England have a fully-fit squad for the match at Stadium Australia, with only suspended Chelsea forward Lauren James absent. Head coach Sarina Wiegman said on Friday that England “respect the punishment” from Fifa to ban James for two matches, following her sending off against Nigeria.

Earps: ‘The best is yet to come’ from England

England have conceded just one goal so far in this tournament, and no goals from open play, but they will face a tricky task against confident Colombia, who beat Germany in the group stages.

Lionesses goalkeeper Mary Earps, though, says England have “more gears” they can go to yet, telling a busy pre-match press conference room on Friday: “I really believe the best is yet to come. There’s so much talent in the group and so many more levels that we can go to. We’re not sitting here just happy to be here – we’re not satisfied, we’re not done, there’s still more levels we want to go.

“I have been training with the players every day, seen them personally and have had the privilege of working with them for some time, and I can see the talent in the team day-to-day. I don’t think we’ve been bad by any means but you’ve seen glimpses of what we’re capable of.

“We as a team know and understand where we want to get to. We know we can give more. That’s not to say our efforts haven’t been 110 per cent there and we’ve ground out results – but I think the way we want to dominate games, and go about winning games, we are excited by that challenge as a group to do more. That will come with time, learning and working with each other and gaining experiences and all these things.”

Colombia are the last-remaining side left in the competition from the Americas, following the early exits of Brazil, the holders the United States and the Olympic champions Canada, and they are expected to be backed by tens of thousands of their lively supporters at Stadium Australia on Saturday, with an attendance in the region of 75,000 anticipated overall.