On Tuesday night the England Lionesses drew with a well-respected Australia side 1-1. What will be looked at in this tactical analysis piece is the way in which England attacked. Although they only score one goal, chances weren’t hard to come by and there were some themes to their playing style.
That Right Wing
Following their meeting against Brazil on Saturday, Phil Neville’s side look to have found a very effective method of attack.
Like in the Brazil game, against Australia, England had most of their joy from attacks down the right wing. The way Phil Neville set his side up to create those chances were very similar to Saturday although the personnel was slightly different.
Jordan Nobbs remained in the double pivot, however, joining her was Manchester City’s Keira Walsh. This allowed Nobbs to play her natural game a bit more with Walsh able to sit deeper more often, similar to the way her partner did on Saturday as seen below.
Why this is so effective is because, if Mead is being used out on the right, this will allow her to take up more natural central positions. With Fran Kirby the actual striker, as we can see above this creates spaces for each player to attack as defenders will only expect one body in the box.
With Lucy Bronze and Nikita Parris showing the strength of this right wing on Saturday, also, it wont be a surprise to see a lot of attacks come from this side.
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