England Women train on the eve of huge World Cup semi-final against Australia

Sarina Wiegman put the Lionesses through their paces in training on the eve of their World Cup semi-final against Australia.

The England Women's side are gearing up for the last four stage of the tournament and were pictured hard at work at Central Coast Stadium on Tuesday.

Wiegman was seen addressing the group in a circle, no doubt delivering the final key tactical messages to her side.

Beth England, Millie Bright and Lauren James all appeared to be in high spirits, though the latter will be missing the game through suspension.

She will be able to return for the final, should England win, having served her two-game ban for the red card following her stamp on a Nigeria player in the round of 16.

For the Aussies, all eyes will be on star striker Sam Kerr and their boss Tony Gustavasson has hinted she will be used off the bench again.

'When it comes to the line-up we'll have a discussion tonight again about minutes,' Gustavasson said on Tuesday.

'I think consistency and chemistry is key for any team that wants to be successful in tournaments. I have some tough decisions to make tonight – I have a lot of player availability. What we'll do is look at always trying to start as strong as possible but finish even stronger.'

It could be an intimidating atmosphere that lies in wait for the Lionesses.

It is expected to be a near-80,000 capacity crowd in Sydney’s Olympic Stadium and the Australians are even buying up tickets allocated to England fans.

An official England supporters’ allocation of 1,970 tickets was released after the Lionesses’ 2-1 quarter-final victory over Colombia.

A post on the Football Association’s website said the access code ‘Lioness’ was exclusively for England fans. But several Australian supporters have managed to buy tickets in their opponents’ section of the stadium and bragged they would be ‘wearing Matildas’ shirts.

A facebook post on the Matildas and A-League Women Supporters Group page, which has since been removed, revealed the code fans needed to buy tickets.

Regardless, England are used to playing in huge games, having won the European championship on home turf.

Australia will be no pushovers and dumped France out of the tournament in the quarter-finals on penalties.

Both sides have come through spot kicks and it would be no surprise if they were needed to separate them on Wednesday.