attack. We want to score goals, we want to win but this team have so much pride in the defensive organisation, so it’s a balance between those two.”
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Ellen White has so far netted all three goals, a brace coming in the 2-0 win over Chile to start their Olympic campaign, before Team GB saw off Japan with a late winner and a 1-0 scoreline.
Canada are second and know a draw guarantees progression for themselves, too.
Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the match.
When is the match?
The game kicks off at 12pm BST on Tuesday 27 July, at the Kashima Soccer Stadium in Kashima.
Where can I watch it?
The game will be shown live on BBC 1 and can be streamed via the BBC iPlayer. It will also be on Eurosport 5 and the Eurosport player, as well as Discovery+.
Confirmed line-ups
Canada XI - Labbe; Buchanan, Quinn, Rose, Riviere, Leon, Lawrence, Viens, Gilles, Beckie, Schmidt
Great Britain XI - Roebuck; Bronze, Williamson, Stokes, Bright, Ingle, Weir, Daly, Scott, Stanway, Parris
Odds
Canada 29/10
Draw 2/1
Great Britain 19/20
Prediction
Team GB to stay unbeaten and claim top spot in style. Canada 1-1 Great Britain.
