Lucy Bronze is honoured to be playing a part in England's history as the Lionesses prepare to play their 500th match, in a World Cup qualifier against Iceland on Saturday.

England made it three wins from three in World Cup qualifying with their 1-0 victory over Spain on Tuesday and sit top of Group C at the halfway stage.

Iceland are next up at Laugardalsvollur, with England winning the reverse fixture 2-0 at the City Ground back in February, with Bronze getting a goal and an assist in that match.

This will be the 500th game in England's history, 53 years and 151 days since winning their first against Scotland in November 1972.

The Lionesses lost their 100th (vs Germany in 1990) and 400th matches (vs Canada in 2019) but did beat Australia and Finland in their 200th (2003) and 300th (2012) games, respectively. 

Bronze, who has made 146 appearances for her country, is particularly looking forward to stepping out on a landmark occasion.

"It's insane," Bronze said. "It's crazy to think, in two ways, that it's the 500th game.

"It's only been 500, but at the same time, oh my God, it's 500 games. It's amazing to be a part of it.

"The entire history of the Lionesses... it's something that we've actually spoken a lot about at camp this week.

"[We] had some of the older Lionesses come in and speak to us, just sharing the history of what it meant from the very first game. We heard the whole story of the first final [we] were a part of.

"It's just nice to share these stories, so that when you're putting on an England jersey, you know how much it means to so many people and for us to be part of the 500th game is really special."

England are unbeaten in each of their three previous away games against Iceland in all competitions (W2 D1), with this set to be their first since a 2-2 draw in September 2002 in a World Cup qualifying play-off (won 1-0 in the home leg). 

In total, England are unbeaten in each of their last 24 away games in World Cup qualifying (W22 D2), since a 1-0 loss against France in November 2002. They have scored 117 goals in that period, while conceding just nine times.

When asked how important it was that England maintain the high levels they showed against Spain, head coach Sarina Wiegman said: "That's what we want.

"It will be a different challenge, but we need to make the win [against Spain] on Tuesday even more valuable by having a good result tomorrow.

"That's absolutely what we want to go for, in different circumstances and with a different opponent. But we're ready."