Three late goals from Alex Scott, Lianne Sanderson and Rachel Unitt gave England victory over Turkey in their second World Cup qualifier in Izmir on Thursday afternoon.

The visitors controlled the game and a 3-0 win was minimal reward for their positive, attacking attitude throughout, though they may be slightly disappointed with some of their passing, particularly in the first half. Turkey attempted to stifle England, mindful of their 5-0 defeat to Spain at the weekend, but were unable to keep The Three Lions at bay for the full 90 minutes.

And so England end the year with two wins from two as they attempt to qualify for their fourth major tournament in a row. Next up is a home fixture against Austria in March next year.

Turkey
1 Duygu Yilmaz, 2 Feride Bakir, 4 Yeliz Demir, 5 Cigdem Belci, 6 Cansu Yag, (11 Nadire Ertuk, 86), 7 Seval Kirac (3 Gurbuz Ayse, 83), 8 Fatma Kara, 9 Bilgin Defterli (C), 10 Eylul Elgalp, 13 Filiz Koc, (17 Reyhan Seker, 72), 14 Lutfiye Ercimen
Substitutes not used 12 Meryem Ozyumsak, 15 Esra Erol, 16 Basak Ersoy, 18 Yagmur Uraz

Head Coach Aslan Hamdi

England
1 Karen Bardsley, 2 Alex Scott, 3 Rachel Unitt, 4 Fara Williams, 5 Faye White (C), 6 Laura Bassett, 7 Jessica Clarke (14 Lianne Sanderson, 76), 8 Danielle Buet (18 Karen Carney, 62), 9 Jody Handley, (17 Natasha Dowie, 84), 10 Emily Westwood, 11 Sue Smith
Substitutes not used 13 Siobhan Chamberlain, 12 Dunia Susi, 15 Fern Whelan, 16 Rachel Williams

Head Coach Hope Powell

Match Officials
Referee Sandra Bastos (POR)
Assistant Referees Alfredo Braga and Celio Santos (both POR)
Fourth Official Necla Akdogan (TUR)