Report: England WU19s 5-0 Denmark

England women’s under-19s enjoyed an impressive 5-0 victory over visitors Denmark at St. George’s Park.

Amy Merrick’s side were facing the Danes in the first of two matches over the next week as her side prepare for October's UEFA Women's Under-19 EURO qualifiers, when they will face group hosts Wales, Czechia and Greece.

Durham striker Poppy Pritchard was making her England WU19s debut on Wednesday afternoon and it didn’t take her long to open her account after being set up by Leicester City’s Ava Baker on the quarter-hour mark.

Araya Dennis, who is dual registered with Arsenal and Crystal Palace, then made it 2-0 five minutes later before grabbing her second half an hour in with a powerful strike which went in via a deflection.

The Young Lionesses then had to wait until the final 12 minutes to score again when substitute Georgia Mullett made it 4-0 before Freya Godfrey rounded off the win in injury-time when the Arsenal forward dribbled around the Denmark defenders to score.

Next up for England WU19s is another game at St. George’s Park on Tuesday morning, this time against Germany, with kick-off at 11am BST.

England: 22 Eve Annets (Reading), 5 Brooke Aspin (Chelsea, loan to Bristol City), 6 Katie Reid (Arsenal, dual registered with Watford), 7 Ava Baker (Leicester City), 8 Ashanti Akpan (Chelsea), 12 Poppy Pritchard (Durham), 16 Cerys Brown (Chelsea), 17 Araya Dennis (Arsenal, dual registered with Crystal Palace), 19 Maddy Earl (Arsenal), 21 Mari Ward (Bristol City), 23 Jemima Dahou (Manchester City, dual registered with Blackburn Rovers)

Substitutes: 13 Lucy Jones (Birmingham City, dual registered with West Bromwich Albion) for Annets 45, 10 Shauna Guyatt (Crystal Palace) for Dahou 45, 11 Freya Godfrey (Arsenal, loan to Charlton Athletic) for Dennis 45, 15 Katy Watson (Sunderland) for Baker 45, 14 Grace Ede (Sunderland) for Earl 45, 2 Ria Bose (Chelsea) for Brown 63, 3 Jessica Simpson (Manchester United) for Ward 63, 4 Lois Marley-Paraskevas (Manchester City) for Aspin 63, 20 Lucy Newell (Manchester United, dual registered with West Bromwich Albion) for Reid 63, 9 Georgia Mullett (Aston Villa) for Pritchard 72, 24 Alexia Potter (Chelsea, dual registered with Crystal Palace) for Akpan 72

Substitutes not used: 1 Hannah Poulter (University of South California)

Head coach: Amy Merricks

Goals: Poppy Pritchard 15, Araya Dennis 20, 30, Georgia Mullett 78, Freya Godfrey 90+3