Austria women 0-3 England women: Phil Neville's side extend unbeaten run

Published on: 08 November 2018

England have only conceded two goals in eight matches

Debutants Chioma Ubogagu and Georgia Stanway both scored to help England women to a routine friendly win over Austria women in Vienna.

Substitute Rachel Daly added a third late on as a dominant England extended their unbeaten run to eight matches.

Boss Phil Neville named an inexperienced line-up and London-born Ubogagu, who represented the United States at under-23 level before choosing to play for England, slotted in from six yards after good work from England stand-in captain Toni Duggan.

Substitute Nikita Parris headed against the post shortly after coming on and then set up Manchester City team-mate Stanway, who shot into the roof of the net for the second.

Daly's goal sealed the victory when she flicked Karen Carney's strike into the net after another substitute, Chloe Kelly, had twice been denied.

Austria's best chance fell to Nicole Billa but Mary Earps pushed her 25-yard shot onto the post in the first half.

The result means Neville's side have only lost one of their 11 matches in 2018 - and that defeat came back in March with a 1-0 loss to world champions USA in the SheBelieves Cup.

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Chioma Ubogagu plays her club football for Australian side Brisbane Roar, on loan from American team Orlando PrideCaptain Houghton left out to make Sunday a special day

Regular England captain Steph Houghton, who has played 99 times for her country, was not included in Vienna as Neville wanted her 100th cap to come at a home game. The Lionesses are playing Sweden in a sold-out friendly in Rotherham on Sunday.

"She wanted to play but we told her no," said Neville earlier this week.

"I wanted to make Sunday a special day because she has earned it. She deserves it so she will be rested and it can be a celebration of her England international career.

"She actually doesn't want it to be about her because she is so humble and she wanted to make her 100th cap in Austria. But we have almost banned her from playing."

Houghton's absence meant Barcelona forward Duggan led England for the first time.

She could not find a goal but she was a constant threat and forced a good save from Zinsberger, hooked another effort wide and set up Ubogagu for her goal.

    Line-ups Match Stats Live Text

Line-ups

Austria Women

    1Zinsberger

    5MaierhoferSubstituted forWeilharterat 55'minutes

    7Wenninger

    13Kirchberger

    19Aschauer

    17Puntigam

    18Feiersinger

    8ProhaskaSubstituted forDunstat 55'minutes

    9Zadrazil

    10BurgerSubstituted forPintherat 76'minutes

    15BillaSubstituted forKleinat 88'minutes

Substitutes

    2Horvat

    3Weilharter

    4Pinther

    11Hickelsberger

    12Wienroither

    14Dunst

    16Eder

    20Enzinger

    21Gurtner

    22Klein

    23Pfeiler

England Women

    1EarpsSubstituted forRoebuckat 79'minutes

    2Blundell

    6Williamson

    5McManus

    3George

    8Carney

    4Staniforth

    7LawleySubstituted forParrisat 64'minutes

    10Stanway

    11UbogaguSubstituted forDalyat 59'minutes

    9DugganSubstituted forKellyat 78'minutes

Substitutes

    13Telford

    14Nobbs

    15Bright

    16Greenwood

    17Scott

    18Christiansen

    19Daly

    20Parris

    21Roebuck

    22Mead

    23Kelly

Match Stats

Home TeamAustria WomenAway TeamEngland Women

Possession

Home41%

Away59%

Shots

Home7

Away17

Shots on Target

Home3

Away6

Corners

Home0

Away7

Fouls

Home13

Away7

Live Text

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Match ends, Austria Women 0, England 3.

Full TimePosted at 90'+4'

Second Half ends, Austria Women 0, England 3.

Posted at 90'+1'

Attempt missed. Georgia Stanway (England) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Nikita Parris.

Posted at 89'

Foul by Georgia Stanway (England).

Posted at 89'

Manuela Zinsberger (Austria Women) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 89'

Attempt blocked. Sarah Puntigam (Austria Women) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Viktoria Pinther.

SubstitutionPosted at 88'

Substitution, Austria Women. Jennifer Klein replaces Nicole Billa.

Posted at 86'

Corner, England. Conceded by Manuela Zinsberger.

Posted at 84'

Rachel Daly (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 84'

Foul by Sarah Puntigam (Austria Women).

Goal!Posted at 81'

Goal! Austria Women 0, England 3. Rachel Daly (England) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Georgia Stanway.

Posted at 81'

Attempt missed. Georgia Stanway (England) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.

Posted at 81'

Attempt blocked. Chloe Kelly (England) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked.

Posted at 81'

Attempt saved. Chloe Kelly (England) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lucy Staniforth.

SubstitutionPosted at 79'

Substitution, England. Ellie Roebuck replaces Mary Earps.

SubstitutionPosted at 78'

Substitution, England. Chloe Kelly replaces Toni Duggan.

Posted at 77'

Toni Duggan (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 77'

Foul by Yvonne Weilharter (Austria Women).

Posted at 77'

Toni Duggan (England) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 77'

Foul by Yvonne Weilharter (Austria Women).

SubstitutionPosted at 76'

Substitution, Austria Women. Viktoria Pinther replaces Nina Burger.

Posted at 75'

Foul by Nikita Parris (England).

Posted at 75'

Verena Aschauer (Austria Women) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 75'

Lucy Staniforth (England) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 75'

Foul by Nina Burger (Austria Women).

Goal!Posted at 71'

Goal! Austria Women 0, England 2. Georgia Stanway (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Nikita Parris.

Posted at 70'

Karen Carney (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 70'

Foul by Sarah Zadrazil (Austria Women).

Posted at 70'

Attempt missed. Nina Burger (Austria Women) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Virginia Kirchberger following a set piece situation.

Posted at 69'

Foul by Georgia Stanway (England).

Posted at 69'

Laura Feiersinger (Austria Women) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 66'

Nikita Parris (England) hits the left post with a header from a difficult angle on the left. Assisted by Leah Williamson with a cross.

Posted at 66'

Corner, England. Conceded by Yvonne Weilharter.

Posted at 65'

Corner, England. Conceded by Yvonne Weilharter.

SubstitutionPosted at 64'

Substitution, England. Nikita Parris replaces Melissa Lawley.

Posted at 64'

Rachel Daly (England) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 64'

Foul by Virginia Kirchberger (Austria Women).

Posted at 63'

Attempt saved. Barbara Dunst (Austria Women) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Nina Burger.

Posted at 62'

Offside, England. Mary Earps tries a through ball, but Toni Duggan is caught offside.

Posted at 62'

Foul by Gabrielle George (England).

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Source: bbc.com

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